Hi,

Oh, it seemed that my birthday present was not as good as I thought. Thank
you for your correction!

Though I always enjoys growing things, I am still quite a newbie in
gardening in UK, as I could only have time and space for some pot plants. I
knew nothing about organic gardening, composting three years ago, not
mention companion planting. So I am doing a lot of reading in gardening and
learn from trial and errors. However, as I had been a primary teacher and
then a school-librarian for years, I know I often behave a bit old-fashioned
and sound like a book-worm. I hope my posts within these two months had not
offended anyone.

Back to errors in the magazine, I had not the chance to grow 'Bird of
Paradise' before though I knew it is a pretty plant. I know that I cannot
believe in books completely, that is the main reason I subscribed to this
newsgroup as I found that quite a number of posters are experienced in the
field and very helpful. However, I had emailed the BBC in March, enquiring
where I should report about errors in those books being published by BBC
Books but I got no reply.

Don, Monty, Gardeners' World: gardening from Berryfields, BBC Books, 2005.

P. 160
Bush tomatoes grow to a vigorous bushy size, the fruit all ripen more or
less at once and is harvested. End of story.
(I grew a Garden Pearl and a Gartenperle in a window box last late spring.
After having the first harvest, I pruned them back in August, had a second
harvest in late September. They overwintered well indoor. It seems that the
pot is too small for two but the Garden Pearl is having plenty of green and
red tomatoes at the moment.)

P.160 again
....Stake the cordons very firmly so that ... with about 45kg(10lb) of fruit,
they remain steady.
(45kg is not equal to 10lb)

I can comment about the other content in the book as I do not have (enough)
experience yet.

With regards,
CK from Aberystwyth