Gardeners gifts for xmas

[Robert_Brenchley]

The logbook sounds familiar; I've a feeling it comes from the same people as do the 'Expert' series.

[Robert_Brenchley]

[Multiveg]

The logbook sounds familiar; I've a feeling it comes from the same people as do the 'Expert' series.

Forgot, also got Hessayon's one which is even more pathetic than the others I have.

[Robert_Brenchley]

I had one my first year on the plot, and never bothered again.

[supersprout]

if I didn't already use Nick Kollerstrom's moon diary, I'd love to get my mitts on http://www.dodopad.com/gardenbook
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[busy_lizzie]

My brother hasn't got a garden only a back yard, but for the first time this year he has grown tomatoes in pots and I would like to get him a book for Christmas on vegetable container gardening, as he said he really enjoyed growing them.  Think he would really like branching out next year if I can find him a suitable book to spur him on. Anybody got any good ideas?  :) busy_lizzie

[wellingtons]

My fave website for gardening gifts is www.plantstuff.com. 

I've got one of there seed tins.  Marvellous!  Stops those ever so sweet baby mice, gulping down all my flower seeds, da lil bugrits!

[cambourne7]

is the alan titchmarch one the logbook your dad had? There is loads on amazon..

if not do you think its any good?

Regarding gardening diaries/journals, my dad had a lovely gardening logbook which I think is still in a box somewhere from moving house 6 years ago. I haven't been able to find it or anything like it since - it had square paper for plans, had colour coding for veg, fruit, herbs, flowers... and on the veg/fruit pages, there was a space for sowing/transplanting dates then harvesting dates & yields.
I do have a selection of journals I have located in charity shops -

Alan Titchmarsh's The Gardener's Logbook dates from 1985 (including picture of him!). It has grids for planning, pages for lawn/rose/flowers/veg/fruit/houseplant/herb.. records.

I have Gardener's Journal from 1988. Intro by Stan Seymour. 2 A4 pages per month, very basic but has some nice illustrations and pictures of ancient seed packets. What happened to Sutton's Magnum Bonum - the best and heaviest cropping potato?

I have Almanac & Pest-control primer. This is a Rodale book from 2000. It has monthly sections with a checklist & advice from other gardeners, plus at the back, is room for your journal to record details for month & year. It is an American book and the checklist is organised by USDA hardiness zones. There are sections - guides on how to extend the season, attracting the good insects, mulches... I like it but won't write in it. I think I got it from one of the clearance bookshops.