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Growing tomatoes is easier than you might think, and can be done in a variety of spaces, including on a balcony, indoors near a window or outside in pots. Versatile, cost-effective and delicious, there are loads of reasons you should give growing your own a go. The Tomato Grower''s Handbook covers everything you need to grow your own and enjoy your plants year on year, no matter what space you''re working with, including: - Preparing the soil - Sowing seeds - Transplanting young plants - Watering and feeding - Pruning and propagating - Tips and tricks to boost your harvest - Troubleshooting advice for when things don''t go to plan There is also information on different varieties to try, as well as simple recipes and ideas for preserving a glut, such as homemade passata, green tomato jam, a tomato salad that promises to maximise flavour and even a whole tomato pasta that makes use of the fruit, leaves and stems.
About the author
Holly Farrell is an award-winning garden writer and author of books including Healing with Plants: The Chelsea Physic Garden Herbal; RHS Plants from Pips; Growing Herbs (Kew Gardener's Guides); RHS Get Growing; Grow Fruit; and Garden Media Guild Award finalists RHS Gardening for Mindfulness and The Jam Maker's Garden. Her most recent titles are The RHS Little Book of Wild Gardening; The Herb Almanac (for Chelsea Physic Garden); and The RHS Little Book of Cut Flower Growing. She is a frequent contributor to The Simple Things magazine and an RHS Wisley-trained horticulturalist (she holds the Wisley Diploma and RHS Certificates in Horticulture). Before moving to Guernsey, Holly was a judge on the Vegetable Forum at RHS Bridgewater.
