Celebrating the garden in all its splendid diversity and rich history!
Over 1000 entries of remarkable information about flowers, vegetables, fruits, trees, herbs, insects, birds, water, soil, tools, composts, climate, recipes, gardens and gardeners, myths, superstitions, biodynamics..In short a collection as profuse and variegated as gardening itself. Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous quotations, anecdotes, traditional says, lines of verse, and words of rural wisdom.
The spirit and focus of the Almanac is British but the wider picture is international as so much of our gardens originated from overseas.
Dry or dull information has no place in the almanac and presentation is as appealing as the content.
Celebrating the garden in all its splendid diversity and rich history!
Over 1000 entries of remarkable information about flowers, vegetables, fruits, trees, herbs, insects, birds, water, soil, tools, composts, climate, recipes, gardens and gardeners, myths, superstitions, biodynamics..In short a collection as profuse and variegated as gardening itself. Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous quotations, anecdotes, traditional says, lines of verse, and words of rural wisdom.
The spirit and focus of the Almanac is British but the wider picture is international as so much of our gardens originated from overseas.
Dry or dull information has no place in the almanac and presentation is as appealing as the content.
Celebrating the garden in all its splendid diversity and rich history!
Writing under a variety of nom de plumes, Niall Edworthy has
written over a dozen books covering a wide range of subjects from
military history, biography and outdoor survival to general humour
and sport.
In 2002 Niall and his family swapped their London house with its
tiny, paved north-facing terrace for a new home with a 'proper'
garden at the foot of the South Downs. Niall's love affair with
gardening thus began as an arranged marriage, but quickly blossomed
into a passion. The more time Niall spent in the garden, however,
the more he realised how little he knew about his new obsession.
This book is the result of his quest for more knowledge of gardens
and the wider natural environment.
Packed full of recipes, sages, tips and histories, it is a perfect
addition to any greenhouse collection... this book has the capacity
to encourage, inform and inspire... A perfect present for the
green-fingered
*The Ecologist*
Crammed with weird facts and ephemera, time-honoured tips and old
sayings... this charming book defies categorisation. It'll come in
handy for the pub quiz, though
*Daily Mail*
Collection of nuggets and ancient wisdom related to gardening
*The Sunday Times*
The Curious Gardener's Almanac is a beautifully written and
produced gem of a book. Just the right size to fit into the pocket
of a raincoat it is full of helpful hints garnered over the
ages
*Living North*
This is a joyous book
*Nottingham Evening Post*
Calling on curiosities, wisdom, customs, tips, recipes and
quotations spanning hundreds of years, The Curious Gardener's
Almanac contains enlightening facts and useful hints for the
gardener
*Lancashire Evening Post*
Perhaps this book should come with a warning to all aspiring
horticulturalists: Niall Edworthy is not a gardener! After moving
house, and finding himself with a plot to call his own, he decided
to get his hands dirty. However, he knew absolutely nothing. After
mistaking garlic for asparagus under the watchful and surprisingly
tolerant gaze of his neighbour, he decided to seek
semi-professional help. The result is this quite amazing collection
of time-honoured wisdom, gathered from diverse sources, and
covering subjects like good and bad bed-fellows (plants, that is),
recipes for all your wonderful home-grown goodies, and titbits like
the fact that aubergines were once thought to be poisonous to
Christians! This almanac is a definite must for the dabbler as much
as for the dedicated gardener
*Amazon*
[A] quite amazing collection of time-honoured wisdom, gathered from
diverse sources... This almanac is a definite must for the dabbler
as much as for the dedicated gardener
*The Western Mail Series*
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