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Month by month, learn how to grow fresh, nutritious fruit and vegetables that save you money, taste delicious and help you become more self-sufficient.
With down-to-earth, informative accounts from Michael Kelly’s own growing year and beautiful hand-painted illustrations by Sarah Kilcoyne, this book is packed with hard-earned wisdom and inspiration that will help you to coax delicious food from even the most unpromising soil.
Whether you are a complete beginner or a more experienced grower, and regardless of the amount of space you have, Michael Kelly’s expert advice will guide you. From feeding your soil and saving seeds to taking cuttings and preserving your produce, you will learn how to get it right in our climate. Each month also features recipes so that you can feast on the results of your work.
Michael Kelly
MICHAEL KELLY was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Educated at the University of Hull, he served for twelve years in the Royal Navy before joining the British police and working as a detective in the Regional Crime Squad, Major Crime and Surveillance Units for twenty-five years. After a serious injury on duty, he was retired from the police in 1999. Since then Michael has been a guide and a military historian on the battlefields of the Western Front and Normandy. He is founder member of the Nolan Group, which is engaged in the exploration of the site and action where Alvin C. York was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in the Argonne Forest, France. Michael is former chair of the H.M.S. Ganges Association, a past president of Grimsby Rugby Union Football Club and President of the Lincolnshire Rugby Football Union.
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