How to grow squashes & pumpkins : a practical gardening guide for great results, with step-by-step techniques and 160 photographs /
Richard Bird
- 1st ed.
- London : Southwater, c2008
- 64 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm
types of squashes and pumpkins : Marrows and courgettes ; Pumpkins ; Squashes ; Cucumbers -- Planning and preparation : Types of soil ; Improving the soil ; Compost ; Soil fertility ; Digging the soil ; Weather problems ; Pests and diseases ; Tools and equipment -- Cultivating squashes and pumpkins : Growing in the vegetable plot ; Growing in the greenhouse ; Sowing in the open ; Sowing under glass ; Growing organically ; Growing marrows and courgettes ; Growing pumpkins ; Growing squashes ; Growing cucumbers ; Carving
Includes an illustrated gardener's guide to the different varieties of squashes and pumpkins, their history and cooking uses and step-by-step instructions for preparing the soil, growing under glass, providing support, harvesting and storing