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Think you don't have the time or space to grow your own food? Think again. The City Grower shows you how to find spaces suitable for growing no matter their size, and gives you the skills to grow around a busy lifestyle in a simple, five-step process: the plot, the build, planting, maintenance and harvest. Whether you rent a room in a house with a shared garden or live in a flat with a small balcony or window ledge, Matt Franks will guide you through the process to transform your space into an eco-friendly growing machine. With great tips on up-cycling of discarded materials, keeping pests at bay with household items, when to grow which veg and where, plus how to use your smartphone for maximum yield, this is the perfect book for any aspiring city grower. `Growing your own food is a wonderful pastime, and with Connected Roots city-dwellers can now get a helping hand to realise the potential of those forgotten spaces around their homes.' - Telegraph on Matt Franks's Connected RootsProduct Identifiers
PublisherOctopus
ISBN-139780857833044
eBay Product ID (ePID)222190250
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe City Grower: Design, Create and Manage a Small Food-Growing Plot
AuthorMatt Franks
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicGardening
Publication Year2016
Dimensions
Item Height248mm
Item Width210mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMatt Franks
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom