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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Blueeyes on September 24, 2011, 08:20:28 am

Title: Book advice please x
Post by: Blueeyes on September 24, 2011, 08:20:28 am: Hi all, another quick question - can anyone recommend a good book for my mother-in-law for Christmas, we are wanting one all about growing vegetables and fruit in your garden and what you should be doing when etc, when looking around we've found a lot of them are more for large scale growing or for too weird and wonderful produce, she just wants something nice, basic and easy!

Any recommendations as always gratefully received ;D

blueeyes xx
Title: Re: Book advice please x
Post by: SallyintNorth on September 24, 2011, 10:11:14 am: This is a nice book for a present:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardener-Cook-Christopher-Lloyd/dp/0711217173 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Gardener-Cook-Christopher-Lloyd/dp/0711217173)
Title: Re: Book advice please x
Post by: northfifeduckling on September 24, 2011, 12:01:09 pm: both are not new but I really like Bob Flowerdew
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bob+flowerdew&sprefix=bob+flowerdew (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bob+flowerdew&sprefix=bob+flowerdew)

and Monty Don

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bob+flowerdew&sprefix=bob+flowerdew#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=monty+don+books&sprefix=Monty+Don&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Amonty+don+books (http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_1_13?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=bob+flowerdew&sprefix=bob+flowerdew#/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_9?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=monty+don+books&sprefix=Monty+Don&rh=n%3A266239%2Ck%3Amonty+don+books)

nice to look at and work with :&>
Title: Re: Book advice please x
Post by: Blueeyes on September 24, 2011, 04:48:20 pm: Thanks guys, will get ordering, how fab that this forum can even help with Christmas presents ;D

Blueeyes xxx
Title: Re: Book advice please x
Post by: northfifeduckling on September 24, 2011, 05:19:13 pm: glad we could help , you can order through here I beiieve, somewhere used to be an amazon button ;) :&>
Title: Re: Book advice please x
Post by: lachlanandmarcus on September 24, 2011, 07:25:07 pm: I really like the litttle River Cottage handbook, it's small enough to carry around and it's very amusing, haas a few recipes too.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veg-Patch-River-Cottage-Handbook/dp/0747595348/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316888679&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Veg-Patch-River-Cottage-Handbook/dp/0747595348/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1316888679&sr=1-1)