Has anybody got/read this book? OH has decided that he wants it but as I already have several veg growing books thought I would ask opinions on it before shelling out £16.99

Err... who wrote it?

it went with the telly prog, er Carole Klein.

I might have had it for a present at Christmas but I don't recall reading it yet

I really like Joy Larkcom's Vegetable growing book. It's very good

Sorry, it is by Carol Klein.

I have the Joy Larkcom one too Wards I agree that it is a very nice book, this is why I don't really want to buy anymore

Yup, just checked, got it, think OH got it for me as birthday or anniversary present Haven't read it yet

I also got it as a present and haven't really read it yet It's doesn't look as detailed as the Joy Larkcom book - seems more of a coffee table type book with some nice photos and good basic info for beginners (bit like the TV prog)

I think the fact that you've all got it but not bothered reading it should be seen as a bad sign

maybe SQ's hubbie ought to get it from the library first

We've got a good book, it's a paperback called VEGETABLE GROWING Month by Month by John Harrison, told us about tomato's and cigarette smoke, we didn't know that. p.s. I don't smoke but Lin and family smoke in the garden by the greenhouse? " - thats for the toms" Also got loads of books from libraries..

What happens to the toms if you smoke?

Quote from book - Hygiene is important to avoid disease into the greenhouse, particularly potato blight. If you smoke, refrain from this in the greehouse as tomatos can catch a viral disease from tobacco

never knew that!

You learn something new everyday, thanks Elizabeth

but then they used to use a nicotine smoke bomb in the greenhouses to kill green fly I wonder if they fell of with having a smokers cough

It is a nice coffee table book. But beware - one of the first things I read was along these lines:
"As swede is a root crop, it does not like being transplanted so should be sown where it is to be grown"
I nearly got it when it was about £4 with thebookpeople - they deliver to school staffrooms, buit would nop that much for it.

We used to have them where I worked before I stopped work to have lo, bought loads of books from them as they were so cheap

I've got an insect killer in my greenhouse and it's tobacco. Not killed owt yet

We have John Harrison's don't we Wards!

It is not at all like JL's book that I find is my 'bible' for reference, John's book is far more from an allotmenteer's perspective, far more chatty. But I do like the month to month as an 'aide memoire'