I have devoured many a gardening book and monthly magazine, but not one has explained ideas behind gardening in such an uncomplicated and chatty way.

I love the way he encourages the gardener to be flexible, experimental and instinctive. I finally understand pruning - so it must be good!


A gardening classic that doesn't date   August 27, 2001
 28 out of 31 found this review helpful

Christophers writing on gardening is one of the few excuses busy gardeners have for staying in bed, being warm and indulging oneself and still enhancing our plant repetiore. I devour his books like the best of my home grown produce and for someone of his great years he is probably the greatest living gardener this green isle has to offer. I highly recommend anything he writes.


Temperament   January 8, 2001
 10 out of 19 found this review helpful

30 years on, this is still temper-proof... Lloyd takes no prisoners - manure, to wild gardening in grass, and what not. He did it. He grew it. He smelt it. So listen to him! The story flows, advice as practical as it can get, and the index is extensive as the varieties grown. Did you start sounding like him? digging like him? ranting like him? You better watch it - you're mind might have been tempered!