Grow Your Own Vegetables [Paperback]

Joy Larkcom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 2002

This revised, updated and expanded edition Joy Larkcom's classic guide to growing your own vegetables contains everything you need to know to create a highly-productive vegetable plot. It covers every aspect of vegetable gardening, including preparing soil; manures, composts and fertilizers; growing techniques; protection; pests, diseases and weeds; and making good use of space.The second half of the book provides cultivation information for over 100 vegetables, including site and soil requirements, cultivation, pests and diseases, and cultivars.

Editorial Reviews

Review

It is impossible to overestimate Larkcom's influence on the way we grow and eat our food, in particular through her seminal book Grow Your Own Vegetables. -- Harper's Bazaar

About the Author

Joy Larkcom is Britain's most respected vegetable garden maker and writer. She has contributed to many magazines and newspapers, radio and TV programmes and has lectured all over the world. Her accolades include the Garden Writer of the Year award three times; Lifetime Achievement Award from the Garden Writers Guild in 2003, and the prestigious Veitch Memorial Medal for horticulture in 1993.

Product Details

• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Frances Lincoln; Revised edition (May 16, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 071121963X
• ISBN-13: 978-0711219632
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,421 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My new veggie bedside book, August 21, 2005

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Helene Mclachlan (County Wexford Ireland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grow Your Own Vegetables (Paperback)

I found the book really easy to read and to consult on the different vegetbles. It really covers everything, I particularly loved the section on making compost like 'Black Jack' Liquid Manure. Great ideas everyone can use, like using nettles and comfrey for manure. The book is so detailed but yet not over the top. It tells you how to plant then manage the veg then harvesting. For me it is the only book I will need to grow my own veg. Thank you Joy Larkcom

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must Have for Avid Vegetable Gardeners, January 8, 2009

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Foodie "Violet" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grow Your Own Vegetables (Paperback)

The previous reviewer who gave this one star because they were looking for info for alkaline soils should have their soil tested through their county extension service and amend their soil appropriately making the issue mute.

This is a fantastic book full of information and techniques which result in a comprehensive "go to" reference which is far more thorough than most American vegetable gardening books. I've been gardening all my life, spend a lot of time seeking information online but always appreciate comprehensive references for my personal library. I highly recommend this book for it's content and credibility.

1 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars [e-mail], March 10, 2006

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Linda Oelke (Eastern Oregon USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grow Your Own Vegetables (Paperback)

When searching Google for vegetables that grow in alkaline soil, Amazon came up with this book. So I purchased it, it was a big disappointment. Firstly, it was from England, and there was just one small paragraph in the whole book about alkaline soils. I have learned alot through this purchase.