Fully updated edition of Shirley Stackhouse’s classic book. Shirley shares stories about her own garden as she provides all the commonsense advice a gardener needs, from flowering and plantng times, dealing with pests, weeds and diseases, to general cultivation such as pruning and fertilising. Organised month by month, the book also provides information about drought, climate change and sustainability. 351 pages, paperback. Shirley Stackhouse.