{"product_id":"the-grumpy-gardeners-handbook-9781907554247","title":"The Grumpy Gardener's Handbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing in the curmudgeonly footsteps of The Grumpy Drivers and Golfers Handbooks  this is a compilation of all things frustrating about maintaining the average domestic garden. Grumps attempts to improve his extra room outdoors are thwarted at every turn. His lawn develops alopecia  his fruit trees are shunned by all pollinating insects  his veg is a big hit with slugs and his Indian sandstone patio becomes an ingenious sunken garden. Chapters include Pruning  Weeding  Compost (Ivor is convinced that cryogenics fan Walt Disney could be happily accommodated in his non-decomposing compost bins)  Sheds  Pond Life  \"Oh  I Simply Adore Lobelia\"; (people who talk too loudly in show gardens)  TV Gardening  Pests and Living With Leaf Lady  a woman hell-bent on identifying every foreign leaf that is swept into their garden  and returning it There is a Grumpy Calendar of seasonal jobs in the garden and how best to avoid them  plus advice on how to impress people with a Slackers Veg Patch (vegetables that look after themselves more or less).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276597256245,"sku":"ByrdShop_1907554246","price":63.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781907554247.jpg?v=1780557116","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-grumpy-gardeners-handbook-9781907554247","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}