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The Sceptical Gardener

The Thinking Person’s Guide to Good Gardening


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  • by Ken Thompson
In this collection of articles from The Telegraph, biologist and gardening columnist Ken Thompson takes a scientific look at some of the greater – and lesser – questions faced by gardeners everywhere in a bid to sort the genuine wisdom from the hokum. What is the ideal temperature for a compost heap? What do bees do that improves strawberries? Why are gardeners in literature always such dummies?

ISBN 9781785780387 | E | PB
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Publisher Icon (Faber)
ISBN 9781785780387
Author(s) Ken Thompson
Publication date May 2016
Edition Paperback
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Pages 352
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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In this collection of articles from The Telegraph, biologist and gardening columnist Ken Thompson takes a scientific look at some of the greater – and lesser – questions faced by gardeners everywhere in a bid to sort the genuine wisdom from the hokum.

What is the ideal temperature for a compost heap? What do bees do that improves strawberries? Why are gardeners in literature always such dummies? This is an expert’s gardening miscellany, aimed at making you not necessarily a better gardener, but probably a far more thoughtful one.