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Old 07-12-2007, 12:24 PM
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As Santa is requesting a list this year, it looks like the ideal opportunity to ask for a book on growing veg etc. and basic gardening techniques such as when and how to prune and cut my fruit bushes etc.

What books would you recommend for a complete beginner like me?

I have the Grown Your Own book by Carol Klein already. I'd really like something that shows me a step by step guide to pruning etc. Or a DVD that demonstrates what I have to do. Real basic stuff.

Thanks all and lets hope Santa is kind to me.

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Any of the Hessayon Expert books - there's one on Fruit and one on Veg growing, or for a comprehensive guide n growing veg try Joy Larkom's book which is mentioned on numerous other threads - use the search facility - I would tell you the proper title but I've forgotten
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Thanks, have now found the search facility and it has opened up a huge list, I hope Santa has a large sack!!!

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Just as an aside this DVD is interesting. Allotment TV Series on DVD: Home : About The Allotment on DVD from Wildfire Productions allotments grow your own vegetables veg

Its a magazine style series originally shown on HTV west few years ago. Not an instructional DVD but very good viewing.


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I have a lovely old(ish) book called Food from Your Garden - Reader's Digest. Copyright is 1977, but it includes growing, pruning advice plus recipes, preserving hints etc. I don't know if you can still buy in shops but you should be able to find it on Ebay or Amazon, or even your local library.
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After Joy Larkom one of the better books for beginners that we have and still use everytime we try something different is this one:



Its got great pictures and is easy to understand and follow, a drawbacks is its out of print but amazon have lots of 2nd-hand copies.

Amazon.co.uk: Pippa's Organic Kitchen Garden: Books: Pippa Greenwood
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veg and herb expert by the doctor - and a welcome to you as well
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