My grandfather used to garden like that!

Description

Install copper wire in tomato plants to make them disease-resistant, make a beer and sugar potion to keep slugs away, use bicarbonate of soda on strawberries to destroy fungi... This book brings together all the tried and tested natural recipes, tips and tricks of yesteryear for successfully growing and maintaining your garden and vegetable patch! * Grandad's gardening techniques: crop rotation, green manure, liquid manure, fertiliser and organic fertilisers, good plant combinations... * Successful vegetable gardening: growing salad crops almost all year round, making fruit trees disease-resistant, applying the right tips for growing beautiful cabbages... * How grandad protected his garden: using wood ash, fighting cabbage white butterflies, moles, ants, cockchafers, grey mould and earwigs... Using plants to repel pests and knowing which plants are beneficial, making liquid manure and insecticide recipes... * Grandad is clever: tips and tricks for making your own seeds, growing healthy plants, gardening with the moon, using hedgehogs to clean...