I'VE HAVE BEEN A KEEN GARDENER FOR MANY YEARS.MY GRANDFATHER TAUGHT ME THE BASICS ON HIS ALLOTMENT IN THE EAST END OF LONDON. WHEN READING THIS BOOK IT WAS GOOD TO SEE MANY OF THE OLD METHODS HAD BEEN RETAINED AND NEW METHODS INTRODUCED ALONG SIDE. I HAVE 2 ALLOTMENTS AND I'M VERY BUSY INTRODUCING THE METHODS OF COMPOSTING ON BOTH. BEING NEWLY RETIRED THIS HAS HELPED ME COME TO TERMS WITH RETIREMENT AFTER 51 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS WORK. MY ALLOTMENTS ARE MY NEW FOCUS, AND THE BOOK HAS HELPED ME TO UPDATE MY KNOWLEDGE.