‘The Best of Mrs Beeton’s Kitchen Garden’ is a new book out by Marks and Spencer.

This practical book contains reliable information for the novice & the practised gardener, including:

• a history of the garden
• month-by-month preparation & planting tips
• keeping an allotment
• flower gardens
• vegetable gardens
• keeping chickens
• hanging baskets & window boxes
• small city gardens
• A-Z of traditional garden plants
• gardening techniques & equipment
• common garden pests and diseases

This is a simple, straightforward book which is a delight to read. A hardback, which is worth having on the shelf, so that you can keep dipping into it.

Amazing value at £5.

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