Description

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Like the idea of the self-sufficient good life? "Grow Your Own Vegetables" presents an informative and user-friendly guide to realizing your garden's potential. Opening with the persuasive case for growing your own vegetables - from reducing your carbon footprint to improving your health and bank balance - the book goes on to present concise instructions on how to cultivate a successful and satisfying vegetable garden, ending with a comprehensive directory of vegetables, including how and when to grow and harvest, storage advice and serving suggestions.

About the Author

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Rachelle Strauss has been writing about gardening, environmental and green issues for a number of years. She is the author of "Self Sufficiency: Household Cleaning" and writes for various magazines about ecological issues. Rachelle lives with her husband and their daughter in rural England. Check out her blog and website http://myzerowaste.com

Heather Gorringe founded her natural gardening company Wiggly Wigglers (www.wigglywigglers.co.uk) 20 years ago. Today they sell many products and offer advice on sustainable living. The company has produced a series of ‘How to’ videos, runs a Facebook group and broadcasts an award-winning weekly podcast. Wiggly Wigglers was the UK’s Small Business Champion of 2005 and in 2008 won the Dell Global Small Business Excellence award for using technology.