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  Books - Greenhouse, Poly-tunnel and Winter Growing.

  • Created by: jayb
  • Published: 22-10-2014, 12:14
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  Books - Greenhouse, Poly-tunnel and Winter Growing.

  A list of books for edible crop growing, all year round both inside and out.
  
  Gardening Under Plastic, Bernard Salt (UK)
  How to Grow Food in Your Polytunnel All year round, Mark Gatter & Andy McKee (UK)
  The Polytunnel Book, Joyce Russell (UK)
  Vegetables and Herbs for the Greenhouse and Polyunnel, Klaus Laitenberger (IRL)
  Winter Vegetables, Charles Dowding (UK)

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  Books - Edible and Unusual Plants

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  • Published: 22-10-2014, 12:12
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  Books - Edible and Unusual Plants

  These books together cover a wide range of unusual and lesser known types of fruit, vegetables and other crops that can be grown in the uk.
  
  
  A Taste of the Unexpected, Mark Dianco (UK)
  
  Asian Vegetables, Sally Cunningham (UK)
  
  Growing Unusual Vegetables, Simon Hickmott (UK)
  
  Plants for a Future, Ken Fern (UK)

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  UK and Irish seed sites.

  • Created by: jayb
  • Published: 29-09-2014, 07:44
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  UK and Irish seed sites.

  I've compiled a list of UK and Irish seed sites. These are generally for smaller or family run businesses that include Heritage or open pollinated varieties in their catalogues. Several list organically produced seeds.
  
  
  Beans and Herbs http://www.beansandherbs.co.uk/heirloombeanseed.htm
  Brown Envelope Seeds http://www.brownenvelopeseeds.com/
  Chiltern Seeds http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/
  Garden Organic http://www.organiccatalogue.com/
  Irish Seed Savers...

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  Last edited by jayb; 03-11-2014, 07:40.

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  Books - Seed Saving and Breeding

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  • Published: 25-09-2014, 17:17
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  Books - Seed Saving and Breeding

  If you are looking for reading material these books have a wealth of information for seed savers and amateur breeding projects
  
  
  Back Garden Seed Saving, Sue Strickland (UK)
  Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties, by Carol Deppe (US)
  Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste, Bill Best (US)
  Seed to Seed, Suzanne Ashworth (US)
  Seedswap, Josie Jeffery (UK). Nice introduction to seed saving and swapping.
  The Manuel of Seed Saving, Andrea Heistinger, see comment bel...

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