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Colouring Book For Girls Ages 8-12 and Adults: 50 unique motives to promote creative development, relaxation and concentration. A perfect gift for girls, teenagers and adults…
Colouring book for teens and adultsBeing able to relax and recharge your batteries is crucial in a stressful everyday life.
This colouring book will help with that. 50 unique motifs provide more serenity, stress relief, relaxation and a soothing everyday balance. You can let your creativity run wild and relax.
This is what awaits you in this colouring book:
- 50 unique motifs
- to colour and cut out
- Anti-stress effect
- More balance in everyday life
- Practical A4 format
- Colours are not visible on the back side
So click “Buy Now” and treat yourself to a well-deserved break from your stressful everyday life.
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Woodturning For Complete Beginners: From Tools and Techniques to Masterful Projects | Unlocking the Art of Woodworking Step-by-Step, with Tips, Safety Practices, and Inspiring…
Discover the rewarding world of woodworking with “Woodturning For Complete Beginners.” Whether you’re a novice or have limited experience with woodworking, this comprehensive guide will help you unlock the art of crafting beautiful, functional wood pieces.
Why Choose This Guide?
Woodworking is a fulfilling and creative hobby that allows you to transform raw wood into stunning projects. However, it can be intimidating for beginners. That’s where this guide comes in. It takes you by the hand and teaches you everything you need to know to get started on your woodworking journey.
What You’ll Learn:
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Essential Tools: Explore the fundamental tools every woodworker needs, from saws and chisels to routers and sanders. Learn how to choose, use, and maintain them.
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Basic Techniques: Master woodworking techniques such as measuring, cutting, joining, and finishing. We break down complex processes into simple, easy-to-follow steps.
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Safety Practices: Prioritize safety in your workshop with expert guidance on protective gear, safety measures, and accident prevention.
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Inspiring Projects: Put your skills to the test with a range of beginner-friendly projects. Build everything from a basic bookshelf to a stylish coffee table.
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Expert Tips: Benefit from insider tips and tricks shared by experienced woodworkers. Avoid common pitfalls and elevate your craftsmanship.
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Craftsmanship: Discover the satisfaction of creating pieces that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Woodworking is an art form, and you’ll learn how to make your work stand out.
Why Wait? Start Your Woodworking Journey Today!
Don’t put off your woodworking dreams any longer. With “Woodturning For Complete Beginners,” you’ll have the knowledge, confidence, and inspiration to create your own wooden masterpieces. Buy now and embark on a fulfilling hobby that will last a lifetime.
Grab a copy today and start crafting beautiful wood pieces that you can be proud of. Whether you want to build furniture, decor, or gifts, this guide has you covered. Unlock the art of woodworking step by step and turn your ideas into stunning realities. Buy now and start creating!
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Food Safety Book 2023: Food Temperature Log Book With Inventory Management & Kitchen Cleaning Checklist & Food Waste Log for Commercial Kitchen and Food Businesses, Restaurants,…
This is One of the Most Versatile Log Book You Can Have. A Must Have for Restaurants, Food Businesses and Other Food Handlers. Keep Track of Your Food Hygiene Work and Its Outcomes.This “All in One” Record Book Includes:
Kitchen Deep Cleaning Checklist Record Log Book.
Warm Unit or Fridge/ Freezer Temperature Log Book With Food Inventory Tracker.
Food Waste Tracker.Book Features:
- Size : 8.5 X 11 Inches
- Pages : 120
Table of Content :
- Calendar 2023
- Temperature Log Book ( 1-40 )
- Kitchen Cleaning Checklist ( 41-80 )
- Food Waste Log ( 81-118 )
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Tom Hartley: The Dealmaker
The car world is full of fascinating characters, but few have a story to tell quite as remarkable and inspirational as Tom Hartley. Walking out of school at the age of 11, unable to read or write, Hartley set up his own business buying and selling cars. From that moment on he defied logic and ripped up the rule book on his way to the top.Today, he heads one of the most successful independent family-run luxury, performance and classic car businesses in the world, and has built an unrivalled reputation as ‘The Dealmaker.’ Tom has been at the top for over 40 years, survived and thrived through four recessions, and overcome three life-threatening illnesses. In his own brutally honest words Hartley tells his gripping story of a boy from a traditional Romany family who swapped the classroom for the cut-throat world of Glasgow’s car auctions, buying and selling his first car at the age of 12. Having decided to illegally drive himself, he was only 15 when he had his first car crash, and they don’t come more spectacular than writing off a Ferrari Dino – nothing has ever been mundane in the world of Tom Hartley! Hartley had made his first million by the age of 17, but soon suffered major setbacks as his business went bust, and he found himself at risk of losing his sight without major surgery. Hartley started all over again, living with his wife in a mobile home, and working from the back of a car. He had gone from hero to zero, but his burning desire to be the best saw him climb his way back to the top. His ability to clinch deals in some of the most bizarre places has become legendary, like buying a car in a sauna, while stuck in a traffic jam on a motorway, and even in a swimming pool! Family has played a key part in the Tom Hartley story: his wife, Priscilla, has been at his side all the way, and his two sons have followed closely in their father’s footsteps. Indeed, Tom’s belief in family is just one of the inspiring messages that comes through in his book. Hartley’s inspirational story is about his unshakeable belief in his own abilities, from a precocious schoolboy who had a dream, and then through sheer hard work and a burning desire made the dream come true. This is not just a book for car enthusiasts but for anyone who has dared to dream. It’s a story that will inspire and motivate, and proves you can make the wildest dream come true if you want it badly enough …Read more
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The Best Deal
‘The Best Deal’ is a light-hearted three part account of adventures with Jack Russell Terriers in France and England.
Spanning some fifteen years it chronicles the life and times of the author’s various terrier companions and reflect the family’s changing attitudes to retirement.
The first tale, France with Darcey is a lively and humorous daily diary describing their retirement plan to relocate to southern France and a sometimes less than well ordered, reconnaissance of likely destinations. Observing ‘Life’s little foibles and disasters with a more discerning eye’ he records their rather erratic house hunting efforts along the Mediterranean coast with the dog Darcey. Occasionally to be found reflecting on times past he narrowly manages to avoid falling foul of various military headquarters and several sections of the Official Secrets Act.
After Darcey’s sad end the terriers Elle and Sam join the family and Rob’s second story No Criticisms describes their energetic ‘You can’t possibly do without us’ sycophancy. The dogs’ arrival inevitably results in a change of retirement strategy and further fun-filled exploits with them at home and abroad.
And lastly there is Patch, an elderly Parson Russell Terrier who having fallen on hard times, deserved a little TLC in the evening of his years. In a short introduction and progress report The Waif’s Tail, Rob tells of losing Sam and Elle and then adopting Patch. He describes the many problems caused by uncertainty, turmoil and confusion, all of which resulted in a sometimes badly behaved companion and how with time and effort they overcame them.
Throughout you are invited to discover his France. Relish the food and drink – lots of drink! Chuckle at the confusion – lots of confusion! Enjoy some gently ironic memoirs, meet the dogs …and of course, his long suffering wife.
Containing a few sad moments as his dogs pass away and are replaced, but never forgotten, The Best Deal is a book to raise spirits and brighten any dog loving reader’s day.
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Pests, Diseases and Disorders of Garden Plants (Collins Photo Guide)
Essential for all gardeners, horticulturists, teachers, students and naturalists, this is a practical, highly-illustrated guide to dealing with the pests, diseases and disorders that commonly affect fruit, vegetables, trees and ornamental garden plants.
A revision of the highly acclaimed Collins Guide to Pests, Diseases and Disorders first published in1981, the book now features completely updated text, the addition of several new pests and diseases that have become important in the last decade, and an impressive full colour plate section with over 600 photographs.
The Introduction provides general information about garden hygiene and plant care and control, including an assessment of pesticides and chemicals. Special attention is given to the increasing importance of biological control in gardens.
•The A-to-Z of Symptoms lists all the common garden plants, and describes likely causes of problems with leaves, shoots, flowers, fruit and buds, with cross-references to the detailed entries in the main section of the book.
•Pests are arranged by groups of closely related organisms. Problems such as eelworms, slugs, snails, aphids and birds are all dealt with.
•Diseases are organised on the basis of symptoms such as rusts, smuts, cankers and rots.
•Disorders, like mineral deficiencies and genetic abnormalities, are grouped under the main factors causing them – mechanical, climatic, nutritional etc.Read more
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RHS Pests & Diseases: New Edition, Plant-by-plant Advice, Keep Your Produce and Plants Healthy
Have you got a plant with a problem and don’t know how to fix it? This unrivalled practical reference is all you need to nurse it back to health.
Drawing on the expertise and authority of the RHS, RHS Pests and Diseases has been carefully conceived to help you make a correct diagnosis and find the most effective cure. This brand new edition includes helpful new entries detailing how to cope with the latest prevalent problems, and how to adhere to current best practice and new legislation on chemical control. Look up possible ailments in the plant-by-plant listings; make a visual identification from the extensive gallery of symptoms; then follow detailed advice in the A-Z directory to remedy the issue. With a focus on growing for food and an emphasis on organic solutions, RHS Pests and Diseases will help your garden stay productive, attractive, and in the best of health.Read more
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Self-sufficiency For Dummies Collection – Growing Your Own Fruit & Veg For Dummies/Keeping Chickens For Dummies UK Edition
Become self-sufficient at home with this great two book collection.
Self-sufficiency For Dummies Collection includes Growing Your Own Fruit & Veg For Dummies and Keeping Chickens For Dummies UK Edition.
• From planning a planting calendar to feeding and caring for new plants, Growing Your Own Fruit & Veg For Dummies shows readers how to grow the tastiest fruit and vegetables all year round
• Offering expert advice to the reader straight from the River Cottage ‘Chicken Whisperer’, so whether you’re looking to raise chickens for eggs, meat, or just the entertainment value and fun Keeping Chickens For Dummies is the perfect place to start
Fresh eggs, vegetables and fruit – straight from your garden. Get started with these great two books today!Read more
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The Essential Allotment Planner with 2024 Diary: An Indispensable Journal for Allotment Holders and Vegetable Growers
Plan and record your veggie successes and failures through the year with this indispensable Allotment logbook and journal.
With diary sections, planning pages and plenty of space to scribble your notes, this Essential Allotment Planner is beautifully designed and illustrated throughout to help you get the most out of your vegetable plot. This large sized Allotment journal is full of useful pages for you to write and record your seed sowing successes (or not!) throughout the gardening year.
It includes:- A full 2024 diary with plenty of room to write and list your jobs for each week
- 5 Plot rotation plans for each season with space to record your sowing, transplanting and harvesting dates
- Monthly, seasonal and end of year review sections to help track pests and diseases, the weather and your vegetable victories and flops!
- Comprehensive seed sowing calendar
- Allotment plans for the start and end of the year
- Full of handy little tips to get you through the growing season
- The allotment planner is a generous 7 x 10 inches and is beautifully illustrated throughout
- A useful and practical gift idea making a great Christmas present for any keen vegetable grower
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SowHow: A modern guide to grow-your-own veg
When you’re growing veg for the first time it can be hard to know where to start and even more difficult to find inspiring advice that isn’t completely incomprehensible…
Enter SowHow – the innovative grow guide for the modern gardener. With its fresh, bright design and clear-cut know-how, this clever little book provides all the expert advice and encouragement you need to get growing.
You’ll find entries on 30 easy-grow vegetables to sow throughout the seasons, from kale to runner beans and carrots to cucamelons, plus ideas for herbs, edible flowers and advice on cultivating your own cocktail garden. SowHow breaks down the key steps of sowing, planting and harvesting each featured vegetable into understandable bite-sized chunks using straightforward language and smart infographics. Plus, the essential start-up advice covering everything from top tools and cunning crop rotations, to uncomplicated compost and the lowdown on mulches, will make you a pro in no time.
Complete with simple cooking suggestions, shrewd storage info and creative gardening hacks, this unique, comprehensive companion will transform your grow space into a hot bed for leeks, beets and all your other veggie friends. So whether you are looking to fill a garden, an allotment, or a patio pot, get going and grow with SowHow.
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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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Vegetables in a Small Garden: Simple Steps to Success (RHS Simple Steps to Success)
Simple steps to gardening success, from the experts at the RHS.
Follow RHS gardening tips and know-how on growing vegetables in a small space. You’ll discover everything from inspirational small garden ideas and organic gardening techniques to finding the best site, choosing the right seeds, growing veg in pots, and protecting against pests.
For more step-by-step gardening advice, pick up other titles from this series.
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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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Gardeners’ World: 201 Ideas for Growing Fruit and Veg
There is nothing quite like home-grown produce. Whether it’s a crisp apple, freshly picked on a summer’s day, or a handful of hardy vegetables and herbs to keep you going through the winter months, the benefits of growing your own crops are endless. Which is why the experts at Gardeners’ World magazine have compiled this collection of their most useful tips for making the most of your garden or allotment.Whether it’s pointers on how to get started or expert hints for the seasoned gardener, 201 Ideas for Growing Fruit and Veg is packed with useful gardening know-how. From simple projects for growing veg in small plots, to inspired ideas for ensuring that your crops grow successfully year on year, you will find here a wealth of advice, all gathered from the years of gardening experience of the team at Britain’s biggest-selling gardening magazine.
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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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The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Vegetables: The Art and Science to Grow Your Own Vegetables (7) (Kew Experts)
This guide from the experts of Kew Royal Botanical Gardens is filled with tips and advice to help you grow your best vegetable garden ever!In this book Kew’s Kitchen Gardener, Helena Dove, combines practical elements with inspiration and beauty to make a comprehensive and informative guide with all you need to know to master theart of growing vegetables.
She shows how to grow some of the most popular staple crops such as tomatoes, potatoes, radishes and rocket, and also some more unusual and exciting choices such as oca, tomatillo, seakale and yacon.
She gives easy to follow instructions on how to be a successful vegetable gardener, plus 12 exciting projects to try throughout the year including forcing rhubarb, creating an asparagus border and growing in raised beds.
From sowing, to planting young plants, to hardening off and harvesting, find out what you need to do and when, to produce the most magnificent harvests. All the advice is underpinned by the expertise and authority of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and illustrated from Kew’s world-famous botanical collection.
With this book, you wil be able to reap a rich bounty of delicious vegetables from just a few packets of seed and some fertile ground!
This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Roses, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Herbs and Guide to Growing House Plants.
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RHS Vegetables for the Gourmet Gardener: Old, new, common and curious vegetables to grow and eat
A beautifully illustrated manual of great-tasting vegetables and their history, cultivation and preparation.Read more
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The Plant Lover’s Backyard Forest Garden: Trees, Fruit and Veg in Small Spaces
Grow your own beautiful multilayered food forest in your own backyard. Pippa Chapman is an RHS trained gardener who designs, plants and maintains abundant, biodiverse, edible and beautiful forest gardens. Here she shares her practical tips for realistically transforming your own plot, whatever its size, and with limited time, money and resources. A forest garden doesn’t have to be big; you can grow a productive edible paradise in pots and containers too. Pippa explains how to create multiple layers on a small-scale to maximise your growing area, using polycultures and guilds for healthy, low-maintenance food. She shares how to use perennials for structure and for year-round food, and how to incorporate flowers for beauty, wildlife and for the kitchen. Chapters on permaculture design and forest gardening give practical advice on how to plan and plant your own garden, with guilds and plant profiles to give real-life examples to help you get started. Useful tips on propagation and seed saving help keep plant costs low and a handy chapter on the soil-food web will help you understand your own soil and how to keep it healthy.Read more
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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
£10.00£16.10Veg Street: Growing Dinner on Your Doorstep
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Carol Klein, Royal Horticultural Society RHS Grow Your Own Veg
This is a TV tie-in for the BBC TV series “Grow Your Own Veg!” by TV presenter and highly regarded gardener Carol Klein, who has collaborated with the Royal Horticultural Society to create a lavishly illustrated, easy-to-follow, practical and inspiring beginner’s handbook to everything anyone ever needs to know to grow vegetables, salads, and herbs all year round. “Grow Your Own Veg!” complements and builds upon the information covered in the TV series of the same name and provides all the practical know-how to get growing your own vegetables. Combining Carol Klein’s no-nonsense and enthusiastic approach to gardening, much loved by viewers of “Gardeners’ World” on BBC TV, with the horticultural best practice from the Royal Horticultural Society, this is a genuinely step-by-step beginner’s guide to growing an aspirational but achievable range of food plants. Whatever the size of a garden, this is a book to convert readers to the pleasures of growing and harvesting their own food plants. From preparing a plot, planning what to plant, and how to grow any one of the 40 featured food plants, this is a book to which veg growers can return every year, whatever their level of expertise.A beautiful reference guide book for vegetable gardeners everywhere of all ages and abilities.This hardback book has 224 pages and measures: 24.8 x 19.8 x 2.8cm.
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Do Grow:Start with 10 Simple Vegetables (Do Books): 2
‘Ever wanted to grow your own but don’t have the time, the space, or even know where to start? Alice Holden, one of Britain’s most pioneering female growers, has spent her life outdoors working on small and large scales – from kitchen gardens to commercial farms. In this, her first book, she’ll help optimise the space and time available to you – even if it’s a window box and 10 minutes a week.
Find out:
- The basic tools you need to get started
- How to make a raised bed and why you need one
- A recipe for compost
- How to increase your chances of success
With delicious recipes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Pam Corbin and others that Alice has worked with over the years, Do Grow will inspire you to change your view. And plant an edible garden.’
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Incredible Edibles: Grow Something Different in Your Fruit and Veg Plot
Be inspired to cultivate and cook amazing new crops with this seed-to-plate guide to more than 50 out-of-the-ordinary edibles.
Whether you’re new to grow-your-own and determined to make the most of limited space with a truly gourmet harvest, or a seasoned grower looking to spice up the kitchen garden with brand new flavour experiences, Incredible Edibles has something for everyone. It offers step-by-step instructions, giving you the confidence to grow some unusually tasty crops; from the well-known turmeric and goji berry, to the more exotic cucamelon and strawberry spinach. It includes guidance on how to store, keep fresh, and preserve your crops so that nothing goes to waste.
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2024 Diary and Gardeners Log Book: Gardening Organizer & Journal Notebook | Garden Planner with Yearly Planting Calendar
???? The perfect gift idea for gardeners and garden lovers everywhere! ????
Perfect Planning And Organization Your Garden– Planner With Calendar 2024.
Keep your garden wonderful and stay organized with this great Gardening Journal.Product Details:
-8.5×11 inches
-166 pages
-Printed on high quality solid white paper
-Premium cover glossy finishGreat Quality and Satisfaction Guaranteed!
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The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables: All the know-how and encouragement you need to grow – and fall in love with! – your brand new food garden (1) (The First-Time…
You’re excited to plant your first vegetable garden—but where to start? In The First-Time Gardener: Growing Vegetables, you’ll find the answers you’re looking for.*Winner of the GardenComm 2022 Media Awards Silver Award of Achievement in the Photography/Book General Readership Category*
Homesteader Jessica Sowards, the warm and energetic host of YouTube’s Roots and Refuge Farm, is the perfect teacher for new gardeners, offering not just know-how but inspiration and time-management tips for success.
Before you sink your hands into the soil, she’ll answer all those questions rolling around inside your head:
- Where do I put my new garden?
- How do I prepare the soil?
- What vegetables should I plant?
- Is it better to start new plants from seed or should I buy transplants?
- What about watering, feeding, and taking care of my garden?
- What do I do if bugs show up?
There are no stupid questions here. Everyone has to start somewhere, after all. Not only will you learn how to prepare, plant, and tend your first vegetable garden, you’ll also learn:
- How to design an eco-friendly layout
- How to grow with the seasons
- How to maximize your harvest, even if you only grow in a small space
Jessica wants your first food-growing experience to be a positive one, and she’s prepared to go the distance to make sure tending the earth becomes your new favorite hobby.
A single growing season is all it takes to fall in love with growing your own healthy, organic, nutrient-dense food. With Jessica as your guide, you’ll soon discover all the satisfactions, challenges, and great joys of growing your own food garden.
This book is part of The First-Time Gardener’s Guides series from Cool Springs Press, which also includes The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers and The First-Time Gardener: Raised Bed Gardening. Each book in The First-Time Gardener’s Guides series is aimed at beginner gardeners and offers clear, fact-based information that’s presented in a friendly and accessible way, including step-by-step instructions and full-color illustrations throughout.
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BASIC SOIL SCIENCE for SUCCESSFUL VEGETABLE GARDENING: 7 Simple Steps to Ensure Your Traditional, Raised-Bed, Container, or No-Till Garden Isn’t a Weed-Filled Failure (Bruce’s…
Discover the science behind gardening that will revolutionize your approach and make growing vegetables easier and more enjoyable than ever before…You’ve done everything right. You spent hours seeding, watering, and tending to your garden only to find that you end up with a dry, weed-filled patch of dirt.
Feeling like you’ve wasted your time is frustrating, especially when you don’t know the reason why. It might seem like everyone else is able to conjure up a lush garden in no time, leaving you feeling lost and confused.
As easy as gardening may seem in theory, most people don’t know much about the science behind it.
Why, for example, are you only supposed to water certain plants in certain amounts? Why does it matter what soil you’re planting in?
These questions, and others, often leave new and amateur gardeners alike scratching their heads.
You may know what to do, but you don’t know why.
Understanding what’s really happening in the earth that you’re so carefully tending to will change the way you think about gardening forever. No longer will you be trying methods randomly, hoping to hit on the right approach.
Drawing on years of research and hours of hands-on experience, Bruce McCord knows exactly what you need to do if you want to have the flourishing garden of your dreams.
He’s compiled this knowledge into an introductory guide that will teach you the essentials you need to know about soil science and how to make the most of your time in the garden.
In Basic Soil Science for Successful Vegetable Gardening, here is just a fraction of what you will discover:
- A simple, step-by-step method for planting and growing crops that even beginner gardeners will be able to follow
- How to identify when a plant is ready to be harvested – and the proper techniques to do so
- A breakdown of the different types of gardens with in-depth analysis of pros and cons so you can make the right choice depending on your needs
- The ins and outs of soil science and why you need to understand it in order to have a thriving garden
- How to correctly water your plants for maximum growth
- 7 common mistakes made by amateur gardeners and how to avoid them to save yourself time, effort, and money
- Everything you need to know about compost: how to make it, maintain it, and use it to improve your soil quality
- 5 basic soil tests you can do at home, no labs required!
And much more.
Don’t spend another season toiling away only to come up with a few scraggly plants and a lot of wasted time. By learning what’s happening behind the scenes, you’ll be able to make informed decisions that will have your garden thriving in no time.
You don’t need expensive products or expert advice to become a gardening pro – you’ve got all the information you’ll need right here!
If you’re ready to grow a bountiful harvest, then scroll up and click the “Add to Cart” button right now.
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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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Grow Your Own Vegetables: How to Grow, What to Grow, When to Grow (Digging and Planting)
Like the idea of the self-sufficient good life? “Grow Your Own Vegetables” presents an informative and user-friendly guide to realizing your garden’s potential. Opening with the persuasive case for growing your own vegetables – from reducing your carbon footprint to improving your health and bank balance – the book goes on to present concise instructions on how to cultivate a successful and satisfying vegetable garden, ending with a comprehensive directory of vegetables, including how and when to grow and harvest, storage advice and serving suggestions.Read more
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My Year in Veg and Dirt: Garden Planner and Log Book for your Homestead, Allotment or Veg Patch
This yearly planner is designed and written by an allotment owner to help fellow gardeners log and plan their year ahead. No matter where you dig and plan your harvest, from a few raised beds, a traditional British Allotment, or if you are the proud owner of your very own homestead. It all starts with good planning. This book makes the perfect gift as the season begins in winter around the 3rd week of December, so it coincides with Christmas! The book is undated, so it can be started at any time of the year and will run through all four seasons of gardening, fruit or vegetable production. Never again struggle with just a lined notebook again.Each planner contains:
- 12 diary pages – month to view with notes and Planning space
- A seasonal 13-week planning page for Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn/Fall
- Design Overview Annual Planner for 24 beds – gant chart with Key for at a glance planting plan
- Graph Paper for drawing out bed or garden design over 61 pages, so there is plenty of space to plan and re-plan your design.
- 20 lined Pages for journal writing
- Inventory and Tracker for Seed and Plant Purchases
Size: 8.5 x 11 inch
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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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The RHS Fruit and Veg Notebook
This is a pocket-size notebook in which gardeners can make notes about the varieties of fruit and vegetables being planted, as well as cultivation and fertilization specifics and the yield at harvest. The book is divided into two sections and then into different types of fruit or vegetables, including special interest – with coloured tabs to make the sections easy to find. Each page is divided into vertical columns with headings such as variety, date planted/sown, supplier and planting position and harvest yield details. The illustrations are botanical drawings from the Royal Horticultural Society’s Lindley Library.
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RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch By Lucy Chamberlain & RHS Small Garden Handbook By Andrew Wilson 2 Books Collection Set
Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be Dispatched Collectively:RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch By Lucy Chamberlain & RHS Small Garden Handbook By Andrew Wilson 2 Books Collection Set:
RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch:
ISBN-10 : 0241412412
ISBN-13 : 978-0241412411
This gardening book will help you learn how to grow, nurture, and harvest more than 50 types of fruits and vegetables. The bright photos, step-by-step illustrations, and foolproof advice will get you growing in no time. Perfect for beginners as well as keen gardeners. This planting book will teach you how to plan your space, be it a small raised bed, some pots, or a large vegetable patch. Maximise your harvest and explore different planting themes that suit your needs! You’ll also discover useful tips for selecting plants to match your theme.RHS Small Garden Handbook:
ISBN-10 : 184533681X
ISBN-13 : 978-1845336813
RHS Small Garden Handbook provides an all-in-one guide for small space gardeners and draws on the experience in growing, planting, landscaping and design for which the RHS is world famous. It begins by explaining how to assess your plot so that you are aware of the soil, orientation, microclimate, existing materials and proportions that you have to work with, before revealing the principles of good design. Showing how your decisions on layout, colour and texture will affect the finished design and what tricks can be played to create a greater sense of space – with everything from expert design advice on boundaries, hedges and fences to clever ideas for containers and storage – every gardener will gain confidence in creating a garden to enjoy no matter how big the plot.Read more
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How to Grow Vegetables in Pots and Containers: 9 Steps to Plant & Harvest Organic Food in as Little as 21 Days for Beginners (The Urban Farmer Series)
Are you tired of buying vegetables from the grocery store that are grown with pesticides and other harmful chemicals? Do you want to enjoy fresh, organic produce that you grew yourself but don’t have the space for a traditional garden? If so, this book is the perfect resource for you!
This comprehensive beginner’s guide to growing vegetables in pots and containers covers everything you need to know to get started. In just nine simple steps, you’ll learn how to plant and harvest your own organic food in as little as 21 days.
The book starts by explaining the benefits of container gardening and how it differs from traditional gardening. You’ll learn about the different types of containers available, including plastic, ceramic, and terracotta. The book also explains how to choose the right size container for the type of vegetable you want to grow.
Once you have your container, the book guides you through the process of creating the perfect growing medium. You’ll learn about the different types of soil available and which one is best for your vegetables. The book also explains how to add nutrients to the soil to promote healthy plant growth.
With your container and soil ready, the book then explains how to plant your vegetable seeds or seedlings. You’ll learn about the best time to plant, how deep to plant, and how far apart to space your plants. The book also covers how to care for your plants, including watering, fertilizing, and pruning.
As you watch your vegetables grow, the book provides tips on how to keep pests and diseases at bay. You’ll learn about natural pest control options and how to identify and treat common plant diseases.
By the end of this book, you’ll have all the knowledge and tools you need to grow your own fresh, organic produce in containers. Whether you’re short on space or just looking for a new hobby, this book is the perfect resource for anyone interested in container gardening. So why not give it a try and enjoy the satisfaction of growing your own vegetables?
So be prepared to get dirty and turn yourself into a successful gardener with minimal time and effort. Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” right now.
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RHS Step-by-Step Veg Patch by DK (2012-03-01)
New and Unread but just has a couple of very tiny tears to the bottom of the dust jacket on very close inspectionRead more
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Happy Days Veg: A handy notebook and project planner
Your dedicated space to plan your Vegetable & Gardening journey.
Along with tasks and projects, that go hand in hand.Read more
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Tender: A Cook and His Vegetable Patch [A Cookbook]
A comprehensive, deeply personal, and visually stunning guide to growing and cooking vegetables from Britain’s foremost food writer, with more than 400 recipes and extensive gardening notes.
In the tradition of Roast Chicken and Other Stories comes Tender, a passionate guide to savoring the best the garden has to offer. An instant classic when it was first published in the UK, Tender is a cookbook, a primer on produce, and above all, a beloved author’s homage to his favorite vegetables. Slater’s inspired and inspiring writing makes this a book to sit with and savor as much as one to prop open in the kitchen. The chapters explore 29 vegetables and offer enticing, comforting recipes such as Potato Cakes with Chard and Taleggio, a Tart of asparagus and Tarragon, and Grilled Lamb with Eggplant and Za’atar. With wit, enthusiasm, and a charming lack of pretension, Slater champions vegetables–through hands-on nurturing in the garden and straightforward preparations in the kitchen–with this truly essential book for every kitchen library.
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RHS How to Grow Fruit & Veg in Pots
The essential guide to growing fruit and veg in small spaces, indoors and out
No room for a veg patch? RHS How to Grow Fruit & Veg in Pots demonstrates how salads, vegetables, herbs and fruit can flourish in pots in even the tiniest town garden, as well as on a balcony or windowsill. All the edibles featured have been specially chosen to grow well in containers and growbags, producing an abundant harvest. The RHS show how to make the best of a small space – planting hanging baskets with tomatoes, chillies, and strawberries and growing beans and other plants that will scramble up walls and fences.
Packed with exciting ideas for design and practical growing tips, plants have been organised by growing conditions and key qualities to direct you to just what you need. Detailed advice for each crop includes information on suitable pot size and compost, location, planting up, pest protection, watering and feeding and harvesting. Troubleshoot any problems that you may encounter using the handy help section and find solutions for common plant diseases and pests to keep your pots looking perfect.
No matter how large or small your space, RHS How to Grow Fruit & Veg in Pots will give you all the information you need to create your own Garden of Eden.
Previously published as RHS How to Grow Plants in Pots.
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The Kitchen Gardener: Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg
Allotments with ten-year waiting lists; fruit and veg seeds outselling those of flowers – Britain is growing a passion for home produce and the time is right for the nation’s favourite gardener to provide the definitive book on the subject.
Alan’s comprehensive guide will tell you everything you could possibly want or need to know about fruit and veg and how to grow it, including herbs, baby veg, salads, every-day fruits plus gourmet or unusual varieties, and how to fit them into today’s stylish small gardens. As well as providing the key facts needed to yield good results and what to do when things go wrong, the text is sprinkled with Alan’s personal observations, anecdotes, culinary tips and quirky historical uses. The book takes a very practical approach, starting from scratch for the benefit of anyone who’s never grown their own before, but is also ideal for those with some experience who might be growing edibles in a new way – perhaps in a small space that needs to look attractive, or on a new allotment.
Lavishly illustrated throughout with over 250 photographs and artworks, this inspirational and authoritative fruit and veg bible from the UK’s best-selling and most influential gardener will become a classic in the genre.
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Greenhouse Gardening: A Guide on How to Build a Greenhouse and Grow Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, and Herbs in Your All-Year-Round Garden (Sustainable Gardening)
Discover easy-to-follow construction plans for your greenhouse and learn how to harvest fresh vegetables, fruit, and flowers during any season.Have you ever wondered about the numerous advantages that come with putting food on your table straight from your own backyard?
What could be more satisfying than having the freedom to grow and pick vegetables within the comfort of your own property?
What about arranging flowers picked from your own greenhouse?
Greenhouse Gardening is a complete introduction to gardening under controlled conditions. Keep tomato plants going all year, enjoy strawberries from December through March, and grow colorful flowers any time you want! This book is filled with step-by-step instructions and the knowledge you need to garden successfully in a greenhouse or sun porch.
In this book, you will:
- Discover the basics of greenhouse gardening
- Learn how to construct your very own greenhouse with step-by-step building instructions
- Understand equipment needs
- Learn about planting areas and containers
- Discover how to use irrigation and lighting to maximize growth
- Master how to plan a year-round planting schedule
- Learn how to harvest fresh vegetables and fruit
- Master how to grow beautiful flowers and brighten up indoor life
- Learn everything you need to know about designing a greenhouse within the confines of your personal space, time, and budget
- Learn how to select the best plants for elevated beds, containers, and hanging baskets
- Master the art of reviewing crop options for year-round production
Whether you want to grow vegetables or flowers, this book will help get you started.
So click the “add to cart” button and grow fresh produce, brighten your home with flowers, and enjoy the delicious flavors of fruit all year round!
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RHS Allotment Handbook & Planner: What to do when to get the most from your plot
Written by the Royal Horticultural Society’s foremost fruit and veg experts, RHS Allotment Handbook & Planner provides the lifestyle-changing advice that gardeners need for growing a year-round supply of healthy, edible crops for their garden.With RHS tried-and-tested varieties, this book covers what to grow, how and where to grow it.
Exploring best practice growing advice, allotment life and its numerous benefits, this book also includes a month-by-month calendar of tasks to guide gardeners through the year.
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How To Grow A Plentiful Container Vegetable Garden: Must-Have Guide For Beginners: Easy Growing Vegetables In Containers
Like most other container gardens, your veggies will do best in potting mixes made for containers. Fill the containers so the soil is at least 2-3 inches below the rim (that extra space at the top will give you room to water deeply without overflowing the container). Water the soil just before planting.
This book has been written for anyone that is looking to start growing great-tasting herbs and vegetables in the easiest way possible.
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£6.20
