Can anyone suggest.........?

[jordsbabe]

Can anyone suggest a really good BASIC book to get me started? I feel like giving up already. I like to think I am reasonably intelligent, but this growing veg is like a foreign language!  :o Truses, side shoots, what can and can't be grown in pots, compost, fertilizers my head is spinning and i haven't had a drink!

Help!!!!!!!

[jordsbabe]

[grotbag]

i found "the vegetable expert" to be very good when I first started

[betula]

For a very basic informative book,the expert series by Dr D.G Hessayon The vegetable Expert. :)

[trinity]

I a have found that almost anything can be grown in pots ;) just some times you need very very big pots :o !

[caroline7758]

Yep, I'll third that! Or just ask your questions here (but the laptop might get a bit muddy!)

[jordsbabe]

Yep, I'll third that! Or just ask your questions here (but the laptop might get a bit muddy!)

LMAO

Everyone is soooo lovely and patient on here but i'm scared you will all get fed up of the local dunce lol!

[betula]

Every one  has to take the first step,you will soon be running ;D

[star]

We wont get like that Jordsbabe, Ive asked some real dafties and got some great sensible answers and some hilarious ones too. Ask away, remember.......questions are only easy if you know the answer.

Ha! That gets me out of the easy peasy club :D, I dont know as much as I used to :(

[manicscousers]

if you want a good laugh as well as all the information, try The Allotment Keeper's Handbook by Jane Perrone,
brilliant book, really down to earth with all her mistakes and successes in it, written like a conversation. I just found it really helped  ;D
also, if you buy anything from amazon, use the link on the top right of this page, it sticks a few more pennies in to keeping this brilliant  site up and running  ;D

[hopalong]

Agree with others. Having tried several, I've found Dr Hessayon's Vegetable "Expert" book easily the most useful and practical to get started with.

[PurpleHeather]

Books on gardening can be a little bit too much. The author is no doubt very knowledgeable and he/she will want to tell you every thing there is to know. Some things are better learned gradually but to start with you do not know which to bother about and what can be ignored!

Too much information for someone new to anything can be off putting. It is not patronising to suggest learning as a child would for a season. As soon as you succeed you will get your confidence and do well.

There is no harm in going to your library and saying that you want to get a book out for a youngster who is learning and take a look at that. Pictures do help.

There are some sites with videos on. The BBC usually have these. You can play them over and over. Try 'You Tube' even.

[jordsbabe]

What fantastic advice I've bought the vegetable expert for 0.01 and £2.95 p&P  ;D

Used the amazon link too! My hubby buys a lot of amazon so i'll get him to go through my log on!

Thank you everyone!

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[ACE430]

For more active encouragement you should checkout some of the very informative information on www.youtube.com 

I found it very good I am just a beginner first time in a garden this year already eating some results.

Best of luck