HARVEST

A complete Australian guide to the edible garden

by MEREDITH KIRTON

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New hardcover book published 2009, 440 pages. Beautiful full-colour photography throughout the book.

This beautifully illustrated book by bestselling gardening author Meredith Kirton will inspire you to grow, harvest and cook your own seasonal fruit, vegetables, herbs and spices, whether your garden is a large suburban block, a small city courtyard or in the country. Full of tips, step-by-step gardening techniques and fascinating historical backgroud, Harvest is your definitive Australian guide to growing your own delicious produce.

Chapters include:

• The Kitchen Garden
  • The basics
  • Planting and harvesting times
  • Growing methods
  • Organic gardening
  • Garden wildlife
  • Common pests
  • Common problems
• Fruit
  • Berries
  • Tropical fruit
  • Stone fruit
  • Pome fruit
  • Citrus
  • Vine fruit
  • Nuts
  • Wild food
• Vegetables
  • Leafy greens
  • Brassicas
  • Roots
  • Bulbs
  • Pods and pulses
  • Nightshade family
  • Shoots and stems
  • Seeds and grains
  • Aquatics
• Herbs
  • Lamiaceae herbs
  • Asteraceae herbs
  • Apiaceae herbs
  • Edible weeds
  • Root herbs
  • Buds and flowers
  • Spices
  • Teas, tonics and tinctures

Meredith Kirton won the Silver Laurel Award for Best General Gardening Book (2007-09) from the Horticultural Media Association for Harvest.