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Discovering vegetables, herbs & spices, a comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 200 food-producing plants, Susanna Lyle

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Discovering vegetables, herbs & spices, a comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 200 food-producing plants, Susanna Lyle

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eng

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Bibliography: p. 469-478

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A companion volume to the author's: Discovering fruit & nuts : a comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 300 food-producing plants.

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federal national government publication

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Discovering vegetables, herbs & spices

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Susanna Lyle

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a comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 200 food-producing plants

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An guide to vegetable, herb and spice plants that explores old favourites and many little-known yet exciting food-producing plants. As well as the A to Z guide to over 200 species, and lists of the most popular cultivars, a general introduction gives a basic background to various aspects of horticulture and plant nutrition. A table of plants for different garden situations is a useful ready-reference. This is the companion volume to Discovering Fruit & Nuts, making these two books the complete reference work on gardening with edible plants. Includes the history, description, propagation, harvesting times and methods, cultivation and location needs, pruning, popular varieties, uses of the crop, with particular emphasis on nutritional benefits, for each species

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Discovering vegetables, herbs and spices

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