by W. E. Shewell-Cooper (Author)
This text forms a comprehensive handbook on growing crops under cloches, with information on a wide range of different vegetables, cropping, sowing, propagation, fruits, and much more besides. Written with the layman in mind, and complete with a plethora of detailed and useful illustrations, this text constitutes a great guide on the subject, and will be of particular interest to the novice gardener. The chapters of this book include: 'The Continuous Cloche'; 'Soil Preparation and Manuring'; 'Seed-Sowing, Spacing, and Warming'; 'Cropping, Continuity, Standardisation and Irrigation'; 'Root Crops'; 'The Cabbage Family'; 'Salads'; 'Herbs'; 'The More Unusual Vegetables'; 'Fruits Under Cloches'; etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage book, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on gardening.