More gardening books - yes!
Last week another parcel arrived in my postbox with two books for review: First Time Veg Grower by Martyn Cox and Pests and Diseases by David Hurrion. They are both BBC books under the banner of Gardeners' World magazine. There could be nothing better for a garden book addict like me than new gardening books. I probably wouldn't buy either of these because I am not a first time veg grower and I take a fairly relaxed attitude to pests and diseases, but that doesn't mean I don't set right down to reading them. They have sat by my bed for a week or so as I have worked my through what to think about before you start growing vegetables and how to cope with ants and codling moth. I have to admit that ants and codling moths haven't been too riveting but I now know all sorts of things that I didn't know before. I suppose I thought a book on growing veg would feel very much like a reference book, something like The Vegetable Garden Displayed or the RHS book on g...