The Vegetable & Herb Expert: The world's best-selling book on vegetables & herbs (Expert Series)

Good solid information

I love this book, so well laid out and easy to understand. Bought it again recently to give to a friend just starting out on their vegetable gardening journey

Having just started with a vagetable patch in the garden, I was looking for, in effect an "idiot's guide" to vegetable growing (believe me, I needed it !) - this book is marvellous - helpful illustrations,easy to follow layout & packed with information on cultivation, preperation, eating, protecting from pests & diseases, the whole lot.The herb section is by no means as comprehensive as the veg part of the book, but it has inspired me to grow my own selection of herbs (in one of those very attractive "ornamental" wooden wheelbarrows,my wife's aunty got us for Christmas - bless) & hopefully add something a bit different, interesting & above all, tasty to the garden.I bought this at the same time as a far glossier, bigger (& more expensive !) book I got from the garden centre - this book beats the more expensive competition hands down. A really great investment, made me burst with horticultural enthusiasm & feel like Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall's cousin - talking of which, I would suggest that this plus the River Cottage Veg Patch Handbook make the ideal duo for the beginner.

This is such a useful book for the vegetable grower - I would strongly recommend purchase whether you have a few pots in the back garden or an allotment plot. The advice is really clearly laid out but still manages to cover vast amounts of material. There's planting and harvesting charts, spacing info etc etc and lots on pests and diseases with clearly drawn examples - although the odd photo here wouldn't go amiss. I agree with a previous reviewer that to call it a 'herb expert' book too is stretching it a bit but if you want it for veg I can't fault it. Good price and will be with you for years to come.

Cant go wrong buying any of these books.

Absolutely love the book, but very disappointed at the price (£17 more expensive than any where else, astronomical hiking, could have bought 3 of the same books for less than the price I paid, quite shamefull Amazon,?????

well, it's alright, except that I am only 10 (nearly 11) and am interested in growing my own food, so I am a complete beginner. So, all it comes across as is just a book with pictures of mouldy veg. So, if you are a parent, then do not give this book to your child, as it will put them off veg. - but great if you are not new to gardening! a little off putting, but ok. :)

Good value for money, almost pristine condition, very lnformative .

Great little book for both armature and professional gardeners

This book is amazing. It has so much information.

This is the best book for a wide range in vegetable and herb info. Very descriptive. All of the books by D.G Hessayon are fantastic.

Después de un vistazo superficial encuentro una feliz profusión de datos que me ayudan de acuerdo con mis necesidades. El que quiera aprender horticultura encuentra en este manual una referencia rápida práctica y fácil de usar. He comprado la edición de segunda mano inglesa porque las ediciones de 2ª mano españolas están a precios de usura.

All the books in this line are fabulous. The quality of pictures are very helpful. I have other books and I will continue to get more. It has helped me in figuring out problems that I have had with the vegetables we have grown.