Gouldstone, Selby, 1938-

The ultimate food garden / Selby Gouldstone. - 4th New Zealand & Australian edition. First edition published 2013. - 324 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

The ultimate food garden is an updated and revised version of Selby's previous works "Australia and New Zealand guide to food bearing plants (Hamlyn 1978)", "Growing your own food bearing plants (Macmillan NZ 1983)" "Growing your own food bearing plants in Australia (Macmillan Aust. 1983).".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

There are hundreds of plants we can grow for food - many that we've never even heard of. In this must-have new guide to food-bearing plants of all descriptions, Selby Gouldstone profiles familiar and exotic food plants of all varieties, with detailed, easy to follow advice on how and where to plant, how to protect from pests and weather, and how to harvest and even dish up your backyard bounty. Since its first publication in New Zealand and Australia in the 1970s and new editions in the 1980s, Selby Gouldstone's highly-popular book Growing Your Own Food-Bearing Plants has remained the go-to reference for gardeners growing for food and health. Now in its 4th Edition as The Ultimate Food Garden, you'll read the secrets to growing, nurturing and using hundreds of plants from Alfalfa to Zucchini and everything in between under four broad categories: fruit, nuts, vegetables & herbs.

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Vegetable gardening.
Fruit-culture.
Herb gardening.
Nuts.
Tree crops
Plants, Edible.
Gardening.

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