Hot Beds: How to grow early crops using an age-old technique

Hot Beds: How to grow early crops using an age-old technique

by Jack First
Hot Beds: How to grow early crops using an age-old technique

Hot Beds: How to grow early crops using an age-old technique

by Jack First

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Overview

A low-cost, sustainable approach to cultivating out-of-season vegetables in small spaces, using the age-old technique of growing in hot beds.

The ancient method of growing vegetables in hot beds, used by the Victorians and by the Romans, harnesses the natural process of decay to cultivate out-of-season crops. In this easy-to-use guide, Jack First shares essential tips on how to reap the rewards available from modernizing and adapting this remarkable technique. With just stable manure (or alternatives), a simple frame and a small space to build your bed, you can be harvesting salads in March and potatoes in early April.

This accessible, illustrated guide has everything you need to understand how to use this highly productive, low-cost, year-round, eco-friendly gardening system. Straightforward explanations and diagrams show how you too can grow early veg without fossil-fuel energy or elaborate equipment.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780857841063
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Publication date: 01/07/2013
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 385,173
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Jack First is an experienced horticulturalist who has pioneered, developed and fully tested the methods covered in his book Hot Beds. His hot beds have been featured on BBC TV's Gardeners' World. He works with volunteers on a large plot in Keighley and is the sole supplier to his local wholefood shop of out-of-season greens, new potatoes and salads.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9

1 Hot beds are nothing new 10

2 How hot beds work 15

3 The advantages of hot beds 21

4 Preparing the hot bed 28

5 Creating the hot bed 52

6 Planning and sowing 62

7 What to grow, and varieties 82

8 Management of your hot beds 98

9 Case studies 108

10 Further possibilities 116

Resources 124

Index 125

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