A year-round guide to growing your own vegetables and fruit, so that you can enjoy the incomparable taste of homegrown produce, with over 60 delicious recipes

Synopsis:
As the New Urban Farmer, Celia shares her gardening expertise, picked up since taking on her allotment plot in November 2005 and learnt through a combination of hard graft, trial and error, and shared tips from the other allotmenteers. This knowledge has been distilled into a year-round gardening book that is part-journal, part-gardening manual and part-recipe book with one aim: to inspire you to cultivate and enjoy your own delicious homegrown produce.
The New Urban Farmer is divided into four main sections – one for each of the seasons – and within those seasons it is further divided into individual months. For each month of the year Celia starts with a rundown of what is both good to sow and good to eat. Moving through each month, Celia highlights the key jobs for that period along with the main stars of the vegetable plot, finishing up with mouth-watering recipes that will put that month’s harvest to best use.
For keen growers without an allotment, Celia also gives advice throughout on raising crops in pots, growbags and window boxes. Urban, edgy, green and honest, this is the ultimate book for beginner gardeners.

Hot Brands Verdict
This is a great concept, combining gardening with cooking. During 2009 more and more of us became interested in gardening, and this stylish book is a perfect guide for anyone who is beginning to get green fingers. Beautifully photographed, it is divided into four sections, and under Celia’s guidance you discover what is best to plant, a list of what to do when, and how to turn what you have grown into delicious meals. From Plot to Plate, absolute genius! So if you are looking for a healthy and fulfilling spring and summer, this book is perfect. We loved it ! Highly Recommended !

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