The Vegetable Expert - D.G. Hessayon > Reviews

Advantages: Covers everything to do with growing vegetables
Disadvantages: none

...help. Fantastic pictures are illustrated with the information that goes with them. The book starts at the beginning which helps if you're a complete novice to vegetable growing. "Getting started" covers digging and preparing your land, what is the best seeds to buy and how to sow them. This section also covers the importance of crop rotation. Other section covers the growing of vegetables, covers greenhouse growing, border planting and ... Read review

Advantages: Well layed out, packed full of information
Disadvantages: Needs regular updating to include new strains

...growing. As with all of the other books in the ‘Expert’ series, it is clearly and accurately written, with chapters on digging, crop rotation, soil types, as well as an alphabetical list of all the commonly grown vegetables in the UK and suggested strains to use. The book tells you when to plant or sow, how to space your seedlings, caring for your plants, pest control, and when to harvest. It also details some less commonly grown vegetables and herbs, ... Read review