Product Description

If you ve never gardened, or known how to or you just need a touch of inspiration to get back out there, or plant a bulb in your kitchen, The Broons Gairdenin Wisdoms is the perfect guide. It s true most of Granpaw s advice is given when he s leaning on a spade, or relaxing in his armchair in his shed, but this book shows: the gardening year; how and what to grow on allotments/dark tenement stairs and flats, and gives advice on flowers, vegetables, compost, medicinal plants. Decorated with the wit and wisdom of granpaw s column from The Auchentogle Bugle , and regular news from the local Allotment Association. When Granpaw Broon is not sure what to do next in his garden, he 'asks Thomson' - his favourite gardening bible. In this book, Granpaw and Paw give their thoughts on how to grow in: allotments, window boxes, hanging baskets, container gardens, and how to grow garden plants as well as find that plant for a dark stair, with lots of reference and reproduction from "Thomson's Gardening Assistant".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1081 in Books
• Published on: 2009-10-16
• Format: Illustrated
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

Review
'It's blooming great. That's the verdict of thousands of folk across the country who have already snapped up copies of The Broons' Book O' Gairdenin' Wisdoms...With a real homely feel to it, this is a gardening book with a difference as it also has lots of tips for seasoned gardeners and handy instructions on when and were to plant crops and deal with pesky pests.' The Sunday Post 25/10/09 --The Sunday Post

About the Author
David Donaldson is the scriptwriter for The Broons' weekly comic script in The Sunday Post.

Customer Reviews

Hilarious nonsense from Grandpaw with sound advice on gardening
I particularly liked Grandpaw's introductions - they are nothing to do with gardening and more like the kind of chat you used to have over the garden fence - rambling and funny, complete tangents.
The gardening sections are solid advice on how to do things, and the book is beautiful. Wonderful design and I loved the little pics of Grandpaw peeping around the shed. This is a gem of a book and the love that the team and writer behind it have for gardens, and the Broons, shines out of it.

fun but clever
a great book of old scotish wisdom with a few laughs what more do you want.