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Old 05-06-2007, 05:07 PM
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Default Best organic veg growing book?

Any recommendations? I'll be buying 'blind' online (can't easily get upstairs to the gardening sections with a pushchair in either of our local bookshops!) so personal opinions would be a big help in choosing.

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Old 05-06-2007, 05:13 PM
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I have Bob Flowerdew's Organic Bible. It has a good section on fruit and also on veggies. I have to confess I haven't read it much yet as Dr Hessayon's Veg and Herb Expert has been most to hand lately I am sure more grapes will be along later and tell you about their favourite books.
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Joy Larkom - Grow Your Own vegetables - no piccies, but lots of info.

Geoff Hamilton - Organic Gardening - lots about veg & fruit.
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Mike Thurlow's - The Organic Kitchen Garden is useful and extremely aesthetically pleasing.
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I use this one.... http://www.amazon.co.uk/HDRA-Encyclo...1151998&sr=8-1

It's called HDRA- Enclyclopedia of Organic Gardening (Henry Doubleday Research Ass)

It's quite fat, but full of good stuff. :-)
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Thankyou, those look lovely - all now on my Amazon wishlist, except I can't find the Mike Thurlow one? Is it very new, or OOP perhaps?

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I second Geoff Hamilton's book, don't know about the others, but Geoff's book is brilliant on the techniques, whys and wherefores, not so much detail on the actual varieties of veg but enough for me.
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This book is out next Friday, dont know anything about it except its by Garden organic,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Your-Organic...1415381&sr=1-3

And the link for garden organic the charity if you have no idea who they are is here...

http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/index.php

To be honest I think you need to have a birthday coming up and friends can get you your entire wish list from amazon. Can you arrange one..?
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Bob Flowerdew OF COURSE !!!
my fave one is out of print, but he's got several out at the mo. Order online from your library before you buy
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To be honest I think you need to have a birthday coming up and friends can get you your entire wish list from amazon. Can you arrange one..?
Lol! Let's just say if we're talking my entire Amazon wishlist, I'd be needing to buddy up to the Sultan of Brunei or the Duke of Westminster!

I've paid a visit to the library though and picked up quite a few, plus reserved a couple more. Oxfam Books also yielded a couple of good buys and I shall be keeping an eye out for good deals others!

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