Tomato (La) – From the ground to the table

Description

She is the queen of our vegetable gardens! The favorite plant of gardeners, amateurs or experienced! Red, yellow, green and even black, or even small, fleshy, round, oval and juicy, tomatoes are divided into more than 15 varieties. And each one displays different flavors and aromas.

While paying tribute to this fruity vegetable that is so beneficial for health, Lili Michaud tells us the varieties best suited to our soils and climates. She offers us a vegetable adventure that begins from the moment the seeds are put into pots and continues all the way to the table. The book comes with valuable advice for:

• choose the varieties that best suit our tastes using a unique table displaying more than 200 varieties;
• start a crop, in pots or in the ground, and know how to maintain it;
• protect plants from diseases and harmful insects;
• recognize the right time to harvest;
• consider the best ways to cook our tomatoes;
• know how to can, dehydrate or freeze them.

The most daring gardeners will even find tips for successful transplants and creating a new and exclusive variety themselves.

As a bonus, around twenty healthy and delicious recipes.

For the pleasure of gardeners, cooks and gourmets!

You can read an extract by clicking here: Excerpt from the book Tomato

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Author: Lili Michaud
Edition: Éditions MultiMondes
Dimensions: x cm ( x in)
Page: 291, color
Publication date: April 2018
ISBN: 9782897730819
French language

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