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Book SynopsisThe best way to ensure you and your family consume only organic, untainted and nutrient-rich foods is to grow your own herbs, fruits and vegetables. This can be done in the smallest of plots or even on a balcony, roof garden or windowsill, with a raised box or pots and other types of planters. In Grow Your Own Health Garden, Nat Hawes tells you how to work with nature to produce a rich crop of healthy and delicious food, and which foods are best to grow nutritionally and as remedies for common ailments. This includes an A to Z of healing vegetables together with natural pest control, feeding the health garden naturally and a guide to plants that are poisonous to children and animals.
Table of ContentsPlanning your organic health garden; Plants that do not mind partial shade; Why crop rotation is important; Natural garden pest control; What crops to grow health-wise: A-Z of healing vegetables - alfalfa; artichoke; ashitaba; asparagus; aubergine; beans; beetroot; bell peppers; brassicas; carrots; celery; chilli peppers; courgettes; cucumber; fenugreek; garlic; leeks; okra; onions; parsnips; peas; potatoes; pumpkin; radish; spinach; spring onions; swede; sweet corn; sweet potatoes; Swiss chard; tomatoes; turnips; A-Z of healing herbs – basil, borage, burdock, chamomile, chicory, chives, comfrey, coriander, dandelion, dill, Echinacea, fennel, ginger, lemon balm, lemongrass, marjoram, milk thistle, mint, nettles, oregano, parsley, peppermint, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme; A-Z of healing fruits – apples, avocado, berries and currants; cherries; citrus fruits; figs; grapes; kiwi fruit; pears; A-Z of healing flowers – marigold; nasturtium; sunflowers; Feeding your health-garden plants; Growing food crops in pots indoors; Growing sprouts on your windowsill; Plants that are poisonous to pets and young children
