And good book recommendations for growing veg?

Does anyone have any good book recommendations for growing veg??

Cheers

 

Yes!!

"The Vegetable and Herb Expert" by Dr D.G. Hessayon.

Should definitely be the first (and for many people probably the only!) book a newbie to vegetable gardening buys.

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ooh thanks - will go and have a look -

 

P.S. I also use "Grow your own Vegetables" by Joy Larkham, is you want something more detailed, and that includes other topics such as making a compost heap.

 

Hi noidea. If you only get one book, make sure it's "The Vegetable and Herb Expert" by Dr D.G. Hessayon.

 

yep ordered it, so should arrive tomorrow -

 

I seem to accumulate veg books like I do cookery books but the back-stop never-be-without is the "RHS encyclopedia of gardening" (links below). I also have the more specialist "RHS fruit and vegetable gardening" which is pretty good too but amazon seems to want £50+ for it; my copy is marked £20 so that's a bit odd.
Latest favourite is, oddly, "River cottage handbook No. 4, Veg Patch" which packs a lot in to a small volume, is very readable and at nine squd is a bit of a bargain I think.

An old favourite, although not primarily a "how to" book, is "Close to the veg" by Michael Rand. Well written and funny and with some down-to-earth (sorry!) tips.





RHS Encyclopedia of Gardening (RHS): Christopher Brickell: Amazon.co.uk: Books

RHS Fruit and Vegetable Gardening: Mike Pollock: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Veg Patch: River Cottage Handbook No.4 River Cottage Handbook 4: Mark Diacono: Amazon.co.uk: Books

Close to the Veg: A Book of Allotment Tales: Michael Rand: Amazon.co.uk: Books

 

"I also have the more specialist "RHS fruit and vegetable gardening"

I'll have to look out for that, a combined RHS book sounds like a bargain! I have the separate volumes

"Growing vegetables"
and
"Growing Fruit"
(and a few others, bought in a rash moment of weakness, of course!)