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If you buy only one book about growing vegetables, make it this one (Kitchen Garden )
Practical information you can rely on - with productivity guaranteed (BBC Gardeners' World )
A fat paperback ... bursting at the seams with the best advice on vegetables that you'll find anywhere ... Everything you want to know about growing vegetables (Daily Mail )
I find this no-nonsense book indispensable, and my copy commutes between the office, bedroom, greenhouse and my raised beds on a regular basis! It's brilliant because Joy has not onlygrown them in a range of conditions but researched, developed, trialled and refined the process over the years, and the book's concise style and straightforward layout enables you to find what you want quickly. Vegetable books are two-a-penny now, but none impart anything like this amount of knowledge and experience. (Bunny Guinness Garden Design Journal )
I would be lost without Joy Larkcom's Grow Your Own Vegetables: I refer to it constantly. (Jane Powers Irish Times )
The best guide you could buy. (Anne Swithinbank. BBC Good Homes )
Joy Larkcom is often described as the doyenne of organic vegetable growing, and is a leading light in what she terms the 'Grow it Yourself' movement… I love this book and refer to it all the time. (Lady )
I depend on Joy Larkcom's classic Grow Your Own Vegetables for for in-depth information. (Lia Leendertz Guardian )
Practical information you can rely on - with productivity guaranteed (BBC Gardeners' World )
A fat paperback ... bursting at the seams with the best advice on vegetables that you'll find anywhere ... Everything you want to know about growing vegetables (Daily Mail )
I find this no-nonsense book indispensable, and my copy commutes between the office, bedroom, greenhouse and my raised beds on a regular basis! It's brilliant because Joy has not onlygrown them in a range of conditions but researched, developed, trialled and refined the process over the years, and the book's concise style and straightforward layout enables you to find what you want quickly. Vegetable books are two-a-penny now, but none impart anything like this amount of knowledge and experience. (Bunny Guinness Garden Design Journal )
I would be lost without Joy Larkcom's Grow Your Own Vegetables: I refer to it constantly. (Jane Powers Irish Times )
The best guide you could buy. (Anne Swithinbank. BBC Good Homes )
Joy Larkcom is often described as the doyenne of organic vegetable growing, and is a leading light in what she terms the 'Grow it Yourself' movement… I love this book and refer to it all the time. (Lady )
I depend on Joy Larkcom's classic Grow Your Own Vegetables for for in-depth information. (Lia Leendertz Guardian )
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This revised, updated and expanded edition Joy Larkcom's classic guide to growing your own vegetables contains everything you need to know to create a highly-productive vegetable plot. It covers every aspect of vegetable gardening, including preparing soil; manures, composts and fertilizers; growing techniques; protection; pests, diseases and weeds; and making good use of space.
The second half of the book provides cultivation information for over 100 vegetables, including site and soil requirements, cultivation, pests and diseases, and cultivars.
The second half of the book provides cultivation information for over 100 vegetables, including site and soil requirements, cultivation, pests and diseases, and cultivars.
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166 of 167 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I have just entered the world of gardening and have decided that growing vegetables is the way forward. I have found this book invaluable in that it gives basic information on every aspect (planning, preparing soil, sowing seeds, compost etc) of growing your own vegetables without being patronising. Maybe all you pro gardeners out there already know all this, but I would think that with so much information in this book, it would be useful even for experienced gardeners.
If you are going to buy one book for your vegetable patch or allotment, make it this one.
If you are going to buy one book for your vegetable patch or allotment, make it this one.
208 of 210 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the ONLY book you need to grow vegetables of any sort. Don't bother with glossy, uninformative coffee table books, rely on this. I've been growing veg for 15 years and I always find something here I didn't know. Her experience is very wide, the information totally reliable and clear. I particularly like the VSR guide - Value for Space Rating - which gives an assessment of the return you'll get when you dedicate sometimes limited space to growing whatever crop she's describing. Ms Larkom also includes an indication of how difficult various crops are, tells you when to harvest them, makes recommendations about which ones have the best flavour and includes cooking tips! I can't imagine there's anything missing, but I'm still eagerly awaiting her new book.
64 of 65 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a newcomer to the world of vegetable growing I found this book invaluable. OK it doesn't have any glossy colour pics in, but it's full of useful & practical advice, with info for
novice & experienced grower alike. The planting plans are wonderful as is the vegatable directory. If you are into growing vegetables you will find this book money well spent.
novice & experienced grower alike. The planting plans are wonderful as is the vegatable directory. If you are into growing vegetables you will find this book money well spent.
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Grow your own
This book is an absolute must for anyone wanting to or already growing veg! not the usual glossy photo packed veg book,instead a book full of all of the perfect information to get... Read more
Published 1 month ago by danthetree
Detailed Book
If you are prepared to take time to read it has all the information in a "non flash " detailed format.
Pity they decided to drop section on herbs due to lack of space.
Pity they decided to drop section on herbs due to lack of space.
Published 3 months ago by Friday
My Best Gardening Book... but I like others too
Packed with useful information that you don't easily find elsewhere. Not a coffee table book but one that helps you get the best out of vegetable growing. Read more
Published 8 months ago by John
Good informative book
I bought this book for my husband who loves the way it is set out and the fact that each vegetgable is covered in it's own right, making it easy and straight forward to find the... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Diana999
Grow your own vegetables
Saw this book at a friends house and was very impressed so decided to have my own. The book is great like an Encyclophedia everything I wanted to know is now at my finger tips. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Rog
Very helpful book
This book was recommended to me by a very experienced gardener. I am a complete beginner - I grew a few tomatoes and helped friends a bit in their allotment and that was the extent... Read more
Published 13 months ago by M. Oliveira
All I need
As a novice gardener, it was quite difficult to know whether or not I was buying the 'right' book but I have no doubt that I will not need to buy another book on growing my own... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Northern Teacher
The only guide you'll need
Fabulous book. Clearly written with useful and obviously well-researched advice. Has information for large garden owners as well as small space growers and everything in between. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jess Bain
Do you have veg growing questions?
If you have any questions about vegetable gardening, then this is the book for you.
Straight to the point, one or two clear paragraphs on each vegetable, explaining how,... Read more
Straight to the point, one or two clear paragraphs on each vegetable, explaining how,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by potager
Excellent book all gardeners
A very interesting book, full of detail and well written. Suitable for the newcomer as well as an experienced gardener. If you only have one gardening book, this could be it.
Published 16 months ago by Kingsbridge
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