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Hi,
Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. I've had some good successes and a few failures and learnt a tremendous amount but I'd like a single source of reference that has good depth on everything I might need to know - and on things that I might not need to know but will find very useful to know. A text that covers everything and assumes a starting knowledge of zero would be good, and with a 'want to at least try to be organic' bias. ISBN numbers for suggested texts would be very useful, if you're suggesting a book you own and can find such information. TIA, Regards, Martin. |
One gardening textbook.
"Martin_Stevens" wrote in message ... Hi, Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. I've had some good successes and a few failures and learnt a tremendous amount but I'd like a single source of reference that has good depth on everything I might need to know - and on things that I might not need to know but will find very useful to know. A text that covers everything and assumes a starting knowledge of zero would be good, and with a 'want to at least try to be organic' bias. ISBN numbers for suggested texts would be very useful, if you're suggesting a book you own and can find such information. Can't lay my hands on the book but many years ago the Readers Digest guides all seemed good. I cut my teeth on the DIY manual, Cookery Year and Gardening Guide. This was in the 1970s though, so I have no idea how the modern version stacks up. Ah - be warned! Review at http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-revi...owViewpoints=1 "Please be careful, I received this book yesterday after waiting 3 weeks.Initially I was elated, until I realised this was for the American market! Tempertatures in Farenhiete, chemical weedkillers that we cannot buy here & perennial weeds that we have, but obviously not in America. I have one of these but it is a mid 70's version, and we wanted an up-to-date one. " So perhaps you should steer clear of the recent version, or at least read through it first at Waterstones or similar. |
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Martin_Stevens wrote:
Hi, Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. I've had some good successes and a few failures and learnt a tremendous amount but I'd like a single source of reference that has good depth on everything I might need to know - and on things that I might not need to know but will find very useful to know. A text that covers everything and assumes a starting knowledge of zero would be good, and with a 'want to at least try to be organic' bias. ISBN numbers for suggested texts would be very useful, if you're suggesting a book you own and can find such information. In order of preference: 1. Geoffrey Smith, Mr. Smith's Vegetable Garden, BBC, 1976 (48 pages). 2. Joy Larkcom, Grow Your Own Vegetables, Francis Lincoln Limited, 2002, 3. D.G. Hessayon, The Vegetable and Herb Expert, Expert Books, 2008. Amazon.co.uk will find the ISBNs for you. Since 1. is out of print and costs a king's ransom on eBay, 2. would be my recommendation; I'd have 3. as a backup and encyclopedia, but, IMHO, it's a long way behind the other two. Others may comment on the meeting of the 'starting knowledge of zero' criterion. Best regards, Jon C. -- Jonathan Campbell www.jgcampbell.com BT48, UK. |
One gardening textbook.
"Martin_Stevens" wrote Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. I've had some good successes and a few failures and learnt a tremendous amount but I'd like a single source of reference that has good depth on everything I might need to know - and on things that I might not need to know but will find very useful to know. A text that covers everything and assumes a starting knowledge of zero would be good, and with a 'want to at least try to be organic' bias. ISBN numbers for suggested texts would be very useful, if you're suggesting a book you own and can find such information. The Complete Manual of Organic Gardening edited by Basil Chaplan ISBN 0 7472 7830 X. Published by Headline Book Publishing. I think it is out of print but you may be able to pick up a copy on Amazon or similar. Covers all aspects of gardening, veg and flowers, and although not completely organic ourselves it is an excellent book. Alternatively the Dr Hessayon books are usually good. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London |
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On 17 Oct, 16:45, "Bob Hobden" wrote:
"Martin_Stevens" *wrote Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. I've had some good successes and a few failures and learnt a tremendous amount but I'd like a single source of reference that has good depth on everything I might need to know - and on things that I might not need to know but will find very useful to know. A text that covers everything and assumes a starting knowledge of zero would be good, and with a 'want to at least try to be organic' bias. ISBN numbers for suggested texts would be very useful, if you're suggesting a book you own and can find such information. The Complete Manual of Organic Gardening edited by Basil Chaplan ISBN 0 7472 7830 X. *Published by Headline Book Publishing. I think it is out of print but you may be able to pick up a copy on Amazon or similar. Covers all aspects of gardening, veg and flowers, and although not completely organic ourselves it is an excellent book. Alternatively the Dr Hessayon books are usually good. -- Regards Bob Hobden just W. of London I won't recommend any books, brows your local library and when you find a book you dont want to hand back then think about buying it, also brows some of the 2nd hand bookshops, you might find books from the 20's and 30's of more usw as so many chemicals etc are being taken off the market. David Hill |
One gardening textbook.
"Martin_Stevens" wrote in message ... Hi, Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. I've had some good successes and a few failures and learnt a tremendous amount but I'd like a single source of reference that has good depth on everything I might need to know - and on things that I might not need to know but will find very useful to know. A text that covers everything and assumes a starting knowledge of zero would be good, and with a 'want to at least try to be organic' bias. ISBN numbers for suggested texts would be very useful, if you're suggesting a book you own and can find such information. "Practical Gardening and Food Production In Pictures" by Richard Sudell. Available secondhand from Abe Books for a couple of quid, plus P&P at about £2. Published around 1940. An extremely useful book if you know nothing about gardening. A bookseller in Barnstaple is selling this at the moment via the Abe Books website. "Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening" by J.I. Rodale and staff. 12th Ed. 1969. An American book, but very useful if you're an organic gardener. s. |
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On Oct 17, 11:23*pm, "someone" wrote:
"Practical Gardening and Food Production In Pictures" by Richard Sudell. Good 'eavens! One of my aunts bought that for me at the end of the forties and I used it for donkey's years. Even great Uncle Victor gave it his nod of approval! Don't forget Adam the Gardener! |
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Martin_Stevens wrote: Hi, Suggestions, please, for a textbook to comprehensively cover vegetable growing for a new (coming to the end of my first season) allotment holder. snippy Vegetable growing month by month by John Harrison ISBN 978-0-7160-2189-6 £5.99 The essential allotment guide by John Harrison ISBN 978-0-7160-2212-1 Both published by 'The right way' www.right-way.co.uk :) -- Pete C London UK |
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A splendid response and a load of useful suggestions - thanks all.
Regards, Martin. |
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