There are lots of things I like about this book, in particular the three-year span growing cycle it spans, providing for year-on-year comparisons and a full crop rotation... At the same time the lovely photographs evoke the inspired improvisation and recycling, the growing use of companion planting to attract beneficial insects, and the aura of contentment that hangs over our plots. Lady Allotment sites provide irresistible opportunities for photographers: the sheds, the seats, the lashed-up greenhouses, the supports, the improvised paths, the compost heaps, let alone the lovingly home-grown produce. Edwina Sassoon has made brilliant use of all these in the images which form a major part of the brand-new book 'Three Year Allotment Notebook' by Joanna Cruddas. Allotmenteers are a resourceful bunch and there are plenty of ideas to copy in these pictures, as well as monthly To Do lists compiled by the author and space for your own notes. -- Anna Pavord Independent A must for all who grow their own food. Image Interiors Solve the problem of remembering which plant you put where by noting everything down inside a copy of the 'Three Year Allotment Notebook'. Country Living Offers seasonal advice as well as plenty of blank pages for recording experiments and triumphs. Irish Times A visual feast. Good for notes year on year, but it's the selection of images here that stands out, giving you plenty of inspiration for your plot. BBC Gardens Illustrated Illustrated with stunning, atmospheric photographs that almost taste of allotment life. Kitchen Garden
