The LITTLE VEGIE PATCH CO

How to grow food in small spaces

by FABIAN CAPOMOLLA and MAT PEMBER

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New softcover book, 224 pages. Published 2011, colour photos throughout.

Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember install edible gardens: in polystyrene boxes on balconies, in crates you can put anywhere in your backyard, or by creating no-dig, raised garden beds. After years of helping clients set up spaces to grow their own fruit and vegetables, they believe anyone can create their own little edible garden, in most any area in Australia. And in this easy-to-use guide they show you how simple it is!

Fundamentals such as Soil, Climate, Watering, Composting, Worm Farms, Saving and Sowing Seeds, and Raised Garden Beds and Crates are all discussed comprehensively – each with fully illustrated step-by-step plans that show how to create your own little veggie patch.

The complete A-Z of Edible Plants gives you vital information on more than 40 vegetables (and fruit trees), including detailed planting information, ongoing maintenance advice, tips on best companions and when to harvest. And the Weekend Activities scattered throughout the book will get the kids involved too, whether they're Making a Scarecrow, Building a Spud Tower or Growing Beans in a Bean Can.

Lots of fun, and packed full of all the information you'll need - (plus recipes and some hilarious tips and stories from the Little Veggie Patch boys' own experience along the way =- this colourful guide is for anyone interested in growing their own food.

About the Authors
Growing up in an Italian family, for Fabian Capomollo, Sunday lunch would always consist of loud arguments, pasta and veggies from the garden, and would finish with an expresso and a selection of ripe fruit from the backyard orchard. Starting off in advertising before taking the leap to fulfil his dream of helping people grow food, Fabian and his wife and kids now have their own completely edible backyard in Melbourne.

All Mat Pember's childhood memories revolve around his Nonna and Nonno's backyard near Fremantle, WA. The veggie garden, the enormous garage, where the pork and fennel sausage would hang drying from the ceiling beams, and checking the chook shed for eggs, and then looking for what was ready for picking in the huge, rambling vegetable patch were cherished family traditions. Mat worked in landscaping before moving exclusively into edible gardening.

Fabian and Mat are now The Little Vegie Patch Co., a busy Melbourne-based business that specialises in helping people grow their own food.

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The Little Vegie Patch Co by Fabian Capomolla and Mat Pember