The authors show how gardeners can protect our global food heritage - and eat it too. They describe the seed collecting, growth cycles, propagation, cultivation and traditional kitchen and medicinal uses of over one hundred vegetables, culinary herbs and edible flowers.
Many people care passionately about the environment and conserving it for future generations. An integral part of this is concern for the demise of old-fashioned varieties of useful plants and vegetables. This book gives detailed descriptons of seed collecting, propagation of more than 100 vegetables, herbs and edible flowers.
