| The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food Contributor(s): Herriot, Carolyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 1550174819 ISBN-13: 9781550174816 Publisher: Harbour Publishing OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Gardening | Organic - Gardening | Regional - Canada |
| Dewey: 635.048 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.9" W x 9.9" (1.75 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Geographic Orientation - British Columbia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This definitive month-by-month guide brings gardeners into the delicious world of edible landscaping and helps take a load off the planet as we achieve greater food security. Full of illustrative colour photos and step-by-step instructions, The Zero-Mile Diet shares wisdom gleaned from 30 years of food growing and seed saving with comprehensive advice on: * Growing organic food year-round * The small fruit orchard and backyard berries * Superb yet simple seasonal recipes * Preserving your harvest * Seed saving and plant propagation * Dirt-cheap ways to nourish your soil * Backyard poultry--it's less time-consuming than you think * Growing vegetables in the easiest way possible * A-z guide to growing the best vegetables and herbs Put organic home-grown fruits and vegetables on your table throughout the year, using the time-saving, economical and sustainable methods of gardening outlined in The Zero-Mile Diet. This book is about REAL food and how eating it will change our lives for the better |
Contributor Bio(s): Herriot, Carolyn: - Carolyn Herriot is the author of the bestselling A Year on the Garden Path: A 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide, The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food and, most recently, The Zero-Mile Diet Cookbook: Seasonal Recipes for Delicious Homegrown Food. She is much in demand as a speaker and workshop leader on organic gardening in the Pacific Northwest, with regular columns in BC Living and Common Ground magazines. Carolyn grows her certified-organic seed business, Seeds of Victoria, at the Garden Path Centre for Organic Gardening in Victoria, BC. |