The Easy Fruit Garden: A No-Nonsense Guide to Growing the Fruit You Love

Description

Simple steps to a beautifully productive and naturally healthy fruit garden. The grow-your-own movement has well and truly taken off in recent years as more and more people look to save money, enjoy the great outdoors, and avoid the chemical and environmental nasties found in supermarket fruits and vegetables. However, getting started can seem like a daunting task. In this book, Clare Matthews demystifies the growing of fruit and shows that, with the right approach, it can be done successfully as a weekend project or slotted into a busy week. The book explains simple shortcuts and low-maintenance strategies that will save you time and make growing-your-own a real joy. Traditional favorites like apples and pears are covered, as well as more exotic and unusual fruits added to your plot. Gorgeous photography from the author s own garden shows that with only a little effort, you can soon be enjoying your own fresh, delicious fruit grown in a beautiful fruit garden. Perfect for complete novices and experienced gardeners alike, The Easy Fruit Garden will inspire and encourage all readers. You ll never buy an overpriced punnet of blueberries again!

Clare Matthews runs a successful garden design business. Her own garden has both been filmed by BBC Gardener's World and featured in many leading gardening publications. She is the author of several books.