The Girl's Guide to Growing Your Own: How to Grow Fruit and Vegetables Without Getting Your Hands Too Dirty

Gardening girls—this is the essential guide created just for you, with advice on growing your own vegetables, fruits, and herbs, and maintaining an attractive outdoor space, too! Aimed at beginners, it has plenty of practical and seasonal information for planning your edible Eden, delicious recipes, ideas for outdoor entertaining and fun weekend projects for making your garden look great. This completely new type of gardening book will appeal to 20- and 30-something working women everywhere who have busy lives, but still want to grow their own produce without spending all weekend digging.

Alex Mitchell is a writer and gardener who has grown her own fruit, salad, herbs and vegetables for over six years. She studied at the Chelsea Physic Garden and had a regular column in The Sunday Telegraph for three years where she covered everything from how to deter slugs to the best hand cream to use after a day in the elements.