Topic: cheap gardening books

[norfolklass]

just popped into "The Works" cheapy cheapsville discount book shop in my lunch hour, and found myself in the gardening section ::)
came away with Dr Hessayon's Fruit Expert for £2 (was £6.99) and Gardener's Question Time Plant Chooser for £6 (was £25) ;D ;D

they've got loads more hardbacks reduced from £20-25 to £5 including:
Pippa Greenwood's Gardening Year (which we, my book design colleagues and I, designed and set – very exciting! ;D)
Gardener's Question Time, 50 Years of
The Garden at Highgrove
and Dr Hessayon's Greenhouse Expert, also £2

have never looked through a Dr Hessayon before: am blown away by the amount of info, and lots of drawings and photos too – so useful for newbies!!! will be keeping my eyes peeled for the Veg Expert

[caroline7758]

Some people don't like Dr Hessayon because he's not organic, but I've used his veg book more than any other because it gives so much detail on spacing, timing etc.

[redimp]

Chemical Ali we call him but the books are useful :)

[caroline7758]

Wasn't sure he was a real person until I read in an rhs magazine recently that he'd been given an award!

[Amazin]

... he used to go fly fishing with J R Hartley!

Speaking of the Works, I got a brilliant book in there not too long ago called Botanica - info on 10,000 garden plants and how to cultivate them. Some silly price like £15, as I recall.

[manicscousers]

ray's just bought Jimmy's farm book from our cheap book shop, 99p, down from 18.99  ;D