Delia's Kitchen Garden by Delia Smith TXT, FB2, DOC
9780563521136 English 0563521139 Delia Smith has always been concerned with the quality and flavor of the ingredients she uses, and nothing comes fresher than fruit and vegetables straight from the garden. When the opportunity arose for her to work with garden expert Gay Search to create her own kitchen garden, she seized the chance. This guide, with gardening advice by Gay and recipes and advice on cooking the crops from Delia, is for any cook interested in good food, free from pesticides, who wants to try their hand at growing their own. It follows a year in the life of Delia's kitchen garden, with a chapter devoted to each month, and contains detailed advice on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and how to harvest. Lavishly designed with hundreds of color photographs, and with Delia's recipes that use the produce at its peak, this guide is suitable for first-time horticulturists and cooks of all levels., Follow a year in the life of Delia's kitchen garden while creating your own organic garden. With 56 enticing recipes and 300 colour photographs, it's sure to be a labour of love. Delia Smith is Britain's bestselling food author whose priority has always been the quality and flavour of the ingredients she uses and nothing comes fresher than produce from your own garden. So when the opportunity arose for her to work with garden expert Gay Search and create her own kitchen garden, she seized the chance. This beginner's guide, now in paperback, is for anyone interested in good food free from pesticides and who wants to try their hand at growing their own. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Delia devotes a chapter to each month, with detailed advice on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and how to harvest. With Delia's failsafe recipes, which use the produce at its peak, this is a wonderful book for novice horticulturists and cooks of all levels., For Delia Smith, the key to producing delicious, healthy food is to use first-class, fresh ingredients, and, where fruit and vegetables are concerned, the ideal way to do that is to grow your own. So Delia had a walled kitchen garden built at her home in Suffolk. By the end of the first season, she enjoyed some fantastic produce, but some crops grew more successfully than others and Delia wanted to know why She needed a book that offered the horticultural equivalent of showing her how to boil an egg. But the books she looked at assumed a degree of gardening knowledge she didn't have. So this book, written by Gay Search, is for Delia and anyone interested in good food who wants to try their hand at growing their own.The book opens with basics: equipment, soil preparation, compost, sowing, planting out. thinning and watering, plus pest and disease control and crop protection. Each month Gay explains what is happening in Delias kitchen garden, advising how to sow, tend and harvest beans and peas. brassicas and other leafy greens, root vegetables, onions, fruiting vegetables, such as aubergines and tomatoes, and herbs and fIowers.Throughout the pages, Delia introduces delicious seasonal recipes and offers advice on preparing and using fresh produce.For those with little space, Gay shows how easy it is to grow fruit and vegetables on the patio in pots. She also introduces the square foot garden - a simple idea that can be adapted to any size of plot.With beautiful colour photographs to illustrate every stage, this book will encourage the novice to grow the finest of fresh produce in their very own kitchen garden., For leading cookbook author Delia Smith, the key to producing delicious, healthy food is to use first-class ingredients. Where fruits and vegetables are concerned, the best way to do that is to grow your own. In month-by-month chapters, this companion follows a year in the kitchen garden, providing detailed information on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and care and harvesting. At the end of each chapter, Delia includes marvelous recipes for using your produce at its peak. For those who have space constraints, there are notes on creating a square-foot garden, a patio garden, and container gardens. An outstanding guide from two experts, this book is richly illustrated with color photos of the gardens, the produce, and step-by-step techniques.
9780563521136 English 0563521139 Delia Smith has always been concerned with the quality and flavor of the ingredients she uses, and nothing comes fresher than fruit and vegetables straight from the garden. When the opportunity arose for her to work with garden expert Gay Search to create her own kitchen garden, she seized the chance. This guide, with gardening advice by Gay and recipes and advice on cooking the crops from Delia, is for any cook interested in good food, free from pesticides, who wants to try their hand at growing their own. It follows a year in the life of Delia's kitchen garden, with a chapter devoted to each month, and contains detailed advice on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and how to harvest. Lavishly designed with hundreds of color photographs, and with Delia's recipes that use the produce at its peak, this guide is suitable for first-time horticulturists and cooks of all levels., Follow a year in the life of Delia's kitchen garden while creating your own organic garden. With 56 enticing recipes and 300 colour photographs, it's sure to be a labour of love. Delia Smith is Britain's bestselling food author whose priority has always been the quality and flavour of the ingredients she uses and nothing comes fresher than produce from your own garden. So when the opportunity arose for her to work with garden expert Gay Search and create her own kitchen garden, she seized the chance. This beginner's guide, now in paperback, is for anyone interested in good food free from pesticides and who wants to try their hand at growing their own. NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. Delia devotes a chapter to each month, with detailed advice on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and how to harvest. With Delia's failsafe recipes, which use the produce at its peak, this is a wonderful book for novice horticulturists and cooks of all levels., For Delia Smith, the key to producing delicious, healthy food is to use first-class, fresh ingredients, and, where fruit and vegetables are concerned, the ideal way to do that is to grow your own. So Delia had a walled kitchen garden built at her home in Suffolk. By the end of the first season, she enjoyed some fantastic produce, but some crops grew more successfully than others and Delia wanted to know why She needed a book that offered the horticultural equivalent of showing her how to boil an egg. But the books she looked at assumed a degree of gardening knowledge she didn't have. So this book, written by Gay Search, is for Delia and anyone interested in good food who wants to try their hand at growing their own.The book opens with basics: equipment, soil preparation, compost, sowing, planting out. thinning and watering, plus pest and disease control and crop protection. Each month Gay explains what is happening in Delias kitchen garden, advising how to sow, tend and harvest beans and peas. brassicas and other leafy greens, root vegetables, onions, fruiting vegetables, such as aubergines and tomatoes, and herbs and fIowers.Throughout the pages, Delia introduces delicious seasonal recipes and offers advice on preparing and using fresh produce.For those with little space, Gay shows how easy it is to grow fruit and vegetables on the patio in pots. She also introduces the square foot garden - a simple idea that can be adapted to any size of plot.With beautiful colour photographs to illustrate every stage, this book will encourage the novice to grow the finest of fresh produce in their very own kitchen garden., For leading cookbook author Delia Smith, the key to producing delicious, healthy food is to use first-class ingredients. Where fruits and vegetables are concerned, the best way to do that is to grow your own. In month-by-month chapters, this companion follows a year in the kitchen garden, providing detailed information on sowing and planting, fruit and vegetable varieties, and care and harvesting. At the end of each chapter, Delia includes marvelous recipes for using your produce at its peak. For those who have space constraints, there are notes on creating a square-foot garden, a patio garden, and container gardens. An outstanding guide from two experts, this book is richly illustrated with color photos of the gardens, the produce, and step-by-step techniques.