Secrets for every season,straight from the potting shed. Discover the pleasures and pitfalls of a year in the great outdoors at Stockton Bury Gardens,a four-acre open garden at the heart of a working farm. Tamsin Westhorpe's year-long diary of gardening is honest,funny and full of practical hints and tips for success - from how not to lose your trowel to how best to answer the perennial dilemma of the plant that needs'well-drained soil and a sunny spot'. Packed with favourite seasonal plants,timely reminders for each month and entertaining tales of moving sheep,thwarting rabbits,and speaking at rural village halls,Tamsin's diary is a handy,practical companion that celebrates the British seasons in all their changeable glory- from someone who lives,breathes and eats country gardening.
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Publisher: Orphans PublishingISBN: 9781903360422Dimensions: 215 x 155 mm
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"Punctuated by tips,tasks and techniques and peppered with outdoorsy insights,this book deserves a place on every gardener's bedside table" - Helen Yemm,Daily Telegraph; "As well as a diary of the garden,this book is a love letter to rural Herefordshire" - Constance Craig Smith,Daily Mail; "Diary of a Modern Country Gardeners was a welcome arrival this year. It's a self-deprecating and practical account by the former editor of The English Garden magazine." - Anna Pavord,Sunday Times
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