The Easy Fruit Garden: A No-Nonsense Guide to Growing the Fruit You Love

by Clare Matthews

Overview

Filled with sound horticultural advice, this book is essential reading for time-poor gardeners who want to achieve maximum yields from their fruit gardens with minimum effort.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781607651963
Publisher:	IMM Lifestyle Books
Publication date:	12/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	250
File size:	53 MB
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About the Author

Clare Matthews runs a successful garden design business. Her own garden has both been filmed by BBC Gardener's World and featured in many leading gardening publications. She is the author of several books.

Table of Contents

introduction 6

why grow your own fruit? 8

planning and design 13

planning 14

design 20

preparation 32

where to grow fruit 38

what to grow 53

soft fruit 55

tree fruit 99

nuts 141

other fruits 151

almost wild 169

how to grow 171

planting 172

pruning 179

mulch 183

garden compost 189

watering 192

weeding 195

natural defences 196

companion planting 199

pests and diseases 202

fruit garden timetable 206

storing fruit 208

tools 213

jargon buster 216

index 220

acknowledgments 224

picture credits 224