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Book for new vegetable gardener

  • 07-07-2008 12:28pm
    #1
    Headothelake
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi, could someone suggest a helpful book for a gardening novice who wishes to produce year round vegetables. I am also interested in a glasshouse/polytunnel, pros and cons please?


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  • #2
    lucylu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,111 ✭✭✭lucylu


    your first reference should be :
    The Vegetable & Herb Expert: By D. G. Hessayon its about 14.99 or so


  • #3
    NextSteps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭NextSteps


    Joy Larkcom, Grow your Own Vegetables. Pure no-nonsense practicality.


  • #4
    artieanna
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    lucylu wrote: »
    your first reference should be :
    The Vegetable & Herb Expert: By D. G. Hessayon its about 14.99 or so


    I agree


  • #5
    Aeneas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Aeneas


    Headothelake wrote: »
    Hi, could someone suggest a helpful book for a gardening novice who wishes to produce year round vegetables. I am also interested in a glasshouse/polytunnel, pros and cons please?

    Both Hessayon and Larkcom are excellent. My own favourite general reference is the "RHS Fruit and Vegetable Gardening" by Michael Pollock which has the advantage of covering fruit as well as vegetables and has good sections on soil, planning, crop rotation, composting etc.
    I have a polytunnel (12ft x 20ft) and find it excellent for tender crops like tomatoes, aubergines, peppers, chillies during the summer and some standard crops during the colder winter months. It's also good for getting crops started early in the growing season before planting out. The main reasons I decided on a tunnel as against a glasshouse were 1. cost, 2. I wanted to cover a larger area than was feasible with a glasshouse - the poly I have gives me three beds each 3ft x 20ft. The disadvantages are 1. appearance, 2. the plastic covering will eventually need replacing.


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