Customer Reviews

Attractive and instructive - By: Myrtle, 22 Mar 2006
An excellent introduction & reference book for growing salad plants. The usual supects are covered as well as some rather more obscure ones. Creatively illustrated with marvelous photography, Larkcom firstly arranges chapters of salad plants such as stems & stalks, fruiting vegetables etc., as you would expect, but also flowers, herbs & wild plants. She then turns her attention to cultivation & finally ends with a few recipes. Anyone interestedin starting a small kitchen garden, allotment or potager will find this invaluable & desperately inspiring. Joy Larkcom has been growing food since the seventies & her knowlege & clear style are inspiring.