Product Description

"The Curious Gardener's Almanac" contains over 1000 entries of remarkable information about flowers, vegetables, fruits, trees, herbs, insects, birds, water, soil, tools, composts, climate, recipes, gardens and gardeners, myths, superstitions, biodynamics. In short, it is a collection as profuse and variegated as gardening itself. Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous quotations, anecdotes, traditional sayings, lines of verse, and words of rural wisdom. The spirit and focus of the Almanac is British but the wider picture is international as so much of our gardens originated from overseas. Dry or dull information has no place in the almanac and its presentation is as appealing as the content.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25561 in Books
• Published on: 2006-10-02
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 160 pages

Nottingham Evening Post
This is a joyous book.

Living North
The Curious Gardener's Almanac is a beautifully written and
produced gem of a book.

The Ecologist
This book has the capacity to encourage, inform and inspire...A
perfect present for the green-fingered.

Customer Reviews

Chop, chop, dig, dig...
Perhaps this book should come with a warning to all aspiring horticulturalists: Niall Edworthy is not a gardener! After moving house, and finding himself with a plot to call his own, he decided to get his hands dirty. However, he knew absolutely nothing. After mistaking garlic for asparagus under the watchful and surprisingly tolerant gaze of his neighbour, he decided to seek semi-professional help. The result is this quite amazing collection of time-honoured wisdom, gathered from diverse sources, and covering subjects like good and bad bed-fellows (plants, that is), recipes for all your wonderful home-grown goodies, and titbits like the fact that aubergines were once thought to be poisonous to Christians! This almanac is a definite must for the dabbler as much as for the dedicated gardener.

Got this book for Christmas - Didn't put it down till I'd read it all!
When opening up my presents on Christmas morning this little book called the 'Curious Gardener's Almanac' appeared. Thought nothing of it and put it on the pile with all the other books. Later in the day I opened it up and browsed through it. I discovered that it's full of all kinds of wonderfull facts, quotes, recipes and other usefull information. I didn't look at another book until I had read through it all.

The book can be read from start to finish or picked up and flicked through on the odd occasion. It is not a practical guide to gardening as such, more an entertaining read full of nuggets of light hearted infomation. Information can come in many forms including how to stop slugs, what plants are beneficial to others, historical facts, the origin of the wheelbarrow and even how to make beer using hops from your garden!

Overall a highly enjoyable book that has educated and entertained in equal, measures. I have also often found myself reading out quotes to others around that i have found of interest.

Fabulous!
Like one of the other reviewers, I also received this book for Christmas and didn't really appreciate what I'd been given until later. When I started reading it I couldn't put it down. This book is a real gem and is packed with tips and pearls of wisdom. I would definitely recommend this as the perfect gift for anyone who loves gardening and appreciates everything that goes with it.