The Classic Allotment

Thorburn describes, advocates, and offers advice on home gardening from a British perspective. The bulk of the volume is devoted to articles on many well known and a few obscure fruits and vegetables, how to grow them, what varieties there are and how they differ, often some folklore or history associated with them, and color or monochrome photographs in most cases. Other topics are why to do it, how to begin, cultivating and fertilizing the ground, chickens, allotments through the year, and sources of nutrients and vitamins that can be grown at home. Remember When is an imprint of Pen and Sword Books Limited. Distributed in North America by Casemate. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)