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Hawkins, Kathryn.

Pot it, grow it, eat it : home-grown produce, from pot to pan / Kathryn Hawkins.

London : New Holland, 2010.

144 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm

What could be more satisfying than growing your own fruit and vegetables and then eating them, freshly picked? Theres no need to have lots of land: it can be done anywherein windowsill containers, balconies, and small backyards. This combination growing guide and cookbook explains how anyone, anywhere can go straight from pot to pan. It offers: - A how-to of cultivation: tools and materials, containers, and siting - An illustrated AZ vegetable, herb and fruit directory, with each entry listing planting, siting, maintenance and harvesting details, plus storing and freezing instructions - A cookbook chapter, with 25 fresh, simple recipes for appetizers, entrees, and desserts This is the perfect book for a holistic, healthy lifestyle!

Container gardening.

Vegetable gardening.

Fruit-culture.

Cooking (Fruit)

Cooking (Vegetables)

Cooking (Herbs)

Cookbooks.

Includes bibliographical references (page 141) index.

Introduction -- Practicalities of container gardening -- Getting started -- Vegetable, herb and fruit directory (Garlic -- Leek -- Onion -- Carrot -- Potato -- Turnip, including beetroot -- Broccoli and calabrese -- Cabbage and kale -- Cauliflower -- Oriental greens -- Spnach, including chard -- Broad bean -- French bean -- Pea -- Runner bean -- Aubergine -- Courgette and summer squash -- Mushroom -- Pepper and chili -- Sweetcorn -- Herbs and edible flowers -- Summer radish -- Lettuce -- Other salad leaves -- Cucumber and gherkin -- Sprouting seeds -- Tomato -- Apple -- Cherry -- Pear -- Plum -- Blueberry -- Cranberry -- Currants -- Gooseberry -- Raspberry and blackberry -- Strawberry -- Rhubarb -- Citrus fruit) -- Recipes (Starters, light meals adn salads -- Main meals -- Desserts, including puddings and preserves).

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