The Zero Mile Diet Cookbook

Download or read book The Zero-Mile Diet written by Carolyn Herriot and published by Harbour Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This definitive month-by-month guide brings gardeners into the delicious world of edible landscaping and helps take a load off the planet as we achieve greater food security. Full of illustrative colour photos and step-by-step instructions, The Zero-Mile Diet shares wisdom gleaned from 30 years of food growing and seed saving with comprehensive advice on: * Growing organic food year-round * The small fruit orchard and backyard berries * Superb yet simple seasonal recipes * Preserving your harvest * Seed saving and plant propagation * Dirt-cheap ways to nourish your soil * Backyard poultry--it's less time-consuming than you think * Growing vegetables in the easiest way possible * A-z guide to growing the best vegetables and herbs Put organic home-grown fruits and vegetables on your table throughout the year, using the time-saving, economical and sustainable methods of gardening outlined in The Zero-Mile Diet. This book is about REAL food and how eating it will change our lives for the better.