Grow Food For Free: The sustainable, zero-cost, low-effort way to a bountiful harvest 9781465491589, 9780744052251, 1465491589
Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded and now wants to
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- Huw Richards
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
How to use this eBook
Contents
Introduction
The Power of Barter
SET UP YOUR VEGETABLE PATCH
What Your Space Needs
Tools to Share or Borrow
Use Somebody Else’s Garden
Grow Food on a Patio, Terrace, or Balcony
Establish a Water Supply
Work with Your Climate
Choose Your Setup
Create Your Own Containers
Cheap Raised-Bed Solutions
Create a Raised Bed for Free
Fill Your Raised Bed
Grow in the Ground
Starting Crops on the Windowsill
Organize Your Space
Make Your Own Tools
Make Your Own Watering Devices
PRODUCE YOUR OWN COMPOST
Soil and Compost: The Essentials
Using Homemade Compost
Your Compost Bin
Budget Compost Bin Solutions
Build a Compost Bin for Free
Compost Recipes
Source Free Compost Materials
Permaculture
Woodchip and Biochar
Make Your Own Liquid and Comfrey Feed
SOURCE SEEDS AND PLANTS FOR FREE
Annuals and Perennials
Planting from Your Kitchen Pantry
Swapping Seeds, Making Contacts
Plant Swaps
HOW TO GROW PERENNIALS
Perennial Crops
Herbs
Rhubarb
Jerusalem Artichokes
Blackberries and Hybrids
Strawberries
Fruit Bushes
HOW TO GROW ANNUALS
How to Sow
How and When to Water
How to Transplant
How to Weed
Harvesting and Storing
Save Your Own Seed
Peas and Beans
Brassicas
Root Vegetables
Salad Greens and Leaf Crops
Cucurbits
Tomatoes
Peppers and Chiles
Alliums
Keep Your Soil Healthy Forever
FIGHT PESTS AND DISEASES
Slugs and Snails
Common Pests
Common Diseases and Disorders
Crop Rotation
LOOKING AHEAD
Make an Investment
What to Sell
How to Sell
Setting Up a Seed or Plant Swap
When to Expand Your Growing Area
A Three-Year Plan
HUW’S JOURNAL
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright
