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    How To Grow Your Own
    How To Grow Your Own
    How To Grow Your Own
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    How To Grow Your Own

    By Tim Sutton

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    This is the third “Real World User Guide” I have written and it faithfully follows the same focus as the previous two:

    A concise and easy to follow real-world user guide, loaded with tips-and-tricks which make a quick and real difference to what it is you are trying to achieve.

    Over the last 20 years, I have gathered together many great tips from my family’s vegetable gardening exploits, fellow growers’ advice and also from my own personal experiences of seeing what does and doesn’t work.

    I have spent a little longer on tomato growing in this Real World User Guide as I have always had a bit of a thing for tomato growing, and in fact, I would even go so far to say I am a bit of a tomato growing maniac :o) .... Early Cascade, Legend, Golden Nugget, Garden Peach or Champion, I care not which, I love and grow them all!!

    I then share some general growing tips I have learnt about the other vegetable plants and herbs that I grow every year, such as peppers, broccoli, carrots and Swiss chard and lastly, I mention a few general good-practice seed storage tips and tricks.

    Of course these days many vegetable plants are available to us ready to plant-out, but nothing quite compares to the thrill of being involved with your produce right from the start...

    In fact for me, nothing in the wonderful world of gardening is more fulfilling than going all the way!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTim Sutton
    Release dateFeb 6, 2012
    ISBN9781465737946
    How To Grow Your Own
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    Tim Sutton

    A hardcore e-biker since 2008. I ride throughout the Swiss winters. I sold over 250 copies of the "Real World User Guide to ebikes" on ebay before I discovered Smashwords :) I am also a single handicap golfer and I used to be a successful ski instructor, which has lead me to try and find a way to help other golfers get better as quickly and as painlessly as possible. (Which is easy, just read my guide :) I am also an avid vegetable and tomato grower and have for most of my life been involved with either my parents vegetable patch or my own kitchen garden.

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      Book preview

      How To Grow Your Own - Tim Sutton

      HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN

      A Real World User Guide

      for Growing Vegetables from Seed

      Tim Sutton

      HOW TO GROW YOUR OWN

      A Real World User Guide for Growing Vegetables from Seed

      Published by Tim Sutton at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012 Tim Sutton

      Smashwords Edition License Notes:

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever including Internet usage, without written permission of the author.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Planning a Kitchen Garden

      Growing Vegetables

      Tomatoes

      Soil

      Propagation

      Pricking Out or Potting On

      Planting Out

      Containers

      Staking

      Pruning

      Pollination

      Feeding

      Watering

      Solving Potential Problems

      Peppers

      Solving Potential Problems

      Lettuces and Other Salad Crops

      Peas

      Broccoli

      Radishes

      Carrots

      Onions

      Kale

      Swiss Chard

      Asparagus from Seed

      Dwarf or French Beans

      Broad Beans

      Leeks

      Beetroot

      Parsnips

      Courgettes or Zucchini

      Cucumber

      Aubergine or Egg Plant

      Growing Herbs

      Parsley

      Coriander

      Chives

      Rosemary, Lavender and Sage

      Basil & Catnip

      Marjoram and Oregano

      Dill & Angelica

      Cumin and Anise

      Garlic

      Vegetable Seed Storage

      Where to Buy Heirloom Vegetable Seeds?

      Introduction

      There is something magical about seeing a tiny seedling sprout from a dry seed that you yourself have planted. To harvest a bumper crop of delicious, healthy food from that young seedling once it has grown to maturity is truly one of life's more rewarding experiences.

      Of course these days many vegetable plants are available to us ready to plant-out, but nothing quite compares to the thrill of being involved with your produce right from the start.

      For me, nothing in the wonderful world of gardening is so fulfilling as going all the way!

      This is the third Real World User Guide I have written and it faithfully follows the same format as the previous two: A concise and easy to follow user guide, loaded with tips-and-tricks which make a real difference to what it is you are trying to achieve.

      I have gathered together many great tips from my family’s seed growing experience, fellow growers’ advice and from my own 20 years of vegetable growing experiments, exploring and tasting what does and doesn’t work.

      I have spent a little longer on tomato growing in this Real World User Guide as I have always had a bit of a thing for tomato growing, and in fact, I would even go so far to say I am a bit of a tomato growing maniac :o) .... Early Cascade, Legend, Golden Nugget, Garden Peach or Champion, I care not which, I love and grow them all!!

      I then share some general growing tips I have learnt about other vegetables that I grow every year, such as peppers, broccoli, carrots and Swiss chard and lastly, I mention a few general good-practice seed storage tips and tricks.

      Having bought this concise vegetable grower’s guide, I am confident you will have much more trial and far less error in your own future vegetable growing adventures too!

      The Real World User Guide for Growing Vegetables from Seed is best used as a complementary reference guide to the instructions you receive on the seed pack. It shares the tips and tricks I have learnt over the years that will help to ensure you achieve a delicious, bumper crop year after year after year. Whether you are gardening in-ground or in containers I hope you will enjoy this little book and find it a useful aid to making the most of your grow-your-own gardening experience.

      Now, for the first tip

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