Susanne Bruns, Herbert Bishop Helmut Yantra and place in this book garden proven knowledge of the past for modern Garden practice before. be discussed after a short historical outline, in the monastery, castle and castle gardens and the first grass comes up, you will become familiar with the design of beautiful gardens in former times. The book is illuminated, not least because he is now again come to honor.
said Professor Hirschfeld in his theory of garden design in the 18th century to take into account the need for the design of the garden, the character of the surrounding landscape and nature. It is made with color harmonies of familiar flowers that are 150 years old and yet is still valid today have read about that one had already a good knowledge of soil types. We learn what is going on with the green manure to be, which is recommended today as a soil-improving measure reads, organic fertilizer, as he was successfully used before Justus Liebig the "fertilizer" invented and is in the Mist and Early beds 19 . Century familiar.
Services practice in the past and present will be explained in more detail. Furthermore, we learn interesting facts about the earlier seed germination and is informed about the practice of planting large. Giesregeln from the old days you should memorize and learn to understand that wild herbs Weeds are not.
With great interest I studied the chapter "Forgotten vegetable species and varieties. Lettuce salad used to be called. Winter salads are mentioned, including turnip greens and other vegetables that are now barely knows. Coal plants is used already in pre-Christian times in Egypt. We read of many old kinds of vegetables such as salsify and gold thistle, which are now fully come out of fashion and is aware of many herbs are now re-grown in most gardens. These herbs also includes the borage, mugwort, which should not want for poultry dishes.
has pleased me the chapter in which it deals in detail with old fruit. In the individual portraits of fruit each one is informed about the aging period, the home, the specificity of the fruit, the taste, the use and features. Old apple varieties, such as "Gewürzluiken" or the "Rhineland during both years, and old pear and quince varieties are focused and we read of delicious cherry varieties, such as the" giant blueberry finger cherry ".
The "Quellin greengages" will show you, even the "Nancyaprikose" delicate and old varieties of strawberries such as' Senga Sengana "old raspberry and Brombeersorten But dererlei gooseberries and more. How to harvest this fruit, used and stored is not mentioned, and you get recipes for retro jams and jellies, such as "raspberry jam greengages" you learn how to boiling down fruit and cucumber lodges and fruits preserved in alcohol.
A treasure trove for anyone interested in old garden knowledge.
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