I have read two books recently that I really enjoyed.
First is URBAN GARDNER by Elspeth Thompson.She writes about having an allotment in London.
Second is A GARDEN IN THE HILLS by Katharine Stewart she writes about her garden near Loch Ness.
Anybody have a fave gardening book? :)
the allotment keeper's handbook by Jane Perrone..writen by someone with an allotment ;D
A tale of two gardens - Elspeth Thompson
Notes from an Italian Garden - Joan Marble
Scenes from a smallholding & More scenes from a smallholding - Chas Griffin
I recently finished We Want Real Food, Graham Harvey. It charts the downfall of farming & the part the government had to play in it & what needs to be done to put things right. Plenty more as well. Certainly worth a read.
It has inspired us. We have our names down for an allotment but in the meantime we are going to grow what we can at the bottom of the garden.
Janet.
The only allotment book I have read was My Life on a Hillside Allotment by Terry Walton (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Hillside-Allotment-Terry-Walton/dp/0593057244/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1206303375&sr=1-15) The guy who grew the pumpkins on the Big Dig and who appears on the Jeremy Vine show. A good if quick read.
A Miscellany of Garden Wisdom by Bernard Schofield a collection of useful tips and homespun knowledge much of which has been obscured by time and memory.
The Gourmet Gardener by Bob Flowerdew. Everything you need to know to grow and prepare the very finest of vegetables, fruit and flowers.
Elizabeth West's two books about her and her husband's attempts at self sufficiency in a very tumbledown house in Wales in the 70's, Hovel in the Hills and Garden in the Hills are fascinating and informative. They really did live on little to no money, and eventually had to give up and find pastures new, but these accounts of their time there, interspersed with recipes for food and wine made from their produce, are entertaining.
I have been re reading books this week.
Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest ...cool season crops for the year round gardener.,by Binda Colebrook.
It is Canadian but the Marime Northwest is almost identical to the Uk.
In fact she often quotes UK methods and some varieties.
It is an excellent book if you want to grow veggies all year round, probably available on Amazon.
XX Jeannine