Notes from a Sceptical Gardener

b>What is the best way to kill weeds in paving? How scared should we really be of Japanese knotweed? And what is a weed anyway?/b>div>br>/div>div>Biologist Ken Thompson set out to write a different kind of gardening column, one that tackles what he calls ''the grit in the gardening oyster''. In this new collection he takes a look at some of the questions faced by gardeners everywhere in a bid to sort the truth from the wishful thinking./div>div>br>/div>div>Why are the beaks of British great tits getting longer? Which common garden insect owns a set of metal-tipped running spikes? Why might growing orange petunias land you in hot water? Are foxes getting bigger? How do you stop the needles falling off your Christmas tree?/div>div>br>/div>div>This expert''s miscellany of (mostly) scientifically-tested garden lore will make you look at your garden through fresh eyes./div>

Product details

• Authors: Ken Thompson
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.03.2020
• EAN: 9781785786372
• ISBN: 978-1-78578-637-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 198 mm x 28 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Garden; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; Gardening, GARDENING / General