Gardening
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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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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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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
Book Details:
• 8.5 x 11 Inches(A4)
• 150 Pages
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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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Gardeners’ World: First Time Veg Grower
When it comes to fresh vegetables, nothing comes close to growing your own – but where to start? For those of us that crave the crisp taste of home-grown tomatoes, peppers, courgettes and more but lack the crucial experience and know-how, it can be difficult to make those first steps to transform a barren patch into a luscious kitchen garden – even for experienced gardeners, the move from decorative gardening to practical vegetable growing can prove tricky.
Gardeners’ World: First Time Veg Grower can help you make that journey, with simple and practical expert advice from the moment you first don your wellies right up until you’re harvesting your own crops. With step-by-step guides and clear colour illustrations helping you to get the most out of your plot all year round, this compact guide is an essential addition to any gardener’s shelf. From preparing your ground to sowing, nurturing and maintaining your plants, let the practiced hands at the UK’s best-selling gardening magazine help you create the vegetable patch of your dreams.
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At the Bottom of My Garden BSL Activity Book: British Sign Language | Pre-School | EYFS | Home Learning | Minibeasts Topic (Rhyme and Sign)
Designed with little ones in mind, this lovely Activity Book has been created to complement and extend learning for our Teach Early Years award winning ‘Rhyme and Sign’ Adventure, At the Bottom of My Garden.
With an emphasis on appropriate early learning that is fun and practical, Little Signers Club award winning resources are perfect for British Sign Language beginners of all ages.
There’s lots to explore in this minibeast themed Activity Book; it supports your signing journey with activities that are enjoyable and embed learning inclusively.
- Fingerspelling: dexterity and an inclusive, lifelong, skill that can also help older children to remember and recall spellings more ably.
- Colouring: develop fine motor skills, improve co-ordination and concentration, aid colour recognition.
- Spot and Sign: matching images, signs and words to support early literacy and comprehension.
- Circle Time: supporting everyone to join in, even with little verbal confidence.
- Topical signs: helping everyone retain and recall words more easily, reinforcing learning and developing a bigger word bank.
- We’re not just… strategies that support early years communication development
Supporting the EYFS
(Early Years Foundation Stage)- Communication and Language
- Understanding the World
- Personal, Social & Emotional Development
- Physical Development
- Expressive Arts and Design
Large, fun, coloring pages for young children with familiar friends from the At The Bottom of My Garden story book.
Learn to sign and fingerspell Ant, Bee, Butterfly, Caterpillar, Frog, Fly Grasshopper, Ladybird, Slug, Snail, Spider, Worm.
Ages 2 – 6
Ideal for learning at home, all Early Years settings, pre-school, reception, key stage 1, SEND, EAL
- mini-beast theme
- BSL graphics and fingerspelling alphabet
- hand / eye co-ordination
- fine motor skills
- language + literacy foundations
- letter recognition
- attention and observation
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Jekka’s Herb Cookbook: Foreword by Jamie Oliver
Jekka McVicar’s passion for herbs has evolved over 40 years. In this, her first cookery book, ‘queen of herbs’ Jekka offers over 250 original recipes using simple garden herbs, along with tips for growing and maintaining them.
Herbs have long been a part of British culinary history, yet few people utilise them to their full potential. Incredibly versatile, not only do herbs impart flavour, aroma and texture to dishes, they are extremely beneficial to our health.
Much more than a cookbook, Jekka’s Herb Kitchen features 50 herbs with a chapter and recipes devoted to each – Jekka’s huge knowledge of each herb’s history, cultivation and medicinal and culinary uses is unsurpassed. Her recipes are simple and economical – she shows how herbs can transform a cheap cut of meat, enliven a pasta sauce, and even add delight to desserts. She also offers suggestions for how best to combine herbs and what parts to use, gives ideas for using up a glut of a specific herb, and advises on how to preserve your herbs for the winter months.
Moreover, this volume is a family affair – many of Jekka’s recipes are inspired by her grandmother and mother, and the stunning illustrations are by Jekka’s daughter, Hannah McVicar. With colour photographs throughout, this is a unique and beautiful volume from the UK’s foremost authority on herbs.
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The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening
A Sunday Times bestseller
Even great gardeners like Monty Don are always learning and always experimenting.
The Complete Gardener brings you right up to date on how Monty gardens today.
This extensively revised new edition covers what Monty believes are the most important aspects of gardening today. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned gardener, it’s time to get your green-fingered hands dirty!
A comprehensive gardening guide that no gardener should be without:
– An introductory chapter that explains the essentials of organic gardening practice
– A structure chapter that shows you how to define space in your garden with hard landscaping and natural options, such as trees, hedges, and topiary
– Discover all different types of flowering plants explaining how to design with them, combine, plant, and care for them
– How to grow fruits and vegetables with in-depth crop-by-crop explanations and which tried-and-tested varieties to choose fromPacked with beautiful illustrations and practical gardening tips, Monty reveals the secrets of growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs while respecting the needs of the environment. He covers everything from planning the space and crop rotation to pruning fruit canes and staking peas.
Join Monty in his garden at Long Meadow! Over half of the photos included in this updated edition were shot at his renowned personal garden over the course of a year. Discover how he created this beautiful garden, and how you can do the same in your own.
Design Your Dream Garden
Although organic techniques have always been at the core of his practice, this new edition has a new emphasis on gardening for wildlife and the impact of global warming on the garden. This is a go-to guide for anyone seeking Monty’s gardening advice and the perfect gardening gift for any plant lover, regardless of their experience or budget.
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The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening
A Sunday Times bestseller
Even great gardeners like Monty Don are always learning and always experimenting.
The Complete Gardener brings you right up to date on how Monty gardens today.
This extensively revised new edition covers what Monty believes are the most important aspects of gardening today. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned gardener, it’s time to get your green-fingered hands dirty!
A comprehensive gardening guide that no gardener should be without:
– An introductory chapter that explains the essentials of organic gardening practice
– A structure chapter that shows you how to define space in your garden with hard landscaping and natural options, such as trees, hedges, and topiary
– Discover all different types of flowering plants explaining how to design with them, combine, plant, and care for them
– How to grow fruits and vegetables with in-depth crop-by-crop explanations and which tried-and-tested varieties to choose fromPacked with beautiful illustrations and practical gardening tips, Monty reveals the secrets of growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs while respecting the needs of the environment. He covers everything from planning the space and crop rotation to pruning fruit canes and staking peas.
Join Monty in his garden at Long Meadow! Over half of the photos included in this updated edition were shot at his renowned personal garden over the course of a year. Discover how he created this beautiful garden, and how you can do the same in your own.
Design Your Dream Garden
Although organic techniques have always been at the core of his practice, this new edition has a new emphasis on gardening for wildlife and the impact of global warming on the garden. This is a go-to guide for anyone seeking Monty’s gardening advice and the perfect gardening gift for any plant lover, regardless of their experience or budget.
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Raised Bed Gardening – A Guide To Growing Vegetables In Raised Beds: No Dig, No Bend, Highly Productive Vegetable Gardens: 11 (Inspiring Gardening Ideas)
“Raised Bed Gardening – A Guide To Growing Vegetables In Raised Beds” is for anyone who wants to learn more about raised bed gardening; a back and disability friendly way to increase productivity from your vegetable patch!Raised beds are one of the best ways for you to grow vegetables at home and are low maintenance, easy to plant and highly productive. This book is your complete step-by-step guide showing you exactly how to get started with raised beds in your garden. Whether you want one or two, or to create an entire vegetable garden of raised beds, you will find everything you need to know in this informative book.
As you read this book you find out how much time you can save and how much more you can grow by converting your vegetable garden to raised beds. Of course, if you prefer to grow flowers then a raised bed can be a perfect feature in any garden, built to blend in to the design of your home and look fantastic.
When you read “Raised Bed Gardening – A Guide To Growing Vegetables In Raised Beds” you will discover:
- Why Use Raised Beds In Your Garden? – find out why raised beds are so popular and how they can benefit you
- Planning and Locating Your Raised Bed Garden – learn what you need to know to plan your raised bed garden for maximum productivity
- Materials for Building Raised Beds – discover the different materials used to build raised beds and the pros and cons of each
- Building Your First Raised Bed – step by step plans including material and tools lists for building your first raised bed out of wood
- The Best Soil Mix for a Raised Bed – learn how to make the best possible soil mix for your raised beds but also one that is in your budget
- What to Grow and What Not to Grow In a Raised Bed – find out which plants thrive in raised beds and which ones to avoid … but not for the reasons you may think!
- No Dig Gardening With a Raised Bed – discover how to grow vegetables in raised beds without back breaking digging
- Square Foot Gardening In Raised Beds – a great method for boosting your yield by growing more produce in the same area … ideally suited to raised beds
- Growing Vertically In Raised Beds – another method for boosting productivity that works well in raised beds, helping you to use your space even better
- Pest Control in Raised Beds – find out how to keep pests under control in raised beds and why they are less of a problem with this gardening method
- Weed Control in Raised Beds – this is much easier than you may think and you find out how to significantly reduce the amount of weeding you need to do
- Crop Rotation and Planting Techniques – discover how to maximise the amount of vegetables you produce plus keep pests and diseases to a minimum with this useful gardening technique
- Lasagna Gardening – understand this no-dig gardening method and how to use it in your raised beds
- Over-Wintering Your Raised Beds – learn what to do over winter to keep your raised beds productive and to minimise work the following season
- Raised Beds Tips and Advice – practical advice and tips helping you to make the most of your raised beds
Raised bed gardening is one of the best ways for you to make gardening easier. Your vegetable patch will be much more productive with less work required digging and weeding as you get more produce out of the same growing area. It’s easier on your back and the beds themselves can become a feature in your garden.
Enjoy planning, building and growing in your raised beds as “Raised Bed Gardening – A Guide To Growing Vegetables In Raised Beds” explains all about this exciting and fun way of growing vegetables (or flowers or anything else). Discover today the many benefits of raised bed gardening!
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My Garden Planner and Log Book: Create a Thriving and Vibrant Garden with this Handy Gardening Journal and Notebook. Plan your Tasks, Record your … Gift for Experienced or…
Transform your Garden Dreams into Reality. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just starting out, MY GARDEN PLANNER AND LOG BOOK includes a range of handy planning pages to ensure your garden thrives all year roundGarden Planning Made Easy: Use our seasonal, monthly and weekly garden planning pages, chart out planting schedules, design layouts and keep track of every plant’s progress with dedicated log pages and much more.
Features:
• Garden Layout Templates
• A Seasonal Task Planner
• Monthly Task Planners
• Weekly Task Planners
• Plants & Bulbs Planner
• Vegetables & Herbs Planner
• Fruit Harvesting Planner
• Seeding Log
• Transplanting Log
• Seed Packet Log
• Pests & Diseases
• Plant Profiles
• Garden Budget
• Garden Wish List
• Notes Section
Let us help you bring your dream garden to life.
Grab your copy of MY GARDEN PLANNER AND LOG BOOK today!
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My Allotment Planner and Log Book: Create a Thriving Allotment with this Handy Journal and Notebook. Design your Plot, Plan your Fruit and Vegetable … Gift for Experience or…
Transform your Allotment Dreams into Reality. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just starting out, MY ALLOTMENT PLANNER AND LOG BOOK includes a range of handy planning pages to ensure your allotment thrives all year round
Allotment Planning Made Easy: Use our seasonal, monthly and weekly allotment planning pages, chart out planting schedules, design layouts and keep track of every plant’s progress with dedicated log pages and much more.
Features:
• Plot Layout Templates
• A Seasonal Task Planner
• Monthly Task Planners
• Weekly Task Planners
• Vegetables & Herbs Planner
• Fruit Harvesting Planner
• Seeding Log
• Transplanting Log
• Seed Packet Log
• Pests & Diseases
• Plant Profiles
• Allotment Budget
• Allotment Wish List
• Notes Section
Let us help you bring your dream allotment to life.
Grab your copy of MY ALLOTMENT PLANNER AND LOG BOOK today!
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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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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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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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Gardening Notebook and Planner: Plan and keep track of your plants, backyard design and vegetable garden in 2024
Create a beautiful garden in 2024. Plan your flower and vegetable garden.
Record your seed collection, plant profiles, when to sow and plant out different plants.
150 pages for recording:
- Gardening goals
- Yearly planner
- Design layout
- Garden project planner
- Wish list: Trees
- Wish list: Shrubs
- Wish list: Perennials
- Wish list: Annuals
- Flower seed inventory
- Vegetable seed inventory
- Nurseries & suppliers
- Flower calendar
- Vegetable calendar
- Fruit calendar
- Plant profiles
- Pruning calendar
- Monthly planning & to-do lists
- Notes
The perfect Christmas or birthday gift for your green-fingered friends. Buy one for yourself and one for a friend!
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The Little Book of Crops in Small Spots: A Modern Guide to Growing Fruit and Veg
The Little Book of Crops in Small Spots introduces newbie gardeners to the art of growing successfully.
Particularly focused on small space gardening, this book is the ideal modern guide for those with a compact urban gardens, courtyard, patio or even just a balcony.
Including a handy directory of the best 40 fruit and vegetables to grow no matter how small your space, Jane will show you how to get started with her expert tips and indispensable gardening advice to becoming more self-sufficient.
Discover how to maximise your growing power and enjoy getting stuck in as you produce crops to harvest all year round.
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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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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 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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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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Gardeners’ World: The Veg Grower’s Almanac: Month by Month Planning, Planting and Advice
Growing vegetables can be a tricky business, and even the most experienced of gardeners will occasionally need to turn to a trusted tome for some handy advice. The Veg Grower’s Almanac is just such a book – a compendium of month-by-month tips, advice and items of interest.
With sage advice from old Gardeners’ World hands coupled with tips on the best varieties to grow and timely advice on how best to look after your plot, this attractive collection blends practical advice with evocative writing and fascinating facts. Illustrated throughout with charming drawings and sketches, The Veg Grower’s Almanac is a welcome additional to any gardener’s shelf – from hands-on instructions for preparing a seed bed or trying new varieties of tomato to fascinating little-known facts about our favourite crops.
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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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Garden Party, The & Other Stories
Maeve Binchy is one of Britain’s most popular and bestselling authors, and this collection of four stories from the BBC Radio 4 archive shows her at her most insightful and imaginative. In The Garden Party, Helen envies her neighbour Debbie Kennedy’s garden – and her life – but discovers that things are not always as they seem; while The Special Sale sees lonely Yvonne arranging a special lunch for her friend Frank and his children on the day after Christmas. The Sensible Celebration finds Lorna about to throw a small party to celebrate the decade gone by: but as she plans, she starts to think about her life, and her marriage. Finally, in Dolly’s Mother, the beauty, grace and efficiency of her perfect parent have always made Dolly feel inferior – until the day of her sixteenth birthday. These four stories, never collected together in book form and unique to audio, are read by acclaimed actors Niamh Cusack, Dervla Kirwan, Doreen Hepburn and Stella McCusker.
1 CD. 57 mins.
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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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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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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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Be a Birder: The joy of birdwatching and how to get started
‘He is delight and joy personified’ – MARIAN KEYES
‘Set to become BBC’s next David Attenborough’ – DAILY MAIL
‘Brings a little bit of joy to us all’ – GUARDIANDiscover the wonderful world of birdwatching with wildlife cameraman Hamza Yassin – winner of BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing 2022.
‘Birds have been with me my entire life – from the colourful weaver birds on the banks of the Nile in Sudan to the magpies of Newcastle, from the roosting peregrine falcons near my parents’ house in Northampton to the white-tailed eagles on the west coast of Scotland. I love them. If you take the time to stop and listen, you’ll see the world through different eyes. It’s all out there, waiting for you to find it. And it might just bring you as much joy as it’s brought me.’
Journey along with Hamza in Be a Birder as he recounts stories of his birding adventures, and shares tips and tricks to help you get started in birdwatching.
In this beautifully illustrated guide, featuring fifty of Hamza’s favourite birds, you will learn how to start identifying birds, understand their behaviour and movements, and find even more exciting birds, wherever you are. Starting with the goldfinch in your garden, to tawny owls in woodlands, to the elusive kingfisher near rivers and marshes, you will build your birdwatching confidence and push yourself further afield to find new feathered wonders.
Encouraging us all to stop, step outside and listen, Be a Birder is both a practical guide and a joyous celebration of these incredible creatures. Once you start looking for them, and with Hamza as your guide, your world will be forever changed.
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Northern Lights – The Graphic Novel Volume 2 (His Dark Materials)
Lyra and Pantalaimon have journeyed north, in search of the missing children and Lord Asriel. But the frozen wilds are harsh and unhospitable, and fearsome enemies are waiting at every turn. If Lyra is to succeed in her quest, she must enlist the help of unexpected allies: an armoured bear and a witch queen. The path ahead will lead to dark truths and grave danger . . .
The second book in a stunning three-volume graphic novel adaptation of Northern Lights, the first of which won the Prix Jeunesse du Festival d’Angoulême.
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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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Allotment Month By Month: Grow your Own Fruit and Vegetables, Know What to do When
Start growing your own food at home!
Whether you’re an urban gardener, a first-time vegetable grower, or have your own allotment, this illustrated guide takes the uncertainty out of your harvest with clear, reliable gardening advice for every month of the year.
This gardening reference guide is filled with gardening tips on growing everything from herbs and kale to strawberries and rhubarb. Inside, you’ll find:
– Month-by-month chapters that break down what to do through the year, with instructions on what to sow and plant and the gardening tasks to focus on
– Visual galleries accompany every chapter that showcases the products that can be harvested during that month
– Crop planners that provide a catalogue of more than 60 fruits, vegetables, and herbs that can be grown in an allotment or kitchen garden
– “Allotment know-how” chapter that offers detailed, accessible advice on preparing your allotment, choosing the correct tools and equipment, and making the most of your plot with crop rotation
– “Troubleshooter” chapter that breaks down the warning signs of pests, diseases, and disorders, with detailed advice on preventing and/or treating these issuesWondering how to grow your own fruits and vegetables or how to make the most out of your existing allotment? Allotment Month by Month has everything you need to know about how to grow your own fruit and vegetables: when to sow, how to cultivate, advice on pesticide use – and step-by-step garden projects like making a compost bin.
With more than 60 fruit and vegetable crop planners, this gardening book is your go-to guide to growing fresh, seasonal produce in your kitchen garden, on your plot or in smaller city spaces. Month-by-month alerts help you guard against the season’s garden pests and diseases to ensure a top-quality harvest. This new edition has updated recommendations for the best varieties to grow and all the latest expert gardening advice.
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Microgreens: How to Grow Organic Superfood Indoors and Create Your Own Profitable Business (Grow Your Own Food)
If you want to grow a healthy and profitable garden, then keep reading…Are you interested in growing your own microgreens?
Do you want to know more about growing and selling microgreens and whether they can be profitable or not?
Do you have zero experience in both running a business and growing microgreens?
Then this is the book to read. We will take you on a journey that covers everything from how you can get started with growing microgreens to how you can launch your own business and start making a profit
In this book, you’ll:
- Understand the fundamentals of microgreen farming from the comfort of your own home.
- Discover insider knowledge on how the microgreen business works.
- Learn about the core principles of starting a microgreens business and scaling it up into a profitable enterprise.
- Find out more about everything you need to know to grow microgreens and all required accessories.
- Understand the different techniques used for growing microgreens.
- Learn how to accurately identify your target audience, reach them, and create a proper business from these farming operations.
Some of the most successful people in the microgreen industry are people who just started with a little container of microgreens that they intended to use for themselves.
Click the “add to cart” button now if you want to be part of the next success story in the microgreen farming industry, and plant the seed for a better future today!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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