How Long to Read A Vegetable Gardener's Year

How Long Does it Take to Read A Vegetable Gardener's Year?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read A Vegetable Gardener's Year by Dirty Nails

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book is for vegetable gardeners and nature-lovers everywhere. It is a 'grow your own' manual, a recipe book, and a store of fascinating observations about natural history in the garden. The author writes a deeply personal account of the changing year based on his first-hand experience and a real affection for his subjects and locality. Journeying week-by-week through the vegetable and fruit growing calendar, this mix of practical advice, humour and information on and around the plot satisfies armchair gardeners and full-on nature enthusiasts alike. Thought provoking, inspiring - occasionally challenging - this is a book that can be taken to bed as an end-of-day muse; or get dogeared and dirty as an essential aid to cultivating and cooking home-grown food. REVIEWS: 'Much more than a vegetable gardeners book, it is a grow your own manual for nature lovers, food enthusiasts and anyone who loves to work with the elements.' www.ecohomeandgarden.co.uk'Brimming with an infectious passion for the outdoors life 'Dirty Nails' awakens the reader to the year-long joys of nature and the possibilities of self sufficiency, whether they live in the country or the urban jungle.' www.funkyfogey.com AUTHOR BIOG: 'Dirty Nails' has been writing about wildlife since boyhood. His weekly gardening column has been a popular feature of the Dorset and Somerset based Blackmore Vale Magazine since February 2002. With a naturalists' eye for the world around him, and wearing his heart always on his sleeve, the author thrills to the extraordinary and the mundane in equal measure. Past life employment has included being a teacher, international photo-journalist, forester, and groundsman. He now earns a living as a wildlife consultant and writer. His first book, How to Grow Your Own Food, was published in 2007, Spring Hill (How To Books). CONTENTS: Part 1 -Gardening With Dirty Nails February Week 1 - Frogs & bonfires Cats On disturbing a Queen wasp Week 2 - Pond Action Cabbages for mid-summer Week 3 - Sowing strawberries Tending broads Week 4 - Boosting winter purslane In praise of Sycamores March Week 1 - Preparing for potatoes Preparing for kale Week 2 - Carrots Spring onions Week 3 - First early potatoes Peppers & tomatoes Week 4 - Spring cleaning Second Early Spuds Week 5 - Tending globe artichokes Planting figs April Week 1 - Cabbages Week 2 - Maincrop potatoes Ridge cucumbers Week 3 - Tending... Strawberries Kale Carrots Cucumbers Week 4 - Watching & listening May Week 1 - Earthing-up spuds Greenhouse slug patrol Week 2 - Planting out kale Looking after water-boatmen Week 3 - Succession sowing Bird-watching Week 4 - Cucumbers Beans Feast & Fast Apples June Week 1 - Sunshine & showers Weeds & tomatoes Week 2 - Cylindra beetroot Week 3 - Downy mildew A much needed present Week 4 - Red cabbage July Week 1 - Harvesting shallots Potato Blight Week 2 - Harvesting garlic Developing froglets Working with nature Week 3 - Tending carrots Pruning Morello cherry Week 4 - Salsify Week 5 - Tomatoes Butterflies Potatoes August Week 1 - Path Clearing Lifting & splitting globe artichokes Week 2 - Wildlife-friendly strimming Redcurrant cordial-cum-presse Week 3 - China rose radishes Cabbage whites Week 4 - The passing of summer Harvesting potatoes Week 5 - Caterpillar plague Potato scab Bitter cucumbers September Week 1 - Cornelian cherry jam Week 2 - Quality time in the garden Week 3 - Kale Toads Edible gifts Week 4 - Gathering leaves Watching butterlies O

How long is A Vegetable Gardener's Year?

A Vegetable Gardener's Year by Dirty Nails is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Vegetable Gardener's Year Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read A Vegetable Gardener's Year aloud.

What Reading Level is A Vegetable Gardener's Year?

A Vegetable Gardener's Year is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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