Any good books you good folk on here could recommend for a novice gardener?
I'm talking veg growing (organic). Stuff that'll tell you the best time to
sow seeds etc.

TIA

Redman

Redman wrote:
Any good books you good folk on here could recommend for a novice
gardener? I'm talking veg growing (organic). Stuff that'll tell you
the best time to sow seeds etc.

You don't need a specifically organic book, but if you can find
Lawrence D. Hills' book on organic fruit and veg growing somewhere
you won't regret it, as it has a lot of specialist info the keen
organic (or any) gardener will find particularly useful.

More recent titles are at:
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...roducts_id=765

For sowing times etc, the seed catalogues are reliable and free; and
the instructions on seed packets are by the same people who write the
books.

Mike.

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Any good books you good folk on here could recommend for a novice gardener?
I'm talking veg growing (organic). Stuff that'll tell you the best time to
sow seeds etc.

TIA

Redman


As an introduction, the Hessayon book is good (The Vegetable Expert) -
you'd have to ignore the non-organic bits.
For more detail, there's a huge amount of information in Joy Larkcom's
'Growing Vegetables' - very reliable and excellent value.
Janet G

Anything by Joy Larkcom, in particular Grow your own Vegetables. Bon appetit!

jay jay

Ok thanks to all who have replied so far, I've taken your advice and
purchased a couple of books thru Amazon.

Redman

Message from Mike Lyle on Thu, 21
Oct 2004 17:43:39 Books ?:

Redman wrote:
Any good books you good folk on here could recommend for a novice
gardener? I'm talking veg growing (organic). Stuff that'll tell you
the best time to sow seeds etc.

You don't need a specifically organic book, but if you can find
Lawrence D. Hills' book on organic fruit and veg growing somewhere
you won't regret it, as it has a lot of specialist info the keen
organic (or any) gardener will find particularly useful.

More recent titles are at:
http://www.organiccatalog.com/catalo...ath=63_193&pro
ducts_id=765

For sowing times etc, the seed catalogues are reliable and free; and
the instructions on seed packets are by the same people who write the
books.

Mike.


Lawrence D. Hills' 1971 book, 'Grow Your Own Fruit and Vegetables',
(second hand) is available at Amazon.co.uk.