Book advice for newbie!

[bubblewrap]

Just one more book nobody has mentioned "Fruit & Vegetable Gardening" (The Royal Horticultural Society)
By Michael Pollock ISBN 0-7513-3683-1
Publisher Dorling Kindersley. Dorling Kindersley - Illustrated Reference Publisher.
Quite pricey @ £20
but you may be able to find a remaindered copy.

[SarzWix]

Just one more book nobody has mentioned "Fruit & Vegetable Gardening" (The Royal Horticultural Society)
By Michael Pollock ISBN 0-7513-3683-1
Publisher Dorling Kindersley. Dorling Kindersley - Illustrated Reference Publisher.
Quite pricey @ £20
but you may be able to find a remaindered copy.

It's listed on Amazon @£13.99, which is a bit more bearable, might put it on Christmas list
Amazon.co.uk: RHS Fruit and Vegetable Gardening (Rhs): Books: Mike Pollock

[vegnut]

Don't forget the Allotment cook book. It sometimes makes a change to cook things slightly differently, especially when you have a glut of stuff.
And keep buying grow your own magazine. It'll tell you all you need to know for the coming month. Oh and welcome to the vine Andy.

[andy armitage]

thanks all for the lovely welcome i will get this months GYO magazine, we have had a phonecall today saying the plot is officially ours, gulp. we are complete novices Linda is a good gardener I am useless but she has never grown veg or planned a plot before....... so here goes fingers crossed.
andy

[Flummery]

Every good gardener needs a labourer Andy - you'll come in very useful! Best of luck with it.

[vegnut]

Good luck matey

[lainey lou]

Hi Andy and welcome to the vine, congratualtions on your allotment,it's just so exciting! It is a lot of hard work but as you watch your crops grow and then finally have some thing to take home to eat it's the most amazing feeling, you will be so proud you'll want to show/tell everyone!
I have bought the Carol Klein and Andy Clevely books and along with GYO magazine and of course this invalluable vine I an muddling through!
Best of luck with it all and ENJOY!!!

[andy armitage]

I got this months GYO and managed to get Andi Cleveleys book from smiths for £7.99 which I thought was good. Lainey Lou we can't wait to take home produce to eat as we love fresh foods, we know it will be hard work and we will have crop disasters I'm sure but i suppose it's choosing stuff that's easy to grow that you also want to eat.

[dexterdoglancashire]

I got this months GYO and managed to get Andi Cleveleys book from smiths for £7.99 which I thought was good. Lainey Lou we can't wait to take home produce to eat as we love fresh foods, we know it will be hard work and we will have crop disasters I'm sure but i suppose it's choosing stuff that's easy to grow that you also ant to eat.

Hi Andy and welcome to the Vine! I can't really recommend anymore books than have already been mentioned - my first book was the Andi Cleveley one, but also the Dr Hessayon ('scuse spelling!) was an excellent reference book! Don't forget the GYO magazine - lots of useful tips and hints for each month so you know what you are doing - and written in language we can all understand! Good luck with the lottie - can't wait to read what youve been up to and how you get on!
Best wishes
Bernie aka Dexterdog

[bluemoon]

The Allotment Book by Andi Clevely is very good. I would have loved this when I first got my allotment, also The Allotment Handbook by Caroline Foley is very helpful. The Vegetable and Herb Book (Dr D.G. Hessayon) is very outdated due to its obsession with chemicals, but is invaluable as it actually prints pictures of common pests and diseases, so even if you don't want to drench them in pesticides at least you know what you've got.