1-Minute Gardener

The Little Veggie Patch Co. has taken the mystery out of - and put the fun back into - growing fruit and vegetables. No matter how much or how little space you have, whether it’s in the sprawling suburbs or an inner-city high rise, the Little Veggie Patch team will have you growing your own food in no time.

1-Minute Gardener features 60 illustrated step-by-step guides to edible gardening essentials, from preparing and caring for your patch through to harvesting the rewards (and getting the kids involved along the way). These handy how-to guides include:

*Choosing your location
*Optimising your soil
*The world’s easiest seedling incubator
*Crop rotation no-brainers
*How to fertilise in pots
*Staking tomatoes like a pro
*Stink bombing possums
*The right way to harvest herbs
*The lowdown on edible flowers
*Hand pollination for beginners
*Easy-peasy trellising
*Seed bombing
*Competitive snail hunting

Growing your own food has never been simpler, speedier or more fun, so pull on your gumboots and get planting with the Little Veggie Patch crew.