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Growing vegetables can be a tricky business, and even the most experienced of gardeners will occasionally need to turn to a trusted tome for some handy advice.The Veg Growers Almanacis just such a book a compendium of month-by-month tips, advice and items of interest.

With sage advice from oldGardeners Worldhands coupled with tips on the best varieties to grow and timely advice on how best to look after your plot, this attractive collection blends practical advice with evocative writing and fascinating facts. Illustrated throughout with charming drawings and sketches,The Veg Growers Almanacis a welcome additional to any gardeners shelf from hands-on instructions for preparing a seed bed or trying new varieties of tomato to fascinating little-known facts about our favourite crops.

Martyn Cox (Author) Martyn Cox is the former features editor of BBCGardeners' Worldmagazine, deputy editor ofGardenlifeand was on the editorial teams atAmateur GardeningandHorticulture Week. Now freelance, he writes a weekly gardening column in theMail on Sunday, and monthly forSaga Magazine, saga.co.uk andGrow It. Martyn contributes regularly for many other titles, including theGuardian,Sainsbury's Magazine,Grand Designs, theDaily Telegraph,The English Garden,Homes&Gardensand theTimes Magazine.

He is the author of seven books, including101 Plants for Problem Places,101 Ideas for Small Gardens,Big Gardens in Small Spaces: Irreverent Advice for Urban Gardeners,Gardening with Kidsand the award-winningRHS Wildlife Garden.

Martyn trained in horticulture at Writtle College, Essex and has many years practical gardening experience. He sits on the Garden Media Guild committee and has a small garden in East London, which he opens annually for charity.