This illustrated guide to growing vegetables, herbs and fruit successfully, includes the information you need to create and manage healthy and tasty food crops. From the basic techniques of soil improvement, crop rotation and feeding, the individual entries provide clear and concise information on sowing seeds, spacing, planting out, cultivation and harvesting, as well as tips on intercropping, staking, training, pruning, and protecting from weather, pests and diseases, as well as additional information on organic gardening.