Tales from Titchmarsh

by Titchmarsh, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781444728842
• ISBN10: 1444728849
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-01
• Publisher: Hodder

Summary

The very best of Alan Titchmarsh's gardening writing, taken from his 20 years as a columnist with Gardeners' Worldmagazine Covering everything from his love of water features in gardens to the beauty of wildflower meadows to why we need to get children away from gizmos and back into gardens, this is the perfect bedside or gardenside anthology from a beloved gardener. His brilliant writings are, in turn, practical ( Just how far back should we prune our roses?), opinionated ( I always rail at people who go out on a Sunday afternoon to tidy their gardens. I mean, a garden is not a sock drawer.), cheeky ( I have a theory that gardeners grow to look like their soil.), and wistful ( You've got to be a bit of a dreamer to get the most out of your garden.). So lay down your trowel, sit back, and enjoy a bit of quintessential Titchmarsh.

Author Biography

Alan Titchmarsh is the author of more than 40 gardening books, including The Gardener's Year, How to Be a Gardener, and The Royal Gardeners; the memoirs Knave of Spades and Trowel and Error; and the novels Love and Dr. Devon and Rosie. He has twice been named Gardening Writer of the Year and in 2004 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Garden Writers' Guild.

Table of Contents

January
The Secret of Success	p. 3
A Day in the Life	p. 6
Humble Yet Mighty	p. 9
Tomorrow's Gardeners	p. 12
Say It with Flowers	p. 15
Chickens for All	p. 18
The Book Towers	p. 20
February
Taking Stock	p. 27
Dreaming of Summer	p. 30
A Tall Story	p. 33
What Lies Beneath	p. 35
Full House	p. 37
The Model Gardener	p. 40
Living with the Enemy	p. 43
March
The Long Game	p. 49
It's a Man Thing	p. 52
A Passion for Alpines	p. 55
Grown with Laughter	p. 58
Nature or Nurture?	p. 60
Getting a Hedge in Gardening	p. 63
The Cupboard Under the Stairs	p. 66
April
I'll Do It My Way	p. 73
Opening Up	p. 76
Tree People	p. 78
My Pet Theory	p. 81
Live and Let Live	p. 83
What's in a Name?	p. 86
Mum	p. 89
May
Sitting Pretty	p. 95
Whatever the Weather	p. 97
The Kitchen Project	p. 100
The Hole Truth	p. 103
Garden of Delights	p. 106
If At First You Don't Succeed...	p. 109
A Magical Tale	p. 112
June
The Mower You Wish For	p. 119
Wear and Tear	p. 121
Joining the Rotary Club	p. 124
There's Chaos in My Order	p. 127
The Listed Loo	p. 130
You Are What You Dig	p. 133
Back to the Nursery	p. 135
July
Water Quandary	p. 141
Behind the Names	p. 143
A British Obsession	p. 145
Predictably Unpredictable	p. 148
On the Origin of Faeces	p. 151
You Can't Please Everyone	p. 154
The Grand Design	p. 157
August
Diary Entry	p. 163
Out of Control	p. 166
The Kindest Cut	p. 168
The Specialist	p. 170
Bold Is Beautiful	p. 173
Brief Encounters	p. 176
Cuppa Plenty	p. 179
September
The Great Survivors	p. 185
AWalk on the Wild Side	p. 188
On Public Display	p. 191
Refining My Taste	p. 193
Pondlife	p. 195
Texted to My Limits	p. 199
Old Friends	p. 202
October
Home Is Where the Heart Is	p. 207
Thinking Big	p. 210
Grumpy Old Gardeners	p. 213
Losing the Label	p. 215
Looking for Dove	p. 218
Plants I Have Loathed	p. 220
Greenfingered, But Not Greenfaced	p. 223
November
A Garden Is for Living	p. 229
As One Gate Closes...	p. 232
Trowels and Tribulations	p. 234
Don't Ask Me!	p. 237
No Place for Games	p. 240
Defending My Shed	p. 243
The Art of Mundanity	p. 245
December
Winter Tales	p. 251
The Great Escape	p. 254
All at Sea	p. 257
Sharing the Garden	p. 259
The State of the Gate	p. 262
A Chance to Unwind	p. 264
I'm Dreaming of a White-Spotted Christmas	p. 268
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