Gardening
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The Holistic Beauty Book: With Over 100 Natural Recipes for Beautiful Skin
Do you worry about chemicals in your cosmetics? Want to use only the very best fresh handmade holistic products? Want an ethical and environmentally friendly skincare routine? Have sensitive skin and need very pure ingredients?DIY skincare is fun, easy and empowering. The Holistic Beauty Book is packed with safe, 100% natural, organic, eco-friendly skincare recipes that you can make at home that are gorgeous yet affordable.
If you worry about chemicals in your cosmetics, and you want to use ethically-sourced products, or if you have sensitive skin and need very pure ingredients – this book is for you. The Holistic Beauty Book includes recipes for lip balms, face-creams, body butters, massage bars, bath melts, scrubs, cleansers, soothing baby-care and pregnancy products, moisturisers, facial toners, masks and packs, and much more.
The recipes include vegan/vegetarian ingredients that are organic, local and fairly-traded. Start making your own skincare products for the benefit of both your skin and the planet.
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Snowdown at the Old Schoolhouse (The Glenbriar Series Book 6)
Whatever happens this Christmas, they didn’t forecast this!
When charismatic and handsome weather presenter Marcus Bowman walks back into Willow Roxburgh’s life three weeks before Christmas, her quiet job as an admin worker at the Old Schoolhouse residential care centre in Glenbriar is shattered. He’s not only the man she used to crush on, he’s also the one who thwarted her TV forecasting dreams.
But she’s no longer the anonymous studio assistant; she’s secretly Scotland’s new favourite weather forecaster, Rocky Rainman.
With the Schoolhouse facing closure, Marcus is on an assignment to drum up festive support. However, he’s discovered the internet sensation Rocky Rainman lives somewhere nearby and is determined to expose him after Rocky’s recent damaging comments on social media. Seeing Willow, the girl he used to obsess over, shakes his priorities.
When a blizzard hits, Willow and Marcus are snowed in, and she discovers her perception of him wasn’t as accurate as her forecasts. Marcus isn’t convinced it’ll be a white Christmas, but he’s determined to win Willow’s heart. Can their new love weather storm if he discovers her secret? Because how can there be a future for Marcus Bowman and Rocky Rainman?
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♥ Snowdown at the Old Schoolhouse is the sixth book in The Glenbriar Series, but can be read on its own as a standalone.
♥ Set in the highlands of Scotland in a small town with fun, romance, drama, and a guaranteed happy ending. Snowdown at the Old Schoolhouse has a bit of steam and lots of heart.
♥The Glenbriar Series is a spinoff from the Scottish Island Escapes series and there are crossovers and intertwining characters.
♥ A beautiful romance story, perfect for fans of Holly Martin, Heidi Swain and Rachel Lucas
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Close to the Veg: A Book of Allotment Tales
Close to the Veg A truly original book about vegetable growing, written as a personal narrative. Full descriptionRead more
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Incredible! Plant Veg, Grow a Revolution
Incredible! reveals how one town decided to take control of its own future – with vegetables. The future looks bleak. The economy’s in the doldrums. We’ve lost faith in politicians and big business. Over all that looms the threat of climate change – extreme weather is already sending shock waves through global food supplies. But a once-forgotten Yorkshire mill town is spreading a new story of hope…This is the tale of an extraordinary local food movement that has become a worldwide phenomenon. Told by Pam Warhurst, co-founder of Incredible Edible Todmorden, and writer Joanna Dobson, the book invites readers into a humorous, inspiring and often moving series of stories that brought people together through the simple method of planting vegetables in public places. People have found that when they put edible plants in their front gardens, they get to know their neighbours, building a community one conversation at a time. When they grow fruit trees at school, children learn life skills. And when market traders stock local produce, they build business networks. Incredible Edible Todmorden has sparked similar projects across the world – and it could be your story, too! Incredible! Plant Veg, Grow a Revolution has an international audience, appealing to anyone who cares about the environment, gardening, community, education or local enterprise.Read more
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Feral: Rewilding the Land, Sea and Human Life
‘Captivating. Will change the way you think about the natural world, and your place in it’ Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
In Feral, George Monbiot, one of the world’s most celebrated radical thinkers offers a riveting tale of possibility and travel in the wild
How many of us sometimes feel that we are scratching at the walls of this life, seeking to find our way into a wider space beyond? That our mild, polite existence sometimes seems to crush the breath out of us? Feral is the lyrical and gripping story of George Monbiot’s efforts to re-engage with nature and discover a new way of living. He shows how, by restoring and rewilding our damaged ecosystems on land and at sea, we can bring wonder back into our lives. Making use of some remarkable scientific discoveries, Feral lays out a new, positive environmentalism, in which nature is allowed to find its own way.
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Home-Grown Harvest: Delicious ways to enjoy your seasonal fruit and vegetables
More than 150 recipes for making the most of your home-grown fruit and vegetables – from warming soups and bakes to vibrant summer salads and tangy preserves.
There is nothing as satisfying as growing your own produce – home-grown fruit and vegetables, picked and used at the height of freshness, are more tasty and nutritious than any supermarket offerings. Not only that, but they also cut down on food miles and can be a far more budget friendly way to eat. Home-grown Harvest is a celebration of the bounty you can grow in your garden, back yard or even windowbox. Cultivating your own fruit and vegetables does not have to mean eating the same dishes days in a row to use up produce. Instead, this book will show you how to use creatively what you grow in an array of exciting combinations. Simply organised, the book makes each vegetable or fruit the star of its own chapter, providing a wealth of different recipes to use up any gluts you may have (from the garden or a trip to the farmers’ market). From fresh dishes such as Triple Tomato Risotto with Basil or Strawberry Tiramisu, to preserves and chutneys, which can be stored for future use, each recipe is selected because it is rich in fresh produce. With handy tips and hints for preparing vegetables, and beautiful photographs throughout, Home-grown Harvest is an invaluable guide to cooking seasonally and eating very well indeed.
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Allotment Log Book & Planner: Gardening Organizer Journal to Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg | Gardening Planner with Yearly Planting Calendar for Mom, Dad, and Gardening lovers.
About this item
If you want a garden planner to take you from the earliest stages of planning your season all the way through your harvest, and customize it to fit your particular garden’s needs. If you want a journal to record the details you’ll forget otherwise.
This is a perfect planner and organizer that fits all of those things to keep a written record of your plans before you start, This planner is all in one easy-to-use book, A fun and easy way to plan and track the success of your garden.
Features of This Book:
• Suppliers information
• Garden Layout Planner
• Weekly Garden Tasks (48 weeks)
• Plant Information Includes: plant name, date germinated,
date planted, date harvested, price, location, starting from
seed-plant, water requirements, sun requirement, plant type,
planting instructions, care instructions, special notes,
rating, and more.
• Shopping List (Product/Amount, Price)
• Pests and Problem
• Harvest Tracker (Plant, Date Planted, Day to Harvest,
Quantity)
• Notes
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• 8.5 x 11 Inches(A4)
• 150 Pages
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Growing Unusual Vegetables: Weird and Wonderful Vegetables and How to Grow Them
Growing Unusual Vegetables is for gardeners who like to try something different. In this book they will find more than ninety unusual plants, all of them edible. The book is divided into sections on greens, roots, fruits, seeds, grains, and flavorings for easy reference. Each plant entry comes complete with comprehensive cultivation instructions, hardiness zones, and fascinating notes on the plant’s origin, history, and uses.
With this indispensable guide, you can turn your garden into a unique storehouse of useful and unusual edible plants, many of which are surprisingly easy to grow.Read more
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RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch
Foolproof vegetable growing for gardeners with little space but big ambitions
RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch is brilliantly simple explaining everything you need to know to squeeze the most out of your plot. Forget waiting years for an allotment, this book celebrates what the vast majority of people have – a little bit of patio or garden that is precious to them.
Step-by-step, foolproof instructions and bright photographs and artworks will get you growing the 60 vegetables and 15 fruit crops featured in no time plus ‘at a glance’ crop planners help you decide what’s right for your growing space. Troubleshooting advice also helps nip any problems in the bud.
Help your plot reach its full potential and be part of the grow-your-own phenomenon with RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch.
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The Vegetable Expert (Expert books)
Whether you are a first-time allotment holder or an ‘old-hand’, The Vegetable Expert will show you:How to get started
Where to grow your vegetables
How to choose the right types and varieties
How to deal with pests and diseasesReliable, easy-to-follow advice and information from EXPERT books – the world’s best-selling gardening series
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How To Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg: A Week-by-Week Guide to Wild-Life Friendly Fruit and Vegetable Gardening
Joe Hashman takes you outdoors and ‘in amongst it’ on the vegetable plot where seeds are sown, plants nurtured, fruits tended and crops harvested. The natural history of the garden is noted, too, and delicious and often unusual recipes supplied. With his guidance – and your gardening – your kitchen garden, vegetable patch or allotment will provide you with the good, fresh, honest and seasonal fruit and vegetables that Joe has a passion for. And he will also help you sustain the natural balance of your garden. Employing his own simple, tried and tested methods the author takes the reader week-by-week through the vegetable and fruit growing year.
Contents: Introduction; February-January; Jobs to do each week; Veg on the menu: recipes; Glossary of terms; Index.
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Vegetable Growing Month-by-month: The Down-to-earth Guide That Takes You Through the Vegetable Year
Whatever the size of your garden or allotment, you can grow your own vegetables. Even if you only have a balcony or a small paved area outside your kitchen, you can grow more than you ever thought possible in pots, containers and raised beds. Experienced vegetable grower, John Harrison takes you through the entire vegetable year so that, for all the main vegetables, you’ll know exactly when you should sow your seeds, dig your plot and harvest your crops. Choose the most appropriate vegetables for your particular soil and select the right position so that they flourish. Discover how to make your own compost and organic fertilisers, as well as the best methods of controlling pests. Find out how to extend the season by buying or building your own cloches and cold frames. Put an end to worries that your shop-bought vegetables contain chemical residues or to concerns about the air miles such vegetables have flown en route to your table!Read more
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RHS Grow Fruit and Veg Guide: More than 1,000 Expertly Chosen Varieties
Grow your own fruit and veg with trusted advice from the experts at the RHS.
This ultimate guide to vegetable and fruit gardening features the cream of each crop, with 100 illustrated profiles and quick reference recommendations to make choosing what to grow easy.
From growing tomatoes to caring for your pepper plant, you’ll get practical advice on key aspects of cultivation, including sowing and harvesting, and troubleshooting pests and diseases. Clear, easy-to-follow advice on the basic principles of growing fruit and vegetables helps you plan your plot and choose the right seed or plant for your garden space.
Now in paperback (previous ISBN 9781405361804), RHS Grow Fruit and Veg is full of essential cultivation advice for grow-your-own beginners and experienced gardeners alike.
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Grow Easy Veg: Essential Know-how and Expert Advice for Gardening Success
Discover how to grow it yourself!
Growing your own vegetables is a rewarding venture that’s both affordable and delicious, but a novice gardener might not know where to begin. This is your no-fuss guide to vegetable gardening.
Do you want to learn how to start and sustain your own vegetable garden throughout the year? This vegetable gardening book for beginners will help you choose and care for more than 40 different varieties, all specially selected for successful growing.
From vegetable garden must-haves to less-common crops like edamame beans, this is a one-stop guide to growing vegetables that are easy to grow! Discover detailed information on how to sow, plant, feed, water, protect and harvest your vegetables.
You don’t have to be a horticulture expert to get started, this indispensable reference book will take you through every single step! It includes:
– Tips on how to care for more than 40 different vegetable varieties
– Packed with practical, jargon-free know-how and simple gardening techniques
– Easy-to-follow format to help grow your gardening knowledgeLet It Grow!
Gorgeous, full-colour photography provides plenty of inspiration and ideas for your patch! Expert tips and step-by-step instructions on every page help make sure that you care for your vegetables in the right way in order for them to grow.
Grow Easy Veg covers everything you need to know about growing herbs and vegetables, while expert tips help you troubleshoot as you go. It’s the perfect book for first-time gardeners!
Complete the Series:
Make your green-fingered dreams a reality with the Grow series from DK. Learn how to brighten up even the trickiest areas in Grow Containers, or discover how to garden more sustainably in Grow Eco-Gardening. Alternatively, there are more titles to explore such as Grow Pruning & Training and Grow Houseplants.
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Storing Home Grown Fruit and Veg: Know How: Harvesting, Preparing, Freezing, Drying, Cooking, Preserving, Bottling, Salting, Planning, Varieties
It really is a start-to-finish coverage. It begins with early planning that, in itself, does much to smooth out problems of glut. The objective has been to plan to produce fresh food to eat and build in the correct storing for everything so that nothing goes to waste. The book points up varieties that have proved themselves to have the best qualities for storing surplus. The book explains that waste is most often caused by growing too much at the wrong time. It lays plans to resolve this issue, to co-operate with other gardeners to dovetail activities, swap produce and store for the winter. It is a complete source – vegetable by vegetable, fruit by fruit.Read more
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The Fundamentals of Drawing: A Complete Professional Course for Artists
This internationally bestselling guide covers essential drawing techniques, written by expert practical art author Barrington Barber.
The Fundamentals of Drawing is a practical and comprehensive drawing course from beginner to advanced levels. Opportunities for practice and improvement are offered across a wide spectrum of subjects with step-by-step examples to guide you through.
Subjects include:
• Still life
• Plants, nature and animals
• Portraiture and life drawing
• Perspective and compositionThe methods used in this book are time-honored and proven, having been practiced through the centuries by art students and professional artists. Barrington Barber brings his invaluable expertise as a working artist and teacher to the task of showing you how to use them effectively to create successful drawings.
No matter what your level of expertise, you will find his clear approach encouraging and his way of teaching inspirational.
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Allotment Gardening For Dummies
Allotment Gardening For Dummies is a lively, hands-on guide to getting the most out of your allotment. Whether you’re interested in eating fresh, saving money, getting exercise or enjoying wholesome family fun, this is the guide for you. The step-by-step advice takes you through all the stages in the process, from securing an allotment and preparing your plot, to choosing what to grow and enjoying the benefits of abundant fresh food and a sociable and healthy hobby. With over 50 handy line drawings, plus information on how to grow organic and advice on storing and cooking the food you grow, this guide really does have it all!Allotment Gardening For Dummies includes:
Part 1: Getting to Grips with Allotment Gardening
Chapter 1: What Are Allotments All About?
Chapter 2: Getting hold of an Allotment
Chapter 3: Getting StartedPart 2: Preparing for Allotment Success
Chapter 4: Deciding What to Grow, When
Chapter 5: Preparing Your Plot
Chapter 6: Keeping Your Soil Healthy
Chapter 7: Keeping Your Plants Healthy
Chapter 8: Growing OrganicPart 3: Growing a Few of Your Favourite Vegetables
Chapter 9: Going Underground
Chapter 10: The Staples
Chapter 11: Growing Leafy Greens
Chapter 12: Planting Peas, Beans and Other Pods
Chapter 13: Growing More Exotic VegPart 4: Extending Your Allotment Repetoire
Chapter 14: Growing Wholesome Herbs
Chapter 15: Growing Fruitful Fruit
Chapter 16: Nurturing Flowers on an AllotmentPart 5: Getting the Most Out of Your Allotment
Chapter 17: Involving Children Around the Allotment
Chapter 18: Hobnobbing with Allotment Society
Chapter 19: Growing Giant VegPart 6: The Part of Tens Chapter
Chapter 20: Ten Common Accidents and How to Prevent Them
Chapter 21: Ten Ways to Revive a Flagging AllotmentRead more
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Grow & Cook: An A-Z of what to grow all through the year at home
The content of this book originally appeared in The New Kitchen Garden, published in 2015.
‘An endless selection of delicious produce you can plant, grow and then cook with.’ Raymond Blanc OBE
Now you can create your own delicious edible garden at home!
More and more people are being inspired to grow a little of what they eat at home. But while starting your own kitchen garden may seem like a daunting task at first, Grow & Cookmakes it easy.
Award-winning author and gardener, Mark Diacono, has distilled years of knowledge into this pocket-sized book. Whether you are new to gardening and only have a small window box or you are much more experienced with the space to experiment, this user-friendly handbook will inspire and help you. Mark is here to show you that there are plenty of options for everyone and lots of exciting new varieties to discover.
Each variety in the book includes a wealth of information on when to sow, growing tips, potential problems, harvesting and plenty more. There are hundreds of varieties to pick from that can be grown and then used in your kitchen.
Mark separates the growing guides into three groups:
* Vegetables
* Fruit & Nuts
* Herbs & SpicesWhatever you choose to grow should suit your lifestyle. You might prefer something tough and sturdy that doesn’t need too much love or time commitment, or you might get pleasure from the steady graft of looking after your veg patch. Whichever your circumstances, your kitchen garden should bring you joy both in the growing process and then in the kitchen.
Grow & Cook is the essential pocket guide for modern gardeners.
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Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots: Planting Advice & Recipes from Great Dixter (Documents)
Expert planting advice for growing fruit and vegetables in pots from the acclaimed English garden – with 50 delicious recipes
Beautifully illustrated, Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots provides clear, practical information on growing fruit and vegetables in containers, whether that be a window box or a terracotta pot on a balcony. Aaron Bertelsen of the acclaimed English garden at Great Dixter will guide you through what to grow, which pots to use, give personal tips on varieties to choose, and advice on cultivation and care. Featuring more than 50 delicious recipes, Bertelsen shows that lack of space is no barrier to growing what you want to eat, and proves that harvesting and cooking food you have grown yourself is a total pleasure, with dishes that showcase a few perfectly chosen – and personally grown – ingredients.
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Grow Food for Free: The easy, sustainable, zero-cost way to a plentiful harvest
Zero-cost, low effort and a long term solution to your fresh produce needs!
Huw Richards set himself a challenge – to be self-sufficient by growing his own fruit and veg for free for a year. He succeeded, and now wants to help you do the same.
Grow your own food in your home garden, allotment or container and look forward to a bountiful harvest year-round. You can plant fruit and veg at home without spending a penny and Huw Richard’s shows you how.
Packed with tried-and-tested advice, this gardening book covers:
– Finding a space to grow – in the garden or on a terrace or balcony – and sourcing the materials you need
– Deciding what to grow your crops in (the ground, a raised bed, or containers)
– Clear growing instructions on more than 30 species of popular annual and perennial crops
– Huw Richards’ 52-week journal of how he grew his own food for free for a year without spending a penny
– Advice on how to go about selling your produce to raise money to expand your growing areaAuthor Huw Richards is a man on a mission. He is passionate about teaching you how to garden and grow your own food. Years of experience and trying different things has taught Huw how to garden with little money (or without a garden) and he shows you how to do the same! Grow Food for Free teaches you how to produce no-cost, low-maintenance fruit and veg – and finding low-cost ways to overcome common gardening worries.
Learn about the space you need and how to prepare it, make your own compost, tackle weeds, pests, and diseases, and how to get hold of your first set of seeds! Discover strategies to expand your garden. Can’t afford a raised bed? Try repurposing an old wooden pallet. Don’t have money to buy lots of different seeds? Look in your kitchen cupboards for food that you can plant. This home gardening book shows you everything you need to barter, borrow, repurpose, and propagate your way to a bountiful harvest without burdening your bank balance!
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Home Gardener’s No-Dig Raised Bed Gardens: Growing vegetables, salads and soft fruit in raised no-dig beds (Specialist Guide)
Are you a first-time gardener daunted by the prospect of endless back-breaking digging? Or perhaps you are a keen vegetable grower battling with poor soil or pest invasions? If so, this helpful guide clearly explains how you can achieve a productive garden without the hard graft, using the no-dig raised bed system.
For those without the time or stamina to spend hours maintaining a garden, well-known experts Alan and Gill Bridgewater offer an easy-care method with minimal digging and weeding. They show how to make raised beds, build up soil with mushroom compost, cover weeds with mulch, and protect plants with nets and plastic–all using organic methods whenever possible. A must for every gardener.
- Concise, easy-to-use reference guide
- Expert advice on no-dig gardening
- Packed with practical, illustrated instructions
- Includes an A-Z directory of vegetables and soft fruit
- Advice on how to tackle pests and diseases
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RHS Grow Your Own Veg & Fruit Bible
‘Featuring environmentally friendly methods for growing more than 75 fruits and vegetables, this is a must-have for gardening novices and pros alike, […] One for the coffee table; it’s as aspirational as it is practical.’
Independent‘Easy-to-follow practical advice on growing fruit, vegetables, salads and herbs throughout the year no matter how big or small your garden.’
Gardens Illustrated‘For those with rusty knowledge or who are just starting out on their kitchen garden journey, this detailed work, published in association with the RHS, is just what is required.’
The English Garden‘[An] easy-to-follow, practical and inspiring guide to growing produce all year round. Carol’s environmentally friendly advice covers everything you need to succeed.’
RHS The Garden MagazineHighly-regarded gardener Carol Klein has collaborated with the Royal Horticultural Society to create a lavishly illustrated, easy-to-follow, practical and inspiring beginner’s guide to everything you need to know to grow fruit, vegetables, salads and herbs all year round.
With an approach that is environmentally friendly and easy, Carol gives all the advice you need to succeed. Beginners and experienced gardeners alike will be inspired by this indispensable reference for every gardener’s bookshelf.
Whatever the size of the garden, this is a book to convert readers to the pleasures of growing and harvesting their own food. From preparing a plot, planning what to plant, and how to grow any one of the 80 featured food plants, this is a book to which growers can return every year, whatever their level of expertise. Key techniques are shown in step-by-step photography and there are invaluable illustrated directories of the best varieties to select for best results.
With her usual energy and enthusiasm, Carol Klein offers green-fingered advice for growing all your appetizing favourites plus many less familiar crops also.
The material is taken from the bestselling RHS Grow Your Own: Veg and RHS Grow Your Own: Fruit.
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Growing Your Own Fruit & Veg for Dummies
Save money and eat fresh with this hands-on guide to home-growingGrowing you own produce is the only way to enjoy delicious, garden-fresh fruit and veg all year round. This practical manual gives you the lowdown on everything from finding the right tools and choosing which plants to grow, to nurturing your crops and bringing in your first harvest. The easy-to-follow advice will help you get started straight away and become a confident and successful kitchen gardener.
• Get going with growing – discover which plants are best for you and how to make the most of your outdoor space
• Prepare your plot – learn how to set up and maintain healthy beds for your fruit and vegetables
• Grow tasty veg – choose your favourite veggies from asparagus and broccoli to courgettes, sweet corn and many more
• Grow your own fruit salad – get quick results from fast-growing berries and learn to nurture slow-growing tree fruit and exotic greenhouse produceRead more
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Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild
A TIMES AND TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘Beautifully written, movingly told and meticulously researched … a convincing plea for a wilder, richer world’ Isabella Tree, author of Wilding
‘By the time I’d read the first chapter, I’d resolved to take my son into the woods every afternoon over winter. By the time I’d read the sixth, I was wanting to break prisoners out of cells and onto the mossy moors. Losing Eden rigorously and convincingly tells of the value of the natural universe to our human hearts’ Amy Liptrot, author of The Outrun
Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, culture and consciousness. For centuries, we have acted on an intuitive sense that we need communion with the wild to feel well. Now, in the moment of our great migration away from the rest of nature, more and more scientific evidence is emerging to confirm its place at the heart of our psychological wellbeing. So what happens, asks acclaimed journalist Lucy Jones, as we lose our bond with the natural world-might we also be losing part of ourselves?
Delicately observed and rigorously researched, Losing Eden is an enthralling journey through this new research, exploring how and why connecting with the living world can so drastically affect our health. Travelling from forest schools in East London to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault via primeval woodlands, Californian laboratories and ecotherapists’ couches, Jones takes us to the cutting edge of human biology, neuroscience and psychology, and discovers new ways of understanding our increasingly dysfunctional relationship with the earth.
Urgent and uplifting, Losing Eden is a rallying cry for a wilder way of life – for finding asylum in the soil and joy in the trees – which might just help us to save the living planet, as well as ourselves.
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Tom’s Midnight Garden Graphic Novel
A beautiful adaptation of the classic novel. Renowned graphic novel artist, Edith, has created an enchanting version of the classic Tom’s Midnight Garden. This is a new and special way to read and share one of the best-loved and most enduring children’s stories of all time.
A story with a special place in the hearts of grandparents, parents, and children everywhere, this wonderful graphic novel adaptation is faithful, accessible, and stunningly illustrated. A perfect gift for all the family.Read more
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Aquarium – Pet Friendly: Understanding and Caring for Your Pet: Set Up and Maintenance of the Perfect Aquarium
Aquarium – Pet FriendlyThe more you know about your Aquarium, The better you’ll be able to provide the care and attention your pet requires for a healthy and happy life.
The Pet Friendly guide offers comprehensive advice on every aspect of Aquarium care.
Learn all about:
- Aquarium Set Up
- Choosing Your Fish
- Health & Feeding
- Cleaning & Maintenance
- Planting Your Aquarium
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My Tiny Veg Plot: Grow your own in surprisingly small spaces
Food can be grown just about anywhere, and lack of space should not put you off growing and enjoying the taste of your own fresh vegetables.
Not everyone has access to outside space or what we traditionally think of as a garden, but we all have window ledges, doorways, often stairways, sometimes even a balcony or roof space. This book offers solutions and inspirations for these tricky spots that we frequently overlook or neglect, and highlights some unusual growing spaces such as a minuscule balcony in Bristol, an innovative installation of hexagonal polytunnels full of salad leaves in Amiens, France, and an ingenious self-sufficient growing system that provides a wealth of vegetables in an old swimming pool in Phoenix, Arizona.
Filled with practical advice, inspiration and planting and design ideas, My Tiny Veg Plot tells you how to prepare your beds whatever the size and situation; there is advice on filling containers, creating ingenious planters, using planting mediums, soil and water and which fruit and vegetables will thrive in which spot. My Tiny Veg Plot contains straightforward information on what to grow and how to grow it, from seed to ready to eat.
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Veg Street: Growing Dinner on Your Doorstep
You don’t need a country garden or an allotment to grow good fruit and veg… This book celebrates the fact that anyone can ‘grow your own’ and that through veg growing you can meet your neighbours and grow your own community too.Read more
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Crops in Pots: 50 cool containers planted with fruit, vegetables and herbs
There are few things more rewarding than picking your own homegrown ingredients for a salad, pasta dish or stew. The flavour of freshly harvested produce is far superior to anything you can buy in the supermarket. What’s more, you have the satisfaction knowing that it was your own handiwork, and you’re able to control whether or not to use chemicals.
You don’t need a huge amount of space in order to get a worthwhile crop. A wide range of edible plants can be grown successfully in containers and many are just as much a delight to the eye as to the tastebuds.
This book has 50 great ideas for growing fruit and vegetables in containers. Your hanging baskets, window boxes and pots will be colourful, beautiful to look at and produce plentiful crops.
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Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg in Plot, Pots or Growbags: The A-Z Guide to Growing and Cooking Farm-fresh Food
No longer do we need a walled vegetable garden to grow succulent fresh produce for the kitchen. Large patio pots and grow bags can bring this useful hobby to the smallest of spaces. This is a book that introduces the basics in a picture-packed format. Everything that you could want for your new personal eating experience is here, from veggies through herbs and fruits, to the kitchen and the recipes to use for it all. It’s all very accessible and simply laid out. It guides you one step at a time to become a real gardener.Read more
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Charles Dowding’s Vegetable Course
Charles Dowding, the master of no-dig gardening, developed his highly successful methods of vegetable growing through 30 years experience of growing and selling vegetables and extensive experiments. Through his courses at Lower Farm in Somerset and his three previous books, he has won a keen following. Beginners and experienced veg growers alike find that his methods work and that he opens their minds to new possibilities. Now he has distilled the essence of his courses and ideas into one book. In it you will find out how to grow vegetables the Charles Dowding way. Charles Dowding’s Vegetable Course is both a straightforward guide to success and an inspiring source of ideas for achieving a more productive vegetable garden for less effort.
Lower Farm, run by Charles and Susie Dowding, has been part of Sawday’s Special Places to Stay collection for 12 years.
Click the link on the left to visit Sawday’s to find out about accommodation at Lower Farm and our other characterful, independently-run places to stay across the UK and Europe. All have been inspected and selected because we like them – what makes each ‘special’ varies hugely, but common to all are owners whose personality, friendliness and local knowledge ensure a memorable stay.
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RHS Grow Your Own: Veg Journal (Royal Horticultural Society Grow Your Own)
No month-by-month journal has ever made it so easy for the gardener to get the most from their veg plot. Carol Klein and the RHS experts consider every stage in the process. From buying seed, sowing, planting and feeding, to harvesting and effective storage.Read more
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RHS Grow Your Own: Veg & Fruit Year Planner: What to do when for perfect produce (Royal Horticultural Society Grow Your Own)
Written by RHS experts with more than 50 years of combined growing experience, RHS Grow Your Own Veg & Fruit Year Planner provides the life-changing advice that gardeners need to grow a year-round supply of healthy fruit and vegetables for their table. The book starts with planning what to grow and where to grow it, whether that’s an allotment, a series of containers, raised bed or veg patch, then how to get the best from your soil, and how to get started. Next, in season-by-season chapters, the book takes the reader from sowing to harvesting with simple, clear instructions that will help them stay on top of the challenges and joys of a productive garden. From apples to asparagus, raspberries to radishes, this book will show how to apply age-old techniques to get the most from your plot.Read more
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A Wedding in the Country: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction
Romance, friendship, joy and the possibility of happy endings: the heartwarming novel by number one bestseller, Katie Fforde.
‘The queen of uplifting, feel good romance’ AJ PEARCE
‘Effortlessly lovable, warm and fun’ CLOSER
‘Katie Fforde is on sparkling form’ INDEPENDENT
‘Top-drawer romantic escapism’ DAILY MAIL
‘Like a good wedding, it will leave you wiping away the tears’ SUNDAY EXPRESS
‘Warm, brilliant and full of love’ HEAT
‘Modern-day Austen. Great fun’ RED
‘This is the most perfect, feel-good read’ THE SUN
__________________1963: Lizzie has just arrived in London, determined to make the best of her new-found freedom.
Her mother may be keen that she should have a conventional wedding in the country to a Suitable Man chosen by her . . . but she definitely wants to have some fun first.
Soon Lizzie has cut her hair fashionably short, bought herself a minidress, and moved in with two of her best friends in a grand but run-down house in Belgravia.
Before long, Lizzie’s life is so exciting that she has forgotten all about her mother’s marriage plans.
All she can think about is that the handsome man she is falling in love with appears to be engaged to someone else . . .
__________________Praise for A Wedding in the Country . . .
‘Thoroughly enjoyable!’
‘A feel-good story you can curl up with’
‘Beautifully written’
‘The perfect book to relax with’
‘An absolutely blissful read!’
‘Katie Fforde at her best’Read more
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Zak George’s Guide to a Well-Behaved Dog: Proven Solutions to the Most Common Training Problems for All Ages, Breeds, and Mixes
Celebrity dog trainer, YouTube sensation, and Animal Planet star Zak George presents a pragmatic issue-based guide that uses his infectiously energetic style to teach dog-lovers everything they need to know about solving common behavioral problems.Does your dog have accidents, bark at other dogs, pull on the leash, or hate to be left alone? Zak George to the rescue! An Animal Planet star who has trained thousands of animals and author of Zak George’s Dog Training Revolution, George is the most popular trainer on YouTube. In this problem-based guide, he addresses all of the issues that drive people crazy when it comes to their dogs. Delving deeply into why dogs do what they do and how to work through any problems that might arise, George proves that it’s never too late to correct problem behavior in adult dogs and rescues. Including anecdotes that highlight specific case studies, plus links to Zak’s YouTube channel to see real-life demonstrations of techniques described in the book, this truly modern book proves you really can teach an old dog new tricks.
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Gardeners’ World: 101 Ideas for Veg from Small Spaces
What can be more convenient than being able to nip into the garden to pick some salad for lunch, some herbs for the pot or some fresh veg or fruit for dinner? Nothing beats the flavour of home-grown produce, or, in these days of additives and preservatives, the reassurance of knowing what is in your food. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need an enormous garden, or a dedicated spot within it to grow your own, nor do you need to join the mammoth waiting lists for a local allotment; all you need is a window ledge, some steps, a patio, some wall space or even some gaps in your flower borders.
In this handy book the team at Gardeners’ World Magazine will give you loads of tips on how to get started if you’ve never grown fruit or vegetables before, suggest some fun and practical ways you can grow your favourite crops in a limited space or small garden, and tell you how to get the best from what you grow.
Growing your own has never been more popular or more simple, and in this essential little guide, packed with inspirational ideas and advice from Gardeners’ World Magazine, everyone can get in on the act. So what’s stopping you now? Go on, grow your own grub!
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Grow Your Own Vegetables in Pots and Containers: A practical guide to growing food in small spaces
This book is aimed at the majority of us who live in terraced houses, high rise flats, town houses and semi-detached properties with a small garden and often nowhere to grow but the patio. It shows how to make the most of pots and planters; how to plan for a reasonable yield; and how never to run out of at least something to special eat.
You might not have all the space in the world, but you can enjoy all the flavour in the world. With the step-by-step instructions in this book you will be able to grow, nurture and harvest your own fruit, vegetables and herbs in a range of pots and containers, including recycled ones such as plastic milk bottles, and kitchen sinks.
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GrowVeg: The Beginner’s Guide to Easy Vegetable Gardening
The creators of the popular international website GrowVeg.com present their collection of winning ways to get gardening, with a bounty of ideas for easy, low-commitment growing projects and activities perfect for a backyard plot, balcony, or windowsill. For anyone who has ever wanted to tend a little piece of ground but wasn’t sure where to begin, GrowVeg offers simple recipes for gardening projects that are both attainable and beautiful. The experts at the popular website GrowVeg.com guide aspiring green thumbs to success from the start, no matter what size gardening space they have. The beginner-friendly instructions and step-by-step photography detail more than 30 easy, small-scale gardening projects, from a rustic crate of herbs on a sunny balcony to a walk-through edible archway.Read more
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Big Veg: Learn how to grow-your-own with ‘The Vegetable King’
Learn how to grow big veg with Gerald Stratford, the gardening grandad loved by over a quarter of a million fans on Twitter.
“I am very grateful for all the interest my wonderful friends and followers have taken in my gardening. Now, I hope this book gives you the motivation you need to get out in the garden. Cheers!”
– GERALDGerald’s book is packed with decades of gardening know-how and fully illustrated with photos from his Cotswolds garden. It includes a helpful month-by-month guide to sowing, planting and harvesting veg, as well as tips on how to grow Gerald’s speciality: really big veg.
Full of encouragement and Gerald’s infectious enthusiasm, Big Veg makes an ideal companion for anyone keen to grow-your-own.
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The Forager’s Calendar: A Seasonal Guide to Nature’s Wild Harvests
‘He writes so engagingly that it’s hard to imagine that actual foraging can be more attractive than reading his accounts of it. …[This book] is a treasure. It is beautifully produced, designed and illustrated.’ – John Carey, The Sunday Times
WINNER OF THE GUILD OF FOOD WRITERS AWARD FOR FOOD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020
WINNER OF WOODLANDS AWARDS BEST WOODLAND BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020Look out of your window, walk down a country path or go to the beach in Great Britain, and you are sure to see many wild species that you can take home and eat. From dandelions in spring to sloe berries in autumn, via wild garlic, samphire, chanterelles and even grasshoppers, our countryside is full of edible delights in any season.
John Wright is the country’s foremost expert in foraging and brings decades of experience, including as forager at the River Cottage, to this seasonal guide. Month by month, he shows us what species can be found and where, how to identify them, and how to store, use and cook them. You’ll learn the stories behind the Latin names, the best way to tap a Birch tree, and how to fry an ant, make rosehip syrup and cook a hop omelette.
Fully illustrated throughout, with tips on kit, conservation advice and what to avoid, this is an indispensable guide for everyone interested in wild food, whether you want to explore the great outdoors, or are happiest foraging from your armchair.
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