I am not a gardener, I have never watched gardeners world and have only a small back yard. i somehow came across this book while browsing amazon and thought it would be a nice stocking filler for my husband. anyhow, it is so easy to follow and inspiring that we now have green beans, leeks, onions and shallots growing in our little garden. The difference in taste from supermarket veg is unbelievable. This is a great book that takes you from buying seeds to taking vegetables out of the ground, if i can do it, anyone can! Next season we are moving on to courgettes, potatoes, broccoli........
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I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each ... Read More:
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A wonderful little marvel of a gardening book which features descriptions and lovely photographs of all the plants you could possibly want to identify, buy or just wish to own. Its great for taking out in the garden and identifying what you already have and even better for taking to the garden centre with you to ensure you are buying the correct plant or shrub for your garden type, size, soil type etc.
This book is really helpful for those who are starting out with an allotment or a vegetable patch in the garden. This book is practical and full of useful information. It never confuses you yet neither does it over simplify things. Suitable for readers of all ages who want to try this relaxing pastime for themselves.
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This book is really helpful for those who are starting out with an allotment or a vegetable patch in the garden. This book is practical and full of useful information. It never confuses you yet neither does it over simplify things. Suitable for readers of all ages who want to try this relaxing pastime for themselves.
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This is a really good book in that it explains exactly how to start a garden; either from scratch or improving on an existing one. It is in effect a short course in landscape architecture. But, it does not give much attention to smaller gardens. Because the problems you face planning a small garden are very different from the ones adressed here, I recommend you find a specialized book for that. If you have a large garden, this is ideal! Miellyn
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I wanted a book which would simply tell me when the best time to prune was, how to do it and what not to do. This book seems to be aimed at 'those in the know' it's full of technical terminolgy and is difficult to follow.
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I wanted a book which would simply tell me when the best time to prune was, how to do it and what not to do. This book seems to be aimed at 'those in the know' it's full of technical terminolgy and is difficult to follow.
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I wanted a book which would simply tell me when the best time to prune was, how to do it and what not to do. This book seems to be aimed at 'those in the know' it's full of technical terminolgy and is difficult to follow.
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