The Girl’s Guide to Growing Your Own by Alex Mitchell, softback published by New Holland. ISBN 978-1-84773-510-2, price 12.99 from www.newhollandpublishers.com
Subtitled ‘How to grow Fruit and vegetables without getting Your Hands Too Dirty’, seems and odd title for a gardening book lauding the pleasures of ‘growing your own’. Gardening without dirt – a good name for a hydroponics book! Aimed at absolute beginners, this book is divided into seasons. It has a useful difficulty rating for sowing seed. This funky style book aimed at young women, is sprinkled throughout with tips, the odd recipe and much more. Well-illustrated, practical and down to earth information on growing your first fruit, vegetables and salad greens. The book is aimed at the modern women, with not too much time on her hands and who does not have acres and acres in which to grow. Not for horticultural heavyweights but for green gardeners who want to have a bit of fun.