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"The business, and top of our list of must-haves. Packed with information and few frills, but the first place to turn for anything vegetable-related." --Lia Leendertz, The Guardian 24/02/07

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This guide contains everything you need to know to create a highly-productive, beautiful vegetable plot. Joy Larkom's easy-to-follow advice covers every aspect of vegetable gardening, including preparing and looking after soil; manures, composts and fertilizers; growing techniques; pests, diseases and weeds; protection; and planning 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. Comprehensively revised, the book now includes unusual vegetables from the increasingly wide range available today, new varieties and modern techniques, and up-to-date research. It addresses the concerns of 21st-century gardeners and is totally organic in its approach.

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   156 of 157 people found the following review helpful: Comprehensive, readable, reassuring, sensible, 14 Feb 2004 By  Ms. Sue M. Thornton "Pennines Sue" (Littleborough, Lancashire United Kingdom) - See all my reviews    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.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   131 of 132 people found the following review helpful: A how-to manual for a complete beginner., 30 Sep 2004 By  S E Clements (Farnham, Surrey United Kingdom) - See all my reviews 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.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you?