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Post by Dutchy on Nov 23, 2007 18:48:18 GMT
All books on veg right now.
I am reading and reading and...
Even started a notebook on veg trying to get my mind around growing them next year.
Fav though?
No I love them all but still want to get my hands on that old one by Geoff Hammilton about the cottage gardens. Our Library has a translation but I want it myself in English.
I do know that I can't stand the modern glossy books that have no names next to the photos.
Don't you just find it grrr when you see a nice plant but can not even find its name let alone where it likes to be etc etc.
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Post by Shrubrose on Nov 23, 2007 19:18:50 GMT
Oo with you on that one Dutchy. Hate it!
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 23, 2007 22:42:07 GMT
 Owdboggy 16 metres thats hell of a lot of books. Dutchy have you looked on line for Geoff Hammiltons The cottage gardens 
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Post by Dutchy on Nov 27, 2007 8:58:29 GMT
Not yet as any excuse to go through the second hand at De Slechte bookshop.....
I like hands on shopping ;D
But good advise. It is not on Marktplaats.nl and not on Bol.com so any good English sites that might provide it?
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 27, 2007 21:39:09 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2007 8:16:22 GMT
HMV are selling his (Geoff)DVD collection. Sara |
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Post by Jardack on Jan 14, 2008 21:25:29 GMT
I'd gone into the bookshop to get a calendar as Father Christmas didn't buy me one this year and I was struggling! Found a nice book - "Gardening thoguht the year" a RHS one which seems to be pretty easy reading for a beginner so I treated myself Off to do some bedtime reading now... Jardack |
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Post by Chuckles on Jan 14, 2008 23:10:46 GMT
That sounds a good book Jardack This is going to sound daft but I love having books but very rarely read them  only seem to find time to flick through them. Have got a few garden books RHS Encyclopedia A-Z of Garden Plants, great big fat thing it is RHS Encyclopedia Plants and Flowers Grow your own Veg - Carol Klein The Veg & Herb Expert - Dr Hessayon Flower Expert - Dr Hessayon Flowering Shrub - Dr Hessayon GW Book of Container Gardening - Anne Swithinbank Gardening Year - Geoff Hamilton Gardening for Fragrance - Ann Bonar The Cottage Garden - Christopher Lloyd & Richard Bird |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 15, 2008 14:16:23 GMT
I haven't read a gardening book for ages now - I'm reading Richard Hammond's book at the moment.
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Post by Jardack on Jan 15, 2008 21:00:08 GMT
You've got a good collection there chuckles I have the Carol Klein one (although I must give it back to my godmother as its hers!) and am thinking about getting the Dr Hessayon veg one. Plocket - I want to read that one too, waiting for my mum to finish it first Jardack |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 15, 2008 21:09:41 GMT
It's very moving Jardack. It scared me because I've had a serious head injury but I'd never appreciated what my parents went though, and Hammy's injury was loads worse. It's really well written too, by Hammy and his wife. When you've read it, let me know what you think.
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Post by Jardack on Jan 16, 2008 12:19:45 GMT
Sorry to hear you'd been through similar, hope reading the book didn't bring back too many bad memories. I will let you know what I think of it as soon as I've finished JArdack |
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Post by Plocket on Jan 16, 2008 12:56:46 GMT
Ooooh no! I was only about 9 or 10 and don't remember a thing!!! ;D
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Post by bagpuss on Jan 16, 2008 13:19:30 GMT
I was given two really useful gardening books for Christmas - both RHS books.
The Encyclopedia of Gardening
Gardening Month by Month
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Post by Juliet on Jan 16, 2008 23:19:39 GMT
I'm a sucker for gardening books in charity shops & second-hand bookshops  Went into Cambridge last week and bought: "Foliage Gardens" by Richard Bird "Container Gardening" by Malcolm Hillier "Natural Gardening In Small Spaces" by Noel Kingsbury "How To Be A Gardener (book one)" by Alan Titchmarsh They're all big hardbacks & all look (& smell - very important to me with my allergies) brand new - if I'd bought them at cover price I'd've paid about £75 for the four of them, but I got them for £8.99. So if anyone else likes browsing charity shops & second hand bookshops, just after Christmas is obviously a good time to do it  |
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Post by Jardack on Jan 20, 2008 7:57:33 GMT
Plocket, glad to hear that Bagpuss and Juliet, they all sound like good books, think I might pop to the charity shop... Jardack |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2008 16:22:30 GMT
Splurged yesterday and bought Helen Dillon's 'Garden Book' - €30 , but it's well worth it. Beautifully written, with loads of useful information. Although she writes from an Irish/Dublin perspective, it would be useful wherever you live ... cheers ... |
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Post by Tig on Mar 7, 2008 19:49:43 GMT
I am quite pleased with myself - I went into the Scope charity shop today and they had quite a selection of gardening books - I came away with two RHS Practicals - Bulbs (2003 reprint) Place that Plant - Frances Welland (2000 edition) Spent £2.25p, and already learnt something from a quick read Did you know (I didn't obviously!) that if you grow mecanopsis betonicifolia from seed (which I am trying to do) that you should not let it flower in the first year if you want it to be perennial? The only frost-hardy species of Crinum is Powellii (good job that is the one I have bought ;D) and even then it needs to be established in a well-drained, sheltered site. I have only skimmed the pages so far - I love a good bargain book x Tig |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2008 14:44:55 GMT
Second-hand gardening books are great, Tig (actually, second-hand books in general ;D) - we have one shop in Dublin which sells new books downstairs, and second-hand ones upstairs, and a couple of months ago I got the RHS 'Good Plant Guide' for €2 upstairs ... while exactly the same book was selling downstairs for over €20! ... cheers ...
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Post by Shrubrose on Mar 8, 2008 18:20:40 GMT
Second-hand bookshops are also great for taking books! I made a nice bit of cash a couple of years ago by selling them two big boxes of books I no longer wanted. Mind you, I gave them most of it back! They had some lovely books that I couldn't resist! |
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Post by Tig on Mar 8, 2008 23:15:03 GMT
It may just be me, but I find that I seem to absorb more information from the written page than I do by looking for online answers? It probably helps 'cos there are more pictures |
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Post by Amo on Mar 10, 2008 12:32:20 GMT
Oh how I could kiss the bloke who discovered the Post-It glue. I love the little page flags and arrows. I have lots all over my books when I'm thinking of a project and lots of books all over the place too.  I think the internet is great for inspiration but I like having the books out and open better! |
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Post by Tig on Mar 13, 2008 20:38:13 GMT
I bought another three gardening books from the same charity shop today, I must stop going in I have got one on flowering trees and shrubs, one on container gardening which shows some easy to make containers as well, and one which covers everything including veg I already have plenty of books, but I can nearly always find something I didn't know. There was a copy of the Victorian Vegetable Gardener, which looked very interesting for £2, and a garden design book, but I didn't think I could carry any more. I may pop in again tomorrow ;D x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on Mar 13, 2008 21:26:42 GMT
I have loads od gardening books from charity shops too, Tig. I found Geoff Hamilton's Cottage Gardens published price £18.99 and paid just £2 and it looks brand new. Really pleased with it as nnow I have a garden big enough to actually try out some ideas from his book - still looking for the video on the cheap too!  PJ |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 17, 2008 18:35:02 GMT
Just treated myself to a nice old set of books:, "The Vegetable Grower's Guide" by John Wright. Hopelessly out of date in many respects of course, but some things don't change I guess.
If anyone wants info on how they tackled things in 1908, let me know. I can't actually remember 1908, but now I've got a book that does...
OM.
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Post by Tig on Mar 17, 2008 19:29:20 GMT
They sound very interesting OM, I went back for the book I saw, it was the Victorian Kitchen Garden by Jennifer Davies from the BBC television series. In excellent condition and full of growing tips and techniques from yesteryear. I was particularly interested in the methods they deployed for pest control. Chapter 10 is called 'The value of cats, and the pest remedy finder' ;D I decided against getting the one on garden design, and plumped for the Book of Herbs by Kay Sanecki, I am now looking for a Glycyrrhiza glabra to grow Tig |
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Post by oldmoleskins on Mar 17, 2008 19:51:57 GMT
They sound very interesting OM, I went back for the book I saw, it was the Victorian Kitchen Garden by Jennifer Davies from the BBC television series.... Tig I've got that, Tig - and the dvd (cheap, Amazon) of the series. A lovely, gentle and informative exercise by the Beeb and something they should repeat. Lots of good info there... OM. |
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Post by Tig on Mar 28, 2008 23:28:38 GMT
Can't disagree OM, it is very informative, as are most books (and I feel I can trust what is written in them a little bit more than what I 'google' Guess what? Yep, I have been back today to the charity shop. A lovely gardener must have departed this world and all his books have been donated to the shop, and I shall try to learn from them in his memory. I could have purchased 6 interesting volumes, but I restrained myself and just got another couple ... Wild flowers of Britain by Roger Phillips (1977) which has illustrations of all the flowers, foliage and seed heads of over a 1000 wildflower plants Dr DG Hessayan - The Armchair book of the Garden (1991). Extremely interesting! |
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Post by Jardack on Mar 29, 2008 7:09:00 GMT
I think I am living next to the wrong charity shops as there are never any gardening books in mine!
Did get a new one tho, Mr T's "The Kitchen Gardener".
Decided to subscribe to the GW magazine seeing as I buy it most months and I got this free.
Seems interesting from what I have read so far....
Jardack
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Post by Tig on Feb 6, 2009 19:40:09 GMT
I just happened to pop into my favourite charity shop today (SCOPE) and there were quite a few decent books on the shelves. I am now the proud owner of a pristine copy of the Readers Digest tome - Food From Your Garden (1985) 374 pages of useful information on growing anything edible (fruit, veg and herbs), harvesting from the countryside, recipes for all the produce (including making wine ;D) and a brief chapter on keeping poultry and bees! All for the princely sum of £2.50p That should keep me amused for many happy hours .. x Tig |
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Owdboggy 16 metres thats hell of a lot of books.
only seem to find time to flick through them. Have got a few garden books
