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Be inspired to cultivate and cook amazing new crops with this seed-to-plate guide to more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles.
Whether you're new to grow-your-own and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly gourmet harvest, or a seasoned grower looking to spice up the kitchen garden with brand new flavour experiences, Incredible Edibles has something for everyone. It offers step-by-step instructions, giving you the confidence to grow some unusually tasty crops; from the well-known turmeric and goji berry, to the more exotic cucamelon and strawberry spinach. It includes guidance on how to store, keep fresh, and preserve your crops so that nothing goes to waste.
List of contents
- 1: Tips and techniques for growing
- 2: Choose your crops
- 3: Fruiting vegetables
- 1: Snake gourd
- 2: Turkish orange aubergine
- 3: Hyacinth beans
- 4: Chickpeas
- 5: Asparagus peas
- 4: Salad vegetables
- 1: Cucamelons
- 2: Achocha
- 3: Electric daisies
- 4: Shiso
- 5: Rat-tail radish
- 6: Red orach
- 7: Society garlic
- 5: Leafy greens
- 1: Ostrich ferns
- 2: Sushi hosta
- 3: Strawberry spinach
- 4: Chrysanthemum greens
- 5: Callaloo
- 6: Walking-stick kale
- 7: Huauzontle
- 8: Salsola
- 6: Roots, bulbs, and shoots
- 1: Yacón
- 2: Camas
- 3: Dahlia yam
- 4: Mashua
- 5: Chinese artichoke
- 6: Oca
- 7: Taro
- 8: Yarn bean
- 9: Earth chestnut
- 10: Skirret
- 11: Elephant garlic
- 12: Daylilies
- 7: Grains and seeds
- 1: Amaranth
- 2: Quinoa
- 3: Chia
- 4: Sesame
- 5: Strawberry popcorn
- 8: Herbs and spices
- 1: Fenugreek
- 2: Wood sorrel
- 3: Fish mint
- 4: Water celery
- 5: Turmeric
- 6: Wasabi
- 7: Japanese hardy ginger
- 8: Tea
- 9: Sweetleaf
- 10: Meadowsweet
- 9: Fruit
- 1: Kiwiberry
- 2: Finger lime
- 3: Chilean guava
- 4: Honeyberry
- 5: Fuchsia berry
- 6: Cape gooseberry
- 7: Goji berry
- 8: Chokeberry
- 9: Hardy passion fruit
- 10: Oregon grape
- 11: White alpine strawberry
- 10: Index
- 11: Suppliers
- 12: Acknowledgements
About the author
Having trained at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew,
Matthew Biggs is affectionately known in Britain as the People's Gardener. He is a writer, lecturer, and television personality and the author of several books, including
RHS Great British Village Show. He is best known in the UK for being a regular panelist on the BBC Gardeners' Question Time radio show.
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Be inspired to cultivate and cook amazing new crops with this seed-to-plate guide to more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles.
Whether you're new to grow-your-own and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly gourmet harvest, or a seasoned grower looking to spice up the kitchen garden with brand new flavour experiences, Incredible Edibles has something for everyone. It offers step-by-step instructions, giving you the confidence to grow some unusually tasty crops; from the well-known turmeric and goji berry, to the more exotic cucamelon and strawberry spinach. It includes guidance on how to store, keep fresh, and preserve your crops so that nothing goes to waste.
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