Publisher's Synopsis
A small plot of earth, where you can connect with nature, the seasons and the abundance of the land, makes an invaluable contribution to the quality of life. In this book Spain's top organic gardener explains how the pleasures of growing succulent fresh fruit and vegetables can be yours; and how, by applying organic principles to your gardening, you can give something back to the soil, improving its fertility at the same time as enjoying healthy, vigorous plants and plentiful harvests.
Mariano Bueno gives full practical details on how to grow vegetables alongside fruit trees and a variety of aromatic, medicinal and ornamental plants and herbs, in close symbiotic relation. He gives the individual requirements of common garden vegetables and popular fruit trees, and a calendar that describes how to care for the kitchen garden through the gardening year.
Explaining how to meet the particular challenges of growing edible plants in a hot, dry climate, with advice on matters such as irrigation, the book will be useful for those who live in a Mediterranean area or find themselves gardening in ever-hotter temperatures. But it advises on gardening in other climatic conditions too, and it is abundant in expertise and wisdom, available here to an English-speaking audience for the first time. 'My greatest wish', Bueno writes, 'is that every day you delight a little more in your garden,' and there is plenty here to help any gardener do so.
