Topic: What are your most-loved gardening books?

[DenBee]

If anyone is interested in the Bob Flowerdew No-Work Garden, and is anywhere near a branch of The Works bookshop, I spotted it there this afternoon at our local (Metrocentre) for £3.99.

And on Robert's recommendation, I am now going to buy it the next time I am in there.  :)

[grawrc]

I don't need a recommendation to want the "No work garden"  ;D ;D

On second thoughts??? That's half the fun innit???  8)Innit!?? :-\

[katynewbie]

;D

Beat you to it Den, got it on Tuesday! Not planning on "no work" just maybe a little less with the blessed St Bobs help and tips!

£3.99 I love a bargain!

 ;D

[grawrc]

Oke I've given Pete a memo for tomorrow when he's in town for Rotary and can get it.

[supersprout]

W.E. Shewell-Cooper "The ABC of Vegetable Gardening"

Oh thank you MH, that stirs the juices, when I was wee that was the only gardening book I had in my parent's house and I never got tired of it, sooo much information compressed into its pages. Will definitely put this down on my 2nd hand bookshop hunt list! :D

[telboy]

There's only one for me,

John Seymore - the S.S.G - God bless him!!

[supersprout]

amazing how often SSG has come up in this thread, hope John S. knows what a mark he made on a generation!

[Cat]

well i havent read any gardening books  :-[

but i just ordered one (if that counts)
http://play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=BOOK&title=668038

"Allotment Gardening" is a practical guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables organically. Aimed at those who have not had an allotment before, or are new to growing their own, it is packed with advice - from choosing and planning your allotment through to harvesting and storing your produce.

i will let u know what its like  ???

(sorry i wanted to join in)

Hi there,

I have got this book and it's really good!  It is aimed at those who have not had an allotment before (me) and is packed with good advice & tips.

Hope you like it as much as I do  :)

[supersprout]

Thanks for the review and recommendation cat, make sure you share the tips around the forum too! ;) :-*

[cowellen]

well i havent read any gardening books  :-[

but i just ordered one (if that counts)
http://play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=BOOK&title=668038

"Allotment Gardening" is a practical guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables organically. Aimed at those who have not had an allotment before, or are new to growing their own, it is packed with advice - from choosing and planning your allotment through to harvesting and storing your produce.

i will let u know what its like  ???

(sorry i wanted to join in)

it's very basic - my lottie neighbour has bought the same book  ::) finished it already - so i've ordered another ;)

[Multiveg]

I enjoyed reading Bob Flowerdew books - no work...! organic bible, and the hefty tome with Biggs & McVicar.
Hessayon's Veg Expert helped develop my interest for pottering around my father's 3 plots in south-east London. The plots are still there although I think half a dozen has been sold to the private health club (it was a public lido) for parking. Good to see the plots still there - thinking of all the houses that could have been built.
I also like Mel Bartholomew's square footie book.
Another book I like is all about liquid gold

[katynewbie]

???

Liquid Gold???????

[mat]

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Liquid Gold???????

good old "wee"

mat

[katynewbie]

;D

Not normally that stupid, didn't know it was that kinda site!!!

 ;D

[DenBee]

I bought the Bob Flowerdew No-Work Garden the other day, and I've enjoyed reading it, looking at the pics, and I know it will come in useful, so I'm happy I did so.

Funnily enough, I'd borrowed some books from the library three weeks ago, before I took note of this thread.  And one of them is the Joy Larkcom Grow Your Own Vegetables book.  I wouldn't have bought this, because of the lack of photos (I am a very shallow person  ;) ), but on perusing it, I can see why it's so popular.  :)

[Robert_Brenchley]

I was looking at that in Waterstones today; I look at it every time I'm in there. No doubt I'll buy it soon, but I've been spending too much on the garden recently.

[DenBee]

I've looked online.  Found out the other day that The Book People actually had it for £3.99, but it's out of stock now, and probably gone off their site.

Apart from that, the cheapest place for the Larkcom book seems to be WHSmith, which is £5.99, post free.

I know what you mean about the gardening budgetary spend though.  I think my OH has had to come to accept that the whole veggie growing thing is really not about saving money, it's something quite different to that.  :D

[Robert_Brenchley]

I picked up Monty Don's 'My Roots: A Decade in the Garden' in the library yesterday, and so far I've been pleasantly surprised. I can't stand his TV programmes, but he can certainly write.