The Gardener's Year is not about quick fixes, design makeovers or hard drudge, but simply about knowing what you should be doing in your garden, when, and why.
So your garden is more like a landing than a landscape, but that doesn't mean you can't make a beautiful, stylish garden from the space and get everything (or almost everything) you need and want from it.
Learn all the tricks to grow vegetables from seed, maintain mature plants, keep the pests at bay and produce a sustainable crop in your vegetable garden.
Daffodils and tulips herald the arrival of spring, but from the earliest snowdrops to autumn crocosmias, bulbs bring colour and interest to gardens all year round.
Vertical gardening adds an extra dimension to gardens and this book will cover the ins and outs of growing climbers and wall plants to get the very best in terms of cover, cropping and flowering.
Growing vegetables can be a tricky business, and even the most experienced of gardeners will occasionally need to turn to a trusted tome for some handy advice.
This vintage book contains a complete guide to jam manufacture, and includes information on different manufacturing operations, packing, chemical examination, machinery, materials, and much more.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to cultivating mushrooms, with historical information, step-by-step instructions, handy tips, and much more.
This book contains a collection of classic articles on the diseases and pests common to grape vines, with information on identification, prevention, spraying, and many other related aspects.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing apple trees, and includes information on soil, tree forms, rootstocks, pests, varieties, and much more.
This vintage book contains a complete guide to growing cranberries and blueberries, with information on pest control, cultivation methods, fertilisation, and much more.
This antiquarian book contains a comprehensive guide to pruning apple trees, with information on tools, when to prune, how to prune, common problems and avoiding them, and much more.
Originally published in 1901, this book contains a guide to the planting, cultivation, harvesting, marketing, and preserving of asparagus, with notes on its history and botany.
This antiquarian volume comprises a comprehensive guide to growing figs under glass, with information on cropping, common problems, pests and diseases, pruning, watering, and everything else needed for successful growing.
This book contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of hybridising and crossing the grapevine, complete with historical information, simple directions, and helpful tips.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive article on the plum, with information on cultivation, soils, tree forms, planting, pruning, diseases, pests, and varieties.
This antiquarian book contains an accessible and concise guide to pruning, with information on the correct methods for pruning a variety of fruit trees, the tools and equipment needed, common problems and pitfalls, and more.
This vintage text contains a comprehensive yet concise guide to growing citrus fruits, complete with simple instructions and information on growing lemons, oranges, grapefruits, and other citrus fruits.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing a wide range of fruit and vegetables, with information on what to plant, how to prune and manure, common problems and pitfalls, and much more.
This vintage book contains a detailed guide to growing gooseberries, and includes information on propagation, planting, pruning, pests, varieties, and much more.
This antiquarian book contains a concise and detailed guide to growing grapes and small fruits for profit, with information on common problems, fertilisation, planting methods, and much more.
This antiquarian book contains a concise yet comprehensive guide to growing tomatoes, and includes information on such topics as soil, harvesting, tools and equipment, pests, diseases, fertilisation, and more.
This antiquarian volume contains an accessible and concise guide to pruning, with information on the correct methods for pruning rose trees, fruit trees, ornamental trees and shrubs, and many other plants commonly found in the garden.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to growing apple trees, and includes information on soil, tree forms, rootstocks, pests, varieties, and much more.