Product Description

Eating fresh home-grown produce can't be beaten and with this book which caters for novice gardeners and devoted enthusiasts alike, you will learn all you need to know to grow your own vegetables - from choosing a site to storing vegetables after the harvest. Simple, straightforward advice shows you how to match planting strategies to the way a crop grows and how to get the most out of a vegetable garden no matter what lifestyle, climate and garden soil you have. A crop list features over 80 entries on different vegetables - from artichokes to courgettes. Each entry contains a jargon buster planting prescription box, problem solver, recommended varieties and a Green Light box which helps the reader decide if this is the right plant for them. And throughout the book there are a dozen sample garden plans for every scheme from patio containers through to kitchen gardens. Growing your own vegetables has never been easier!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10532 in Books
• Published on: 2006-02-24
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

Review
Reads, shoots, leaves and eats. This is the ideal book for anyone starting a vegetable garden easy to use and with lots of practical information. --Saturday Telegraph - Dec 06

Review from The Daily Telegraph - Quick projects and short cuts plus a useful step-by-step guide to organic gardening. Practical and very thorough. --The Daily Telegraph

About the Author
Jane Courtier has written 15 books on gardening. She also contributes articles on gardening to consumer magazines such as Amateur Gardening, Your Garden, Garden Ideas, Woman's Weekly and Essentials. She was Deputy Editor of Amateur Gardening magazine. Fern Marshall Bradley is a freelance editor and writer with extensive experience in garden and nature books. She was garden book editor for Rochdale Inc. for 11 years and conceived and edited several of Rochdales's top-selling garden titles.

Customer Reviews

Excellent for the Novice
Quite a few of the grow-your-own books that I've seen assume a certain amount of gardening knowledge. For the complete novice, such books can seem a little overwhelming, with lots of fancy-sounding terms that remain a mystery. However, this book explains everything very clearly, giving the beginner a fighting chance of learning what a 'tilth' is, and what on earth 'bolting' means.

The book is laid out very clearly, with excellent photographs that are both useful and inspiring. I particularly like the way the pages are laid out for each vegetable, giving all the information you need in a very accessible way.

All in all, one of the best veg growing books that I've come across. I'll be referring to it for years to come - unless my copy is eaten by slugs like everything else in my garden!

good, but lacking something
a good book for the beginner, but certan parts are badly set out. beautiful pictures, but in my opinion, not enough information to go with them. could have been better in my opinion. but a decent book none the less for the complete novice, even though i feel that the amoun of plants recommended to grow for each veriety if a bit squiffy.

A complete guide
This book is very good for beginners to vegetable growing. It lists everything you need to know from sowing, planting and harvesting times to vegetables good for shade/sun and time taken for vegetables to grow. It also covers pests/compost making/veg in containers. It has lots of photos and describes each vegetable and its requirements. It's also useful for planning your vegetable year. Although a gardener for a long time, I am new to vegetable growing and I find this book indispensable, I love it! If you want something that lists lots of different vegetable varieties then I suggest reading a seed catalogue.