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The perfect book on how to make your garden the best it can be.
'Essential reading' Country Life 'Funny, encouraging, informative'
Sunday Times Would your garden, small or large, in town or country,
win a prize? Is there room for improvement? Everybody has favourite
plants, but the ability to put them all together to ensure a
splendid show throughout the year is a skill that must be acquired.
THE WELL-CHOSEN GARDEN will guide you to making the most of your
available space, help you avoid untimely gaps, colour clashes and
many other pitfalls of garden planning. The perfect book for new
and experienced gardeners alike.
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Stinging nettles are, for many of us, nothing more than persistent
weeds with a painful sting. But apart from having an important role
in the web of life, nettles are an incredibly useful plant to
mankind. They have been put to myriad uses by our ancestors, and
many of these are still valid today. Already stinging nettle
products are growing in popularity in the field of alternative
medicine, as their wide range of health benefits becomes better
known. This unique book explores the diverse uses of this
fascinating plant - in the garden and the kitchen, for their
medical and fibrous properties and so on. It is packed with
practical suggestions, as well as a guide to the botany of stinging
nettles, and how to collect and store them. For example, you will
discover how to use nettles to: make a liquid plant fertiliser brew
an unusual beer make a dandruff treatment protect beehives flavour
an omelette make friendship bracelets repel flies naturally make
green or yellow fabric dyes keep yourself warm in the winter and
much more ... The many health benefits of taking nettles in various
forms include relief from: hay fever and other allergies; acne and
other skin conditions; arthritis and rheumatism; asthma; stress;
high blood pressure; depression; enlarged prostate gland. The book
also features Digital Nettle Art
In this book, Lois Hole describes her 148 favorite varieties and
offers practical advice on what roses to grow for fragrance, color
and splendor. She also includes information on the soil, light,
climate and moisture conditions required for success.
Sarah Glover loves to cook, whether it's on the edge of a windswept
cliff, in a clearing in the forest, or on a sandy stretch of beach.
Although she's made a career as a chef in Australia and New York
City, her heart lives outdoors. Filled with gorgeous photographs
from the shores of Tasmania and beaches of Sydney to the mountains
of Australia's east coast, this cookbook shares her recipes and
secrets to inspire others to cook and eat outside. She offers tips
for preparing food over an open flame as well as a list of basic
outdoor cooking equipment. Anyone who thinks camping food begins
and ends with coffee and toasted marshmallows will be surprised to
discover how easy it is to create a stunning four-course meal with
a few pots and one fire. From solid staples like tender roast
chicken and potatoes to dinner-party-worthy kumquat bellinis and
quail with truffles, Glover sets the stage for any kind of outdoor
experience. Her recipes are simple and straightforward-often
involving only a handful of ingredients-and her instructions are
breezy and clear. Whether it's a quiet retreat in nature or a
dawn-to-dusk beach party, Sarah Glover has a menu that will satisfy
your hunger for fresh, modern food eaten in the great outdoors.
Take a walk in the woods with Mike Krebill. When Mike tells you a
story about his experiences with a wild plant or mushroom, you're
getting far more than guidebook data - you're getting a lifetime's
worth of keen observing, experimenting and, sometimes, close calls.
Mike is one of America's most acclaimed foragers and wild food
educators, a living encyclopedia of all things wild and edible. A
Forager's Life is about a life spent in nature and in the classroom
- from the thousands of wild edible forays with adults and young
people, to the legendary Euell Gibbons and the first Earth Day, to
the rise of today's great foraging wave, a wave that is bringing
city folks and country folks together in search of that most basic
of life's pleasures: wild foods. It's about waking up to the
natural world, with the nurturing help of great mentors along the
way. At its heart, it's the story of a natural-born teacher who
never stopped being a curious little boy, and who knows how to
appeal to the curious kid in all of us. That's what earned him
multiple awards during his long career as a middle-school science
teacher, environmental educator and naturalist. Are there recipes?
Yes, lots of them, all kid-tested and kid-approved. You might like
to try the Queen Anne's Lace pancakes, for starters.
Arranged in colour for speedy identification, with extra anecdotes
from winsome characters in Charlotte Voake's inimitable style; this
child-friendly guide also includes keynotes on plant parts and the
seasons, along with a tick-box index for keen spotters. The Eden
Project brings plants and people together. It is dedicated to
developing a greater understanding of our shared global garden;
encouraging us to respect plants - and protect them.
Weeds are wild plants that have survived in the face of centuries
of hostility. Many gardeners who are unfamiliar with the
versatility of weeds think of them as a nuisance. They can be good,
bad, dangerous or beautiful. Above all, they are tough. This
essential guide explores the virtues of good weeds, including how
they can protect soil and add to soil fertility; act as companion
plants in gardens; provide food for farm livestock; support wild
life; provide herbal remedies for minor ailments; yield vegetable
dyes and finally, give us weed cuisine: nutritious food and drink
for free.
This book motivates gardeners to adopt a completely different
mindset: instead of growing foreign plants and killing perceived
pests, gardeners can benefit from planting indigenous vegetation
with the object of actually attracting insects and other garden
wildlife. It illustrates how easy it is to work with nature instead
of against it. Not just another gardening book, it encourages
gardeners to help preserve and restore our fast-disappearing
natural heritage. In this way they can contribute to conservation
right on their own doorsteps, while deriving great pleasure in the
process. Virtually every aspect of environmentally-friendly
gardening is covered, making it a complete “how to” guide and
debunking some long-held myths. Winner of a University of
KwaZulu-Natal book prize, the first edition was out of print for
several years after all 15 000 copies had been sold. This is the
Western Edition, for the western half of South Africa that the
original didn’t pertain to. The book is lighthearted and
entertaining whilst avoiding the technical terms, thus making it an
easy read. The book is enhanced by delightful humorous drawings
that emphasise points made in the text. A must for all
nature-loving gardeners, the large amount of information is almost
encyclopedic and will also be more than useful to conservationists
and anyone with an interest in the natural sciences.
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