Gardeners' World: The Veg Grower's Almanac: Month by Month Planning and Planting

by Martyn Cox

Overview

Growing vegetables can be a tricky business, and even the most experienced of gardeners will occasionally need to turn to a trusted tome for some handy advice. The Veg Grower’s Almanac is just such a book—a compendium of month-by-month tips, advice, and items of interest. With sage advice from old Gardeners’ World hands coupled with tips on the best varieties to grow and timely advice on how best to look after your plot, this attractive collection blends practical advice with evocative writing and fascinating facts. Illustrated throughout with charming drawings and sketches, The Veg Grower’s Almanac is a welcome additional to any gardener’s shelf—from hands-on instructions for preparing a seed bed or trying new varieties of tomato to fascinating little-known facts about our favorite crops.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849907828
Publisher:	B B C Worldwide Americas
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Series:	Gardeners' World
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Martyn Cox is the former features editor of BBC Gardeners' World magazine, deputy editor of Gardenlife, and was on the editorial teams at Amateur Gardening and Horticulture Week. Now freelance, he writes a weekly gardening column in the Mail on Sunday, and monthly for Saga Magazine, saga.co.uk, and Grow It. Martyn contributes regularly to many other publications, including the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, and Times Magazine. He is the author of seven books, including 101 Ideas for Small Gardens, 101 Plants for Problem Places, Gardening with Kids, and the award-winning RHS Wildlife Garden.