THE ZERO MILE DIET

This definitive month-by-month guide brings gardeners into the delicious world of edible landscaping and helps take a load off the planet as we achieve greater food security. Full of illustrative colour photos and step-by-step instructions, The Zero-Mile Diet shares wisdom gleaned from 30 years of food growing and seed saving with comprehensive advice on:

• Growing organic food year-round
• The small fruit orchard and backyard berries
• Superb yet simple seasonal recipes
• Preserving your harvest
• Seed saving and plant propagation
• Dirt-cheap ways to nourish your soil
• Backyard poultry—less time-consuming than you think
• Growing vegetables in the easiest way possible
• A–Z guide to growing the best vegetables and herbs

Put organic home-grown fruits and vegetables on your table throughout the year, using the time-saving, economical and sustainable methods of gardening outlined in The Zero-Mile Diet. This book is about REAL food and how eating it will change our lives for the better.

Carolyn Herriot is a passionate organic gardener, photographer, lecturer and a cook who loves to eat. She is also the author of the best selling A Year On The Garden Path: a 52-Week Organic Gardening Guide. After 20 years of operating the nursery, Carolyn continues to grow “Seeds of Victoria” at The Garden Path Centre in Victoria, British Columbia, earthfuture.com/gardenpath. Contributing editor Carol Pope brings 25 years of experience in editing and gardening, including a decade as the editor of GardenWise magazine, focused on organic growing in British Columbia.

Harbour Publishing
www.harbourpublishing.com

ISBN 13: 978-1-55017-481-6
ISBN 10: 1-55017-481-9