The new self-sufficient gardener: the complete illistrated guide to planning, growing, storing and preserving your own garden produce

The illustrated index of vegetables, fruits, and herbs -- Gardening through the year -- Planning the food-producing garden -- The essentials of good gardening -- The cultivation of vegetables -- The cultivation of fruits -- The cultivation of herbs -- Growing in the greenhouse -- Preserving garden produce -- Miscellany.;This revised edition of an old favorite, first publishedin 1978, explains how to cultivate and preserve all types of fruit, herbs, and vegetables, in addition to instructions on keeping bees and raising chickens. Includes over 600 illustrations, many redrawn for the revised edition Contains information on drying, storing, and preserving fruits and vegetables Explains the "Deep Bed" method, critical to anyone with a tinyurban plotJohn Seymour authored over 40 books, including the DK's best-selling Complete Book of Self-Sufficiency and The Forgotten Arts & Crafts. He died in the fall of 2004.--Worldcat.