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The Irish Gardener's Handbook: How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit
Michael Brenock
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Description for The Irish Gardener's Handbook: How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit
Paperback. It does what it says on the front cover: this book is aimed at everybody wants to grow their own food in Ireland - whether you are an expert of have never grown vegetables or fruit or herbs but who is thinking of doing so. Written by an acknowledged and well-known expert. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; WMPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 110 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Want to get into gardening? Wondering how to get started? Anxious that you won't know what to do? Have given up before, want to get started again? Want to improve your growing, yields and practices? This is the book for you. It takes you through all the most commonly grown vegetables and fruits in the context of Irish conditions. Learn from a gardener who has worked a garden since the 1940s as a child on his father's market garden, then as an adult home gardener and horticulturist, currently as an allotment advisor. ... Read more
Want to get into gardening? Wondering how to get started? Anxious that you won't know what to do? Have given up before, want to get started again? Want to improve your growing, yields and practices? This is the book for you. It takes you through all the most commonly grown vegetables and fruits in the context of Irish conditions. Learn from a gardener who has worked a garden since the 1940s as a child on his father's market garden, then as an adult home gardener and horticulturist, currently as an allotment advisor. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
The O'Brien Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9781847171931
SKU
9781847171931
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2
About Michael Brenock
Michael Brenock grew up in Mitchelstown, County Cork, in a market gardening family. In his early career as a horticulturist, he worked on various local authority schemes designed to encourage home gardening and self-sufficiency, until the demise of such schemes in the 1970s. He also worked at Teagasc developing commercial vegetable growing. He always kept his own garden and supplied ... Read more
Reviews for The Irish Gardener's Handbook: How to Grow Vegetables, Herbs, Fruit
'a great read'
Irish Examiner 'for years we've been craving a book on growing vegetables in Ireland'
Irish Times Magazine 'crammed with good organic advice, set out in a simple, readable format'
Irish Garden 'essential reading for everyone starting out this year - and it's not too late to get started'
Irish Garden 'a good no-nonsense ... Read more
Irish Examiner 'for years we've been craving a book on growing vegetables in Ireland'
Irish Times Magazine 'crammed with good organic advice, set out in a simple, readable format'
Irish Garden 'essential reading for everyone starting out this year - and it's not too late to get started'
Irish Garden 'a good no-nonsense ... Read more