The soil is all. If you take over a patch of unimproved clay, sand, pumice, or peatland, the most alluring wonder-magic fertilisers, the most ingenious garden implements, the most marvellous new strains of tree, flower or vegetable can give you nothing but miserable results.

However, given time, patience and know how, you can quickly make the sourest pug, the most sterile sand, pumice or peat, render up prize winning results - with minimum outlay.

In this book the author explains what to do about soil texture and structure, acid and alkaline soils, composts, fertilisers and manures, and drainage. Even if you are blessed with ideal soil to begin with, you will still find invaluable advice about how to maintain its healthy condition.

For good measure he also lists, in detail, those plants which will do best in unimproved or semi-improved clays, sands, pumice and peats, and in permanently wet places - an invaluable guide to the home-gardener who is content to cultivate the soil as it found.

Softcover - 91 pages

Published 1999

Excellent condition