The Little Veggie Patch Co. has taken the mystery out of - and put the fun back into - growing fruit and vegetables. No matter how much or how little space you have, whether it's in the sprawling suburbs or an inner-city high rise, the Little Veggie Patch team will have you growing your own food in no time.

1-Minute Gardener features 60 illustrated step-by-step guides to edible gardening essentials, from preparing and caring for your patch through to harvesting the rewards (and getting the kids involved along the way).

These handy how-to guides include:

• Choosing your location
• Optimising your soil
• The world's easiest seedling incubator
• Crop rotation no-brainers
• How to fertilise in pots
• Staking tomatoes like a pro
• Stink bombing possums
• The right way to harvest herbs
• The lowdown on edible flowers
• Hand pollination for beginners
• Easy-peasy trellising
• Seed bombing
• Competitive snail hunting Growing your own food has never been simpler, speedier or more fun, so pull on your gumboots and get planting with the Little Veggie Patch crew.