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The Vegetable and Herb Expert: The World's Best-selling Book on Vegetables & Herbs (Expert Series) Paperback – 7 April 1997

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There can be no fresher tasting vegetables or herbs than the ones you’ve grown yourself.
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  • Where to grow your vegetables, and how.
  • What types and varieties to grow.
  • Looking after your plants.
  • Grow your own herbs.
  • Deal with pests and diseases.
Reliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books – the world’s best-selling gardening series.

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"The number 1 gardening best-seller in the UK since '97" Kitchen Garden "Better veg with the gardening guru" The Times "Get better, tastier produce from your garden or allotment" Observer "This is the best book I have seen for the kitchen gardener" Sunday Mirror "Two books became my bibles: Alan Titchmarsh's Allotment Handbook (sadly out of print) and Dr Hessayon's Vegetable & Herb Expert ... Thanks to Dr Hessayon, we became adept at recognising pests" Mail on Sunday

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Dr David Hessayon initiated a major innovation in gardening publications in 1959 with the first of his Gardening Expert guides. These best-selling guides have had an unparalleled influence on gardening over the past 50 years. There are over 51 million copies in print. He was awarded the 1993 Gardening Book of the Year Award from the Garden Writers Guild and received the first-ever Lifetime Achievement 'Oscar' at the National British Book Awards. In 1999 he received a Guinness World Record Award as 'Britain's best-selling living author of the 1990s'. He lives in Essex, and has two daughters and four grandchildren.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Expert
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 7 April 1997
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 144 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0903505460
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0903505468
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 431 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 18.34 x 0.91 x 23.8 cm
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Customers find this gardening book to be a valuable resource, providing good information and tips for every gardener. Moreover, the guide is easy to understand, with clear instructions on when to plant vegetables, and features lots of pictures showing plants. Additionally, customers consider the book well worth the money and enjoy reading it, with one customer noting it's particularly suitable for curious beginners.

142 customers mention ‘Information quality’139 positive3 negative

Customers find the book provides excellent information for gardeners, guiding them through basics and offering many tips.

"...However the same book which I have had for many years has been very useful." Read more

"...There's planting and harvesting charts, spacing info etc etc and lots on pests and diseases with clearly drawn examples - although the odd photo..." Read more

"...I would think his book is the best choice for a beginner, avoid the pricier more 'photographic' books, to start with anyway...." Read more

"...but great if you are not new to gardening! a little off putting, but ok. :)" Read more

63 customers mention ‘Ease of understanding’63 positive0 negative

Customers find the book easy to understand and read, with clear instructions on when to plant and care for vegetables and herbs.

"I love this book, so well laid out and easy to understand...." Read more

"...The advice is really clearly laid out but still manages to cover vast amounts of material...." Read more

"...The diagrams in the book are clear enough to understand. I refer to it regularly, and find it very helpful...." Read more

"...It contains completely relevant information presented in an accessible way...." Read more

43 customers mention ‘Value for money’43 positive0 negative

Customers find the book well worth the money and very pleased with it.

"...Good price and will be with you for years to come." Read more

"...I refer to it regularly, and find it very helpful. Great value for money, no problem recommending." Read more

"...It is an extremely competent & good value veg gardening book, however." Read more

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Customers appreciate the book's illustrations, which are nicely laid out with lots of pictures showing plants.

"I love this book, so well laid out and easy to understand...." Read more

"...this book is marvellous - helpful illustrations,easy to follow layout & packed with information on cultivation, preperation, eating, protecting from..." Read more

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"...The illustrations and photographs are good, and there is detailed information about varieties, planting, harvesting, and pests and diseases...." Read more

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Customers find the book enjoyable to read, with one mentioning it's a great all-round read for the curious beginner.

"This a great all-round read for the curious beginner. I found it very interesting, and informative on many levels...." Read more

"...More information than most books on veg. Entertaining as well as helpful." Read more

"...of vegetables, although the herb section is brief, It's good enough to get a good idea from and you can just use your common sense from other..." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 November 2024
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Bought for a friend for Christmas, so I have no idea how useful it will be to them. However the same book which I have had for many years has been very useful.
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 June 2025
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Still my go-to after sooo many years.
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2024
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    I love this book, so well laid out and easy to understand. Bought it again recently to give to a friend just starting out on their vegetable gardening journey
    3 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 May 2009
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    This is such a useful book for the vegetable grower - I would strongly recommend purchase whether you have a few pots in the back garden or an allotment plot. The advice is really clearly laid out but still manages to cover vast amounts of material. There's planting and harvesting charts, spacing info etc etc and lots on pests and diseases with clearly drawn examples - although the odd photo here wouldn't go amiss. I agree with a previous reviewer that to call it a 'herb expert' book too is stretching it a bit but if you want it for veg I can't fault it. Good price and will be with you for years to come.
    7 people found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 February 2024
    Format: PaperbackVerified Purchase
    Absolutely love the book, but very disappointed at the price (£17 more expensive than any where else, astronomical hiking, could have bought 3 of the same books for less than the price I paid, quite shamefull Amazon,?????
    One person found this helpful
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 September 2013
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    OK, so the good doctor still hasn't entered the metric age, and he may still talk about how they do things on 'the continent' but this book is packed with clear understandable advice on vegetable growing. I would think his book is the best choice for a beginner, avoid the pricier more 'photographic' books, to start with anyway. The diagrams in the book are clear enough to understand. I refer to it regularly, and find it very helpful. Great value for money, no problem recommending.
  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 November 2022
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    well, it's alright, except that I am only 10 (nearly 11) and am interested in growing my own food, so I am a complete beginner. So, all it comes across as is just a book with pictures of mouldy veg. So, if you are a parent, then do not give this book to your child, as it will put them off veg. - but great if you are not new to gardening! a little off putting, but ok. :)
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  • Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 30 April 2013
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    This is a great book for learning about vegetable growing and for ongoing reference. It contains completely relevant information presented in an accessible way. It is not overwhelming nor long winded and contains lots of communicative pictures and diagrams. (My only complaint is that the 2011 edition still uses ONLY feet and inches. Irrespective of peoples' likes and dislikes the UK is metric and younger people are taught in metric. The Royal Horticultural Society uses metric, making this book difficult for study reference on plant spacings. I cannot understand why it has not been updated by the publisher (Transworld/Random House).
    4 people found this helpful
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  • Happy in Kingston
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Vegetable & Herb Expert
    Reviewed in Canada on 7 September 2024
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    This book is amazing. It has so much information.
  • janetmyers
    5.0 out of 5 stars Now what to grow?
    Reviewed in Germany on 15 December 2021
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    Great little book for both armature and professional gardeners
  • alfamas
    4.0 out of 5 stars Manual práctico.
    Reviewed in Spain on 29 March 2015
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    Después de un vistazo superficial encuentro una feliz profusión de datos que me ayudan de acuerdo con mis necesidades. El que quiera aprender horticultura encuentra en este manual una referencia rápida práctica y fácil de usar. He comprado la edición de segunda mano inglesa porque las ediciones de 2ª mano españolas están a precios de usura.
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  • Joanne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous line of books and very well written!
    Reviewed in the United States on 13 November 2013
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    All the books in this line are fabulous. The quality of pictures are very helpful. I have other books and I will continue to get more. It has helped me in figuring out problems that I have had with the vegetables we have grown.
  • Anon
    5.0 out of 5 stars super
    Reviewed in Germany on 12 January 2013
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    This is a nice book for the English speakers. There are a lot of references out there but this is technical enough, as well as concise enough, to be very useful. It is designed to address the UK climate but still valuable for a European grower.