The Seed Hunter: Discover the World's Most Unusual Heirloom Plants - Hardcover

McCulloch, Mitch

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593844300 ISBN 13: 9780593844304

Verlag: DK, 2024

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Why grow the same dull vegetables and herbs that fill every grocery store shelf? If you're putting in the effort and growing your own, make it something sensational!

There's a thrilling diversity of rare and unusual heirloom plants out there―a riot of beauty, color, and flavor that can only be experienced by growing your own. So saddle up and join the trail blazed by Mitch the Seed Hunter as he shows you how to source, grow, and enjoy the most amazing crops from around the world.

The antithesis of mass-produced hybrids and genetically modified seeds, heirloom crops provide a connection to the past, seeds that have been passed down through generations, rescued from oblivion, and preserved by a dedicated community of growers.

From Italian flat onions to pink broad beans, apple-sized melons beloved by Queen Anne to purple-and-white Gniff carrots from Switzerland (almost lost to extinction), and orange okra from Japan to ancient Aztec broccoli, Mitch shares his passion for growing them all and making the most of their incredible flavors.

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Mitch McCulloch is a London-born chef with a keen interest in flavors and the provenance of food. He is creating a market and forest garden on 4 acres in the New Forest (UK), where he works in tune with the local habitat, and community and practices No Dig (collaborating with Charles Dowding). Media work includes: a six-part miniseries for BBC Radio Suffolk; a segment on BBC Gardeners' World; speaking at the Aldeburgh Food and Drink Festival; BBC One's Escape to the Country; and a collaboration with the RSPB on Instagram videos to help save bees.

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• Verlag: DK
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0593844300
• ISBN 13: 9780593844304
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: DK; https://www.dk.com/us/; ; The Lego Group; Billund; Billund ; Dk7190; Dänemark