Archive for January, 2012

The Easy Fruit Garden by Clare Matthews

The Easy Fruit Garden by Clare Matthews, hardback published by New Holland. ISBN 978-1-84773-858-5, price 16.99 available from www.newhollandpublishers.com
This book has a sound philosophy – anyone can grow fruit. Clare even states that growing apple trees is easy and I have it on good authority that the pruning and care can be quite demanding. It’s [...]

Now Is The Season by Laura Faire

Now Is The Season by Laura Faire, softback published by New Holland. ISBN 978-1-86966-316-2, price 16.99 available from www.newhollandpublishers.com
Common sense gardening and cooking combined. Grow, cook in season and eat simple and honest fayre for the table. Each season presents a gardening calendar and a menu. The simple gardening calendar gives what to plant, when [...]

Year Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour

Year Round Vegetable Gardener by Niki Jabbour, softback published by Storey. ISBN 978-1-60342-568-1, price 19.55 in the Uk, available from www.storey.com
I have long extolled the virtues of sowing seed year round. I have long extolled the virtues of vegetable growing. So I welcomed this book with open arms. Niki looks at how to extend the [...]

Vertical Vegetables & Fruit by Rhonda Massingham Hart

Vertical Vegetables & Fruit by Rhonda Massingham Hart, softback published by Storey Books. ISBN 978-1-60342-998-6, price 11.99 available from www.storey.com
Growing vertically is such a good way to maximise the space in your garden. Growing veg makes sense in more than one way – it’s a healthy thing to grow and eat! This is a no [...]