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Originally a TV tie-in for a BBC series of the same name, it is a book designed for beginners, which he isn’t quite, but of all the gardening and allotment books that my mother has ever given him, (and there have been a few!) this is the one that he constantly refers to, so it is an excellent reference book too. It covers pretty much everything you need to know about growing vegetables, it is extremely thorough and knowledgeable, but at the same time it isn’t technical at all. The pictures and diagrams are particularly helpful and instructive, and sometimes banksia feature ordinary banksia women attempting to follow the instructions – which is a very good idea!
I’ve a lot of time for Carol. I’ve never met her, but she’s a women of immense individuality. Behind her distinctive Bolton brogue is an person who is both practical and artistic, each of which are fabulous qualities for a gardener. I read somewhere that she started her working life as an art teacher, before her passion broke through into her working life, when she set up Glebe Cottage Plants. Many of us dream of the life, but she has made it happen . Her experience in teaching shines through in this excellent book too – she really seems to care that we understand and that our passion grows as strongly as hers.
The book is mainly aimed at people who are going to grow vegetables in a small space, which, let’s face it, is most of us. There’s a lot about preparation and planning in the first section, then the second section is devoted to covering a total of 42 vegetables, each in considerable detail.
Grow Your Own Veg by Carol Klein is a completely useful book for beginners and more experienced hands alike. We thoroughly recommend it, as it’s already a stalwart on the Woolly Green Bookshelf .
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I LOVE this book. It was the first veg growing book we bought when we finally banksia acquired a garden of our own to mess around in and we refer to it constantly. In fact we simply call it ‘Carol’.
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Useful info Welcome to Woolly Green Woolly Guide to Woollies Ask Alison All About Alison Allotments banksia Easy Plant Selection and Identification Glossary A Little Bit About Garden Soil Bad, Bad, Beasties Nasty Diseases Great Gardening Books Gardening Seasons in the British Isles Frost Dates A Few Facts about Frost Great Gardens Lavender Farms to Visit Grow Food Vegetables Fruit Herbs Sweet Eats Flowers banksia Handy Flower Lists How to make Pot Pourri How to Save Seed How to Force Daffodils Trees & Shrubs Handy Tree Lists Five Favourite Scented Shrubs Grow Your Own Mistletoe Garden Jobs Month by Month Jobs 5 Ways to do (Almost) Anything For the Birds How To Planting Types of Compost to put on the Garden Top Topiary Tips Pruning tips Deadheading Dividing perennials Water Wisely Autumn Mulching for Soil Improvement banksia 10 gardening things to do when it rains and rains Garden Kit The Best Kit 10 Things… Compost Archive
The ...
Originally a TV tie-in for a BBC series of the same name, it is a book designed for beginners, which he isn’t quite, but of all the gardening and allotment books that my mother has ever given him, (and there have been a few!) this is the one that he constantly refers to, so it is an excellent reference book too. It covers pretty much everything you need to know about growing vegetables, it is extremely thorough and knowledgeable, but at the same time it isn’t technical at all. The pictures and diagrams are particularly helpful and instructive, and sometimes banksia feature ordinary banksia women attempting to follow the instructions – which is a very good idea!
I’ve a lot of time for Carol. I’ve never met her, but she’s a women of immense individuality. Behind her distinctive Bolton brogue is an person who is both practical and artistic, each of which are fabulous qualities for a gardener. I read somewhere that she started her working life as an art teacher, before her passion broke through into her working life, when she set up Glebe Cottage Plants. Many of us dream of the life, but she has made it happen . Her experience in teaching shines through in this excellent book too – she really seems to care that we understand and that our passion grows as strongly as hers.
The book is mainly aimed at people who are going to grow vegetables in a small space, which, let’s face it, is most of us. There’s a lot about preparation and planning in the first section, then the second section is devoted to covering a total of 42 vegetables, each in considerable detail.
Grow Your Own Veg by Carol Klein is a completely useful book for beginners and more experienced hands alike. We thoroughly recommend it, as it’s already a stalwart on the Woolly Green Bookshelf .
This entry was posted banksia on Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 at 21:41 and is filed under Archive , Brilliant Books , Fruit & Veg , How to do it guides . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response , or trackback from your own site.
I LOVE this book. It was the first veg growing book we bought when we finally banksia acquired a garden of our own to mess around in and we refer to it constantly. In fact we simply call it ‘Carol’.
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