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River Cottage Handbook (Book 9)

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What to expect

Bloomsbury presents Fruit by Mark Diacono, read by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Richard Trinder.

Growing fruit at home is a delicious and altogether more enjoyable alternative to buying it in the shops. Mark Diacono offers a practical and accessible guide to making the most of your garden and what it has to offer.

The first part of the book is an A-Z of the different varieties of fruit, with old favourites like apples, cherries, plum, blackcurrants, white currants, redcurrants, strawberries, blueberries, gooseberries, raspberries and rhubarb as well as more exotic species like figs, grapes, cranberries, Japanese wine berries and apricots. Each is accompanied with detailed advice on when and how to grow and harvest.

In the second part of the book, Mark gives straightforward guidelines on techniques like pruning and training, as well as how to deal with problems or pests. There is a section dedicated to growing under covers and in containers.

Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and with 30 delicious recipes, this is the ideal reference for any aspiring fruit grower.

Critics Review

If you have yet to come across the River Cottage Handbooks, I can’t recommend them enough
Rachel Khoo, Daily Mail
Author Mark Diacono
Narrator Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Richard Trinder
Series River Cottage Handbook
Duration 6 hours and 46 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781526677631
Format Audiobook
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Genre Gardening: plants and cultivation guides
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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