The Australian Fruit and Vegetable Garden
A best seller and the best guide to growing both fruit and vegetables in the Australian backyard. Written by Diggers co-founder Clive Blazey and Jane Varkulevicius, this book details over 240 vegetables and herbs plus 188 fruits, nuts and berries. Shows how you can convert your lawn into a food garden and set up a mini-plot of vegetables and fruit for small backyards in all climates. Explains how to make compost and how to save money and bring carbon down to earth by growing your own food. Hardcover, 142 pages.
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The Australian Fruit and Vegetable Garden
With over 60,000 copies sold, The Australian Fruit & Vegetable Garden is the complete backyard guide to growing your own food at home. Including practical guides on composting, pruning and mulching, an A to Z of detailed growing descriptions for 188 deciduous and evergreen fruits (such as apple, avocado, cherry and custard apple, raspberries, strawberries, tree tomatoes and macadamias) and a vegetable and herb section with almost 250 vegetables described in detail. Ideal for beginners as well as experienced green thumbs; learn how to start your first vegetable garden, grow all your own fruit and vegetables in a space no greater than your front lawn, plant and prune dwarf fruit trees to maximise space and harvest, select plants and fruit trees for your climate (from Cairns to Hobart) and control pests without spraying. First published in 2006.