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Gardening Myths and Misconceptions

Conventional wisdom is difficult to question, even when it is misguided and contains many contradictions. Gardening has its share of such ‘myths’ – some with discernible origins in history, others that have become established for no obvious reason – and they often obscure simpler and easier methods of working. This delightfully illustrated book reveals how common sense triumphs and crops are more successful when these ‘rules’ are overturned.

A fascinating but practical book that will save the seasoned gardener time and give new gardeners heart. Mary Keen has a lifetime’s experience and wrote this in her review of the year’s garden books, The Spectator November 2014:

Another manual which I want to keep is a slim volume from Charles Dowding who has revolutionised the way we grow vegetables, by the no dig method. He is the arch experimenter and discarder of old techniques. Reading this book I found myself saying really? out loud several times. The book consists of short statements: “Seeds and plants need really fine soil for sowing and planting”, followed by a Dowding pronouncement – in this case ‘mostly untrue’ – and he then expands to say that even carrots can cope with lumps. I learned a lot from this book.

Mary Keen, The Spectator November 2014

Gardening Myths and Misconceptions

Name: Gardening Myths and Misconceptions
SKU: 029
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Here is a review from Amazon 9th September 2020 by Mr J Kingfisher:

I learnt more from this one book than in years of reading so called ‘gardening experts” books. I teach Horticulture. I recommend every gardener in the country should read this book!

An J Hughes wrote, on 3rd August 2020, also on Amazon

Really enjoyed this book which is written in an easy to read and digest manner. The other plot holders on the allotment frequently came out with many of the myths in the book until our harvest this year which, following a year of using Charles Dowding’s approach, was earlier and better than they had expected. From now on, I will be referencing this book before listening to any “sage advice” from fellow, digging plot holders!

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Weight	203 g
Dimensions	205 × 131 × 14 mm
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