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Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening
RSPB ID Spotlight Ladybirds is a reliable fold-out chart that
presents illustrations of 27 of our most widespread and familiar
ladybirds by renowned artist Richard Lewington. - Species are
grouped by family and helpfully labelled to assist with
identification - Artworks are shown side by side for quick
comparison and easy reference at home or in the field, or the chart
can be fixed to the wall as a beautiful poster - The reverse of the
chart provides information on the habitats, behaviour, life cycles
and diets of our ladybirds, as well as the conservation issues they
are facing and how we can support them The ID Spotlight charts help
wildlife enthusiasts identify and learn more about our most common
species using accurate colour illustrations and informative,
accessible text.
The second book by this author. The first was a true life,
historical story of a families tragedies and triumphs. This is a
romp through Rural England, a land of allotmenteers and would be
naughty councillors. Of good triumphing over not so good.
Time to down your trowel and pick up a pencil This bountiful crop
of 200 gardening-themed puzzles has something for anyone with green
fingers and a love of a good brain-teaser Gardeners are a naturally
smart species. But you don't need to be an expert to enjoy this
book. When your hands deserve a rest after you've been out toiling
in the garden, or when the weather has you cooped up inside, how
about a puzzle or two to cultivate the mind? From quick quizzes and
riddles to more leisurely crosswords and sudoku, whether you're a
gardening obsessive or just enjoy pottering around your plot,
there's plenty in these pages to tickle your fancy and keep your
brain as sharp as a thorn and as strong as an oak. Inside you will
find a rich variety of puzzles, including these: Find the flowers,
fruit and veg hiding within word searches Spot the differences
between various idyllic views of a garden Shuffle the letters of
anagrams to locate your trusty tools Wind your way through a series
of intricate hedge mazes
"I think this book will quickly become an insightful gardening
friend." -- Adam Frost, garden designer and TV presenter Discover
what to do at just the right time to create a garden that's full of
life and colour all year round in this invaluable book, now
shortlisted for the GMG PRACTICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR award. What to
Sow, Grow and Do is a season-by-season guide that brings together
projects, advice, task lists and ideas to help you plan your time
in the garden, inspire your planting and nurture a deeper
relationship with nature. Tracking a year in the garden, it guides
you in what to do through a series of how-to tasks and helpful
checklists. It also celebrates each season, highlighting the plants
to enjoy, the wildlife to spot and the changes you can notice in
the garden and beyond. Seasonal jobs cover everything from pruning
roses to planting summer bulbs, together with ideas on encouraging
and supporting a garden that's full of beneficial insects and
wildlife. Armed with this book, you can create a thriving,
flourishing garden that's a joy to be in. Whether you are a
seasoned horticulturalist or are just starting on your gardening
adventure, this guide is an indispensable companion to your year in
the garden.
Master the art of edible gardening in the beautiful southwestern
United States."Southwest Fruit & Vegetable Gardening" is
written exclusively for gardeners who want to grow edibles in
Arizona, New Mexico, or Nevada. Author Jacqueline Soule shares her
bountiful knowledge of edibles in general and the Southwest region
in particular, equipping you with all the information you need to
design your edible garden, tend the soil, maintain your plants
throughout their life cycles, and--most importantly--harvest the
delicious foods they produce. So whether you live in the Tucson
suburbs, the New Mexico Bootheel, the Mojave Desert, or anywhere
else in the southwestern tri-state area, you'll discover the best
fruit and vegetable plants for your garden in this beautiful
step-by-step how-to guide . . . and before you know it you'll have
delicious fresh fruits and vegetables on your table.
A look at all aspects of gnome life, their origins and fashions,
their pastimes, opinions and culinary tastes. It examines urban
gnomes, suburban, bucolic and wild ones.
The ultimate reference to growing plants from seed. Seeds are
magical. Every little one has the potential to become a new plant
and give you more seeds - connecting us to the circle of life and
nature's endless ability to surprise and delight. The act of
planting seeds and watching them grow into seedlings and then on
into productive plants is enormously therapeutic. Even when things
don't go to plan, the gardener is constantly learning, growing and
deepening their connection to nature. It's an incredibly grounding
and humbling experience that feeds the soul of the gardener. This
beautifully illustrated guide will show readers how and when to
harvest the seeds of 100 different garden plants and flowers, with
advice on when and how to sow them, and where and when to plant
them out. Alongside this hands-on guidance, the reader will be
engaged with snippets of folklore and traditions that further
enhance their appreciation of nature and help them discover the
inherent magic of seeds. Whether the reader is a practising green
witch, or simply an amateur gardener with a spiritual affinity with
nature, this book will give them everything they need to
successfully make a garden from seed and unlock the wonders of
nature.
Foraging for Edible Wild Plants is a practical and attractive guide
to the many edible varieties of wild plant that grow all around us.
It will appeal to gardeners, botanists, cooks and foragers, and to
anyone who wants to control invasive plants and weeds in
eco-friendly ways. Wild plants have many virtues. They are:
Valuable for wildlife and beneficial insects. Good for the soil -
locking in nutrients Helpful in the accumulation of trace elements
in soil Hosts for essential mycorrhizal fungi underground
Interesting and unusual ingredients in cooking Foraging for Edible
Wild Plants provides full details of over 50 edible species, with:
Illustrated notes on appearance and habitat Valuable nutritional
information advice on how to cook them numerous recipe suggestions
for jams, cordials, pesto, salads and soups fascinating historical
facts tips for non-culinary uses such as dyes from nettles and soap
from soapwort advice on controlling invasive species such as
knotweed (eat them!) identifying wild plants that are harmful if
eaten attractive colour photographs throughout. Foraging for Edible
Wild Plants covers both common plants, such as nettle, dandelion,
chickweed and ground elder, and less common ones, such as brooklime
and wintercress. The author is a qualified dietician and
horticulturalist, who puts her troublesome weeds to good use. Put
Foraging for Edible Wild Plants on the bookshelf to do the same and
welcome some new, plentiful edibles into the kitchen.
Novelist and nature writer Richard Horan embarked on an
adventure across America to reveal that farming is still the
vibrant beating heart of our nation. Horan went from coast to
coast, visiting organic family farms and working the harvests of
more than a dozen essential or unusual food crops--from Kansas
wheat and Michigan wild rice to Maine potatoes, California walnuts,
and Cape Cod cranberries--in search of connections with the
farmers, the soil, the seasons, and the lifeblood of America.
Sparkling with lively prose and a winning blend of profound
seriousness and delightful humor, Harvest carries the reader on an
eyeopening and transformational journey across the length and
breadth of this remarkable land, offering a powerful national
portrait of challenge and diligence, and an inspiring message of
hope.
'Paradise haunts gardens', writes Derek Jarman, 'and it haunts
mine.' Jarman's public image is that of a film-maker of genius,
whose work, dwelling on themes of sexuality and violence, became a
byword for controversy. But the private man was the creator of his
own garden-paradise in an environment that many might think was
more of a hell than a heaven - in the flat, bleak, often desolate
expanse of shingle that faces the Dungeness nuclear power station.
Jarman, a passionate gardener from childhood, combined his
painter's eye, his horticultural expertise and his ecological
convictions to produce a landscape which combined the flints,
shells and driftwood of Dungeness; sculptures made from stones, old
tools and found objects; the area's indigenous plants; and shrubs
and flowers introduced by Jarman himself. This book is Derek
Jarman's own record of how this garden evolved, from its earliest
beginnings in 1986 to the last year of his life. More than 150
photographs taken since 1991 by his friend and photographer Howard
Sooley capture the garden at all its different stages and at every
season of the year. Photographs from all angles reveal the garden's
complex geometrical plan, its magical stone circles and its
beautiful and bizarre sculptures. We also catch glimpses of
Jarman's life in Dungeness: walking, weeding, watering, or just
enjoying life. Derek Jarman's Garden is the last book Jarman ever
wrote. Like the garden itself, it remains as a fitting memorial to
a brilliant and greatly loved artist who, against all odds, made a
breathtakingly beautiful garden in the most inhospitable of places.
It will appeal to all those who are themselves practising
gardeners, as well as the legions of admirers of this extraordinary
man.
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