can anyone suggest some good general books for
idiot beginners like myself and Getty?
i've seen this:
Practical Allotment Gardening: A Guide to Growing
Fruit, Vegetables and Herbs on Your Plot
Caroline Foley
on amazon. it has a couple of very mixed reviews...
cheers...
seth.
hey seth - less of the "idiot".
;)
anyway, seth and I would really appreciate any book recommendations.
Try 'Pippa's Organic Kitchen Garden' by Pippa Greenwood published by Dorling Kindersley. Good format, good reference book, lots of interesting tips.
cheers.
I got the foley book, btw. it's a nice lightweight sort of thing. not a lot of detail - certainly not useful as a reference, or full guide to allotmentkeeping. but it's pleasant reading and got me and my co-allotmenteers excited...
Check out:
Bob Flowerdew's Organic Garden ISBN 1 85626 384 3
Growing Vegetables by Tony Biggs ISBN 1 84000 152 6
Apply the principles outlined in these books to your allotment and you cannot fail.