Inside the faded blue bindings of this 1930s treasure are indeed the secrets of successful gardening! I’ll admit to leafing through this over a cup of coffee when writing this description and I’ve fallen a bit in love with it.
If you’ve ever wished your grandma or grandpa had left a notebook of all their gardening wisdom, then this is the book for you.
It covers everything from garden planning and design, how to divide plants, hardy perennials, flowers, trees and shrubs based on different soil types and lighting conditions, what to plant in your veg patch, crop rotation for a three year period and how to grow carrots you'll be proud of. It even covers planting and pruning a mini orchard and what you need to know about greenhouses.
Dotted throughout are delightful 1930s diagrams and illustrations. I imagine it’s the sort of book you’d find inside the potting shed of an Agatha Christie mystery, along with seed packets, pots and poison.
Save me from myself and buy it before I change my mind and delist it!
