narrow-bladed, sharp knife 77
national diet 106
Nature 40, 44, 67, 89, 91
Nature's norm, Mother 58
Navy Bean Edmund 7
nectarines 51
needs, horticultural 97
needs, nutritional management 104
needs, soil management 104
Netherlands 8
netting, fine-mesh wire 28
new fruit-bush bed 64
new growth 70
new leaves 71
new plants 61
newspapers 64
nest 127
nest building 127
night 125
night-time frost 90
night-time harvesting 96
nights, cold 73
nitrogen 9, 30, 34, 51
No 2 potting compost, John Innes, 27
'no-dig' school of gardening 59
'non-compatibles' 110
non-gardeners 57
norm, Mother Nature's 58
Norwich 38
Normandy 7
North America 35
North American Indians, Cherokee 4
north-facing walls 126
November prune 69
nourishment 67
nurseries, specialist 63
nursery bed 62
nutrients 16, 59, 67, 77, 119
nutrients, cost-free 30
nutrients, diet-improving 33
nutritional deficiencies 102
nutritional management needs 104
nutritional value 80, 98
nutritionists 99
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