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Fruit and veg growing book recommendations please

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Cakecrumbs · 01/02/2020 15:49

I am hoping the more experienced gardeners out there can maybe give me some recommendations for a book that I can purchase that will help me start growing our own food.
Bit of background is that I love growing things but I just kind of wing it and my results are a bit hit and missBlush
We are moving to a new property with extra land and the plan would be eventually to have a poly tunnel but to start with I will plant an orchard and have some raised beds.
I know I can look up advice online but i am a sucker for a book with lots of lovely pictures.
I would class myself as a complete beginner so if anyone has bought a book in the past that they have loved and would like to recommend that would be great!
Also if anyone is into non food planting for their garden then interested in books that cover this too as I will have a garden to design and plant out also.

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MereDintofPandiculation · 02/02/2020 14:44

You could try John Seymour, the New Book of Self Sufficiency. It's at the serious end of "growing food for the family" rather than "why not try a selection of salads and a few herbs in pots".

Mintjulia · 02/02/2020 14:47

I found a book where each chapter was a month, and had the essential jobs and the things you could sow, plant out or harvest in each month.
It stops me planting things too late.

Dancingandthedreaming · 02/02/2020 14:49

I love Sarah Raven Great Vegetable Plot and Charles Dowding Create your own Vegetable Garden.

Cakecrumbs · 02/02/2020 23:02

Thanks, going to look at these tomorrow!

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Honeywort · 03/02/2020 21:26

Anything by joy larken is great

Heyha · 03/02/2020 21:34

The Vegetable Expert (D G He...long name, sounds like Hessian) is good although varieties might be out of date. A month by month one is really helpful, I'm sure DK do one or more. Any DK book really!

MereDintofPandiculation · 04/02/2020 10:22

Vegetable expert author is Hessayen.

Main thing about older books is that some of them advocate heavy use of synthetic chemicals - antifungal powders at sowing, lots of artificial fertilisers, peat based compost etc. So even if you aren't trying to to garden with fewer synthetics, the mere fact that a lot have been withdrawn (I don't think there are any anti-fungals available for home use) some books may be a bit difficult to get on with today.

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