The Gourmet Gardener: Everything You Need to Know to Grow and Prepare the Very Finest of Vegetables, Fruits and Flowers Book

In his abundantly illustrated new book, organic gardening authority Bob Flowerdew offers expert practical advice on growing top-quality produce with incomparable flavor and freshness.In The Gourmet Gardener, Bob Flowerdew concentrates on his favorite varieties of vegetables, fruits, and flowers?the ones that will give you the most return on your labor in terms of taste and enjoyment. Here is detailed information on growing hundreds of varieties of edible plants?all, of course, organically. Bob provides you with the know-how to enjoy perfectly ripened vegetables and fruits fresh from the garden and an ever-replenishing supply of culinary herbs, salad leaves, edible flowers, and heritage varieties not available in supermarkets. A chapter on preserving your harvest rounds off the book, so that you can freeze, dry, and transform your garden treats into conserves, sorbets, liqueurs, and confections of all kinds.Read More