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Vegetable and Herb Expert (Paperback)

by D.G. Hessayon (Author)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: Expert; 2nd Revised edition edition (7 April 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0903505460
  • ISBN-13: 978-0903505468
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 18.4 x 1.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,108 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This updated edition contains new chapters on "baby" vegetables and the modern easy ways to grow food crops. There is an enlarged chapter on herbs, with details of new varieties which have appeared in the past few years.

About the Author
Dr. D.G. Hessayon
Dr D.G. Hessayon's Expert books have made him the world's best-selling author on gardening. Born in Manchester, he was variously a horticulturist research scientist, university lecturer, artist and newspaper editor before launching the Expert series in 1959. In 1999 Dr Hessayon was awarded a Guinness World Record Certificate for being Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s. He lives in Essex, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.


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59 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Allotment holders bible, 18 Aug 2002
We are first time allotment holders and our knowledge of vegetable growing was to say the least limited, we first got this book from the library and have found it to be worth its weight in gold. Not only does it show in easy stages how to grow the veggies but how to freeze and preserve them too. There is nothing it doesn't tell you. If you are into growing organic vegetables then this book is a must, so stop reading the reviews and go and buy it, we did, you won't regret it.
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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great help to a novice grower, 5 Nov 2006
By P. I. Wellman "piw" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I got this book when I decided to get my allotment, and I found and still do a great help.

Fantastic pictures are illustrated with the information that goes with them.

The book starts at the beginning which helps if you're a complete novice to vegetable growing.

"Getting started" covers digging and preparing your land, what is the best seeds to buy and how to sow them. This section also covers the importance of crop rotation.

Other section covers the growing of vegetables, covers greenhouse growing, border planting and cover pot and windowsill planting.

Looking after vegetables section covers the dreaded weeding. But it also covers feeding, mulching and watering of the plants; also a section is covered on spotting and dealing with pests.

The book has a section about unusual types of vegetables and how to grow them.

There is a good section on vegetable troubles, how to spot and treat before it starts to do damage to other crops.

Tips on how to preserve and ripen your vegetables and of course to eat them.

This is a great book and if you're thinking of growing your own vegetables like I have done this year, this books it a must
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Everything you could want to know, 10 May 2003
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I must say that is the most helpful and discriptive fruit and veg book I have ever read.
It tells you everything from crop roatation to harvesting and techniques plus clear illistrations and a desease chart for the veg with pictures and discriptions.
All in all its all you could want!
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5.0 out of 5 stars sall
A great book with advice on growing, maintaining, cooking and storing veg and a section on common pests and diseases.
Published 2 days ago by sall

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful for grow-your-own
This is a very useful book if you are growing your own veg. There is lots of information on when and how to plant, and pictures of all the things which could go wrong (which is a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by H. Pettifer

5.0 out of 5 stars Vegetable & Herb expert
The indespensable guide to growing your own, although some sections a little out of date now, with some of today's more popular vegetables etc, eg chilie peppers and garlic, only... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jane Woodward

5.0 out of 5 stars New version of old favourite
The gardening 'Expert' books are very good. We have been buying The Vegetable Expert (now includes herbs) for several years, each time family or friends take up growing veg we get... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Eliza

5.0 out of 5 stars A beginners lifeline
What an encouragement this book is to get ones hands dirty. Being uninitiated in anything in the garden,(this being the Mrs' domain) I am greatly impressed with the concise way... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Green Finger

4.0 out of 5 stars not quite what i wanted!
I was looking for a book about Herbs, and had come across this series of books before and knew them to be very good, but unfortunately the Herb section of this book is only a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by D. Sibley

4.0 out of 5 stars Great buy
This is such a useful book for the vegetable grower - I would strongly recommend purchase whether you have a few pots in the back garden or an allotment plot. Read more
Published 2 months ago by yasmine208

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent,colourful and easy-to use manual
I would thoroughly recommend this handy and informative manual to any back garden or allotment grower.
Published 2 months ago by Mr. N. B. Bromfield

5.0 out of 5 stars tried and true
i have had different books from this series thru the years.I find they are interesting to read, give you a good basic grounding in the subjest that you pick. Read more
Published 3 months ago by S. JOHNSON

5.0 out of 5 stars A must-have for growing vegetables
I bought an earlier edition of this book in 1991 when I started growing vegetables in my back garden - it was the first gardening book I ever bought. Read more
Published 3 months ago by townie

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