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	the garden organic guide to growing vegetables Pauline Pears If you are thinking of growing your own organic vegetables, or already 'grow your own' and are keen to go organic, then this is the book for you! Drawing on the author's considerable experience and expertise, this accessible, easy-to-follow book is packed with everything you need to know to grow your own organic vegetables. Highly illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs, complete beginners as well as more experienced gardeners will find this book both inspiring and instructional. 64pp more on gardening Price: £8.99
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	no time to grow: gardening solutions for a busy life Tim Wootton Growing your own food is not a luxury reserved for those who lead a life of leisure. With good planning, organisation and a little patience anyone with some ground to work can make a significant contribution to their diet with minimal time investment. Using organic principles throughout Tim takes the ‘wannabe vegetable gardener’ through the principles of low effort gardening, from clearing the land the easy way, establishing a cropping plan and expanding it to making your veg patch sustainable. He includes suggestions on the easiest ways of growing a wide selection of vegetables and fruit giving encouragement to anyone who has ever uttered that cry of ‘would love to..but..I’ve just got no time to grow!’ 140pp more on gardening Price: £9.95
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	the gaia book of organic gardening Charlie Ryrie and Cindy Engel Everything you need to know about being a true organic gardener. Focusing on compost, pests, weeds and soil, this comprehensive book will teach you how to create a flourishing organic garden of your own. A book designed for beginners as well as advanced gardeners who want to make chemicals a thing of the past. Treat your soil well and it will reward you handsomely. Identify the composting system that suits you best and which bugs are bad for your plants; which good. Natural weed control - the best way to curb weed growth in your garden. 160pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £14.99
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	grow vegetables Pauline Pears As concerns increase about food, more and more people are turning to growing at least some of their own vegetables. And there is nothing more satisfying or tasty than your own crop brought from the garden to the table in a matter of hours. But anyone new to growing veg may consider it a complex and confusing business, where if you end up with anything edible at all, it will all come at once. We show that it doesn't have to be like that. Follow some simple principles and you too could soon be growing and eating your own fresh veg. 64pp more on gardening Price: £2.99
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	the essential allotment guide: how to get the best out of your plot John Harrison In recent years allotments have grown in popularity with demand far outstripping supply. John Harrison shows how to improve your chances of getting an allotment and move up the waiting list. In this all-encompassing guide, he also advises on clearing an allotment, planning what to grow and how, building compost bins, using raised beds - plus detailed instructions on growing the best vegetables and fruit. Praise for John Harrison's "Vegetable Growing Month by Month": '...solid words of advice, written in a way that everyone will understand' - Medwyn Williams, Chairman of the National Vegetable Society and member of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society. 256pp more on gardening Price: £5.99
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	home-grown vegetables: inspiration and practical advice for would-be smallholders Diana Galligan What could be tastier than vegetables, picked straight from your back garden? Growing your own vegetables can be a rewarding pastime and you don't need a big garden or allotment to cultivate your favourite veg, as they can grow well in containers and smaller urban spaces. This beautiful and practical guide celebrates the produce of allotments and gardens, from carrots and courgettes to artichokes and aubergines. Each vegetable entry details its history and folklore with essential gardening notes and tips for successful growing. This is followed by a selection of delicious recipes with a variety of dishes to suit all tastebuds, from hearty salads and mouthwatering soups to more substantial mains like roasted squash with red onion and stuffed courgette flowers. Illustrated throughout with beautiful photography and practical illustrations, you will find all you need for a healthy garden bursting with fresh produce all year round. 96pp more on gardening Price: £6.99
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	organic gardening Pauline Pears & Sue Stickland Illustrated with step-by-step artworks, this guide dispels myths about organic gardening and explains all aspects of organic garden management, including the planning of an organically-balanced environment, soil preparation, pests and diseases, weed control, crop care and cultivation, and also contains a year round checklist for seasonal planning. 191pp more on gardening Price: £8.99
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	the garden handbook Ian Cooke "The Garden Handbook" is a 'how to do it book!' In 192 fact-filled pages, Ian Cooke, an experienced horticulturalist, explains how to tackle a raw new garden or tame an old overgrown one, and how to approach many common garden tasks from the basics of digging through to the fascinating skills of propagation. The production of fruit and vegetables for home consumption is thoroughly covered as well as ornamental gardening and lawncraft. Just starting and want to know what to do this month? Check out the Gardening Calendar. Confused by herbs, herbaceous and herbicide? Look it up in the glossary. Want to know how to plant a tree, make compost, construct pool or propagate blackcurrants? It's all here in "The Garden Handbook". 192pp more on gardening Price: £8.99
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	vegetables: grow them, cook them, eat them Charlotte Popescu Grow and cook your own vegetables. This book is about how to grow 40 of the most popular vegetables with a look at their history and nutritional values. Recipes that accompany each vegetable provide an abundance of ideas for preparing them and cooking them. There are more than 200 recipes included which are mainly vegetarian, but some include fish, chicken or bacon. All use wholesome easy-to-find ingredients and are mostly quick and simple to prepare. Once you've planted, harvested and tasted your own produce, you'll never be satisfied with anything else! 192pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £8.99
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	RHS new gardening: how to garden in a changing climate Matthew Wilson The book first considers how we should garden today and what the new gardening means. Thematic chapters identify the benefits and potential of your site, look at the importance of managing your soil, show why sustainability is important in the garden, show how gardening with wildlife in mind is beneficial for both your garden and biodiversity, looks at plant choice and the horticulture for the world of plants at your disposal (including sections on grass, gardening with little or no water, gardening in shady conditions, gardening in boggy areas or near water), the structural design of your garden and planting design. Endmatter includes a year-round new gardening chart, what plants should go where listed in A-Z form, and a comprehensive glossary and index. 224pp more on gardening Price: £9.99
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	little green book of gardening Diane Millis One of four titles in the "Little Green Book" series, here you will learn how to make choices that affect not only your own life but the planet as a whole. "The Little Green Book of Gardening" contains 250 tips on such subjects as organic growing, lawn care, wildlife gardening, gardening power and products, water and garden waste. There's great advice on everything from the ins and outs of watering your lawn and digging your garden green to making your own compost and practising green pest control. 128pp more on gardening Price: £6.99
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	the organic garden: green and easy Allan Shepherd This guide redefines what it means to be an organic gardener. A practical and thought-provoking handbook, it is both a manual of organic practice and a starting point for ethical living. The meaning of 'organic' is changing fast, becoming more and more an umbrella term for all things environmental: from ethical consumerism, waste recycling and self-sufficiency to new trends in wildlife-friendly, sustainable and forest gardening. Green and easy: The Organic Garden shows how these popular new areas of green living are relevant to the ordinary gardener and demonstrates simple, achievable ways in which you can use these ideas to transform your garden. Includes: / Essentials of organic practice / Gardening for wildlife and ornament / Gardening for food / Ethical choices at the garden centre / How to create an ecological shed and explore alternatives for outdoor living / Gardening beyond the garden -- allotments, conservation volunteering, community gardening / Climate change and today's gardener. 256pp more on gardening Price: £12.99
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	the low maintenance vegetable garden Clare Matthews More and more people are becoming interested in growing their own fruit and vegetables as food prices rise and awareness of food provenance and chemical usage increases, but getting started can seem daunting and many are deterred by a lack of knowledge and time. This book sets out to overcome these problems. With clear practical instructions and inspirational pictures this book aims to demystify the growing of fruit and veg and shows that, with the right approach, it can be done successfully as a weekend project or slotted into a busy week. The book explains simple short cuts, unusual low maintenance strategies and promotes a relaxed, robust attitude to growing-your-own which really works. The book has been shot by the well-respected garden photographer Clive Nichols in the author's own weekend vegetable garden over two years where the principles promoted in this book have been tried, tested and proven. Filled with fantastic images and sound horticultural advice, the book will appeal to the complete novice planning a new vegetable garden as well as the more experienced gardener who is looking to save time and increase productivity. This title is suitable for: amateur vegetable growers looking for a comprehensive guide; experienced gardeners who are keen to begin growing their own produce; and, anyone with limited time who still wants to achieve high yields from their vegetable plot. 224pp more on gardening Price: £16.99
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	the fact-hungry organic gardener Tanya Denckler Here is the only single-volume reference that supplies all the information necessary to plant a successful organic food garden. Before it was a book, the fact-hungry organic gardener was organic gardener Tanya L K Denckla's private database, the distillation of years of hands-on, real-life, dirt-under-the-fingernails experience in organic gardens. Interest in organic gardening is increasing, and the fact-hungry organic gardener is the one book that answers all the questions that sprout up among novice, intermediate and even experienced gardeners. 485pp more on gardening Price: £16.99
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	valuable vegetables: growing for pleasure and profit Mandy Pullen A fantastic book which will show you how to set up your garden and make it productive; assemble all the tools, equipment and machinery you will need; use both simple and complex rotations to keep your soil healthy and productive; maintain the fertility of your plot without expensive fertilisers; save money by saving your own seed and propagating your own plants; organise what and when to sow; plan for a succession of useful crops; erect and maintain a polytunnel; prolong your growing season with protected cropping; deal with weeds, pests and diseases without using chemicals; store your vegetables; and set up and run a successful, small business selling vegetables. On top of all this, the book also includes complete cultivation details for 48 vegetables, 21 herbs and all the major soft fruits. 269pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £16.95
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	designing and maintaining your edible landscape naturally Robert Kourik This classic US bestseller includes descriptions of plants for all temperate habitats, methods for improving soil, pruning styles that suit you and your trees, and even gourmet recipes using low-maintenance plants. A wealth of information presented in an accessible and absorbing way. 392pp more on gardening Price: £39.95
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	bee friendly garden: bring bees to your flowers, orchard and vegetable patch Ted Hooper & Mike Taylor This guide helps you choose the plants that bees will love, with the accessible information you need to create and maintain a beautiful garden.Ideal for gardeners who want to encourage pollinating insects. Among the well-known bee favourites, lavender, hollyhock and honeysuckle, the comprehensive A-Z includes over 300 plants including climbers, shrubs, trees and fruit bushes, accompanied by concise cultivation notes on flowering months, soil type, sun and shade requirements and good nectar or pollen providers. Also included is the use of pesticides which will not be harmful to bees. 192pp more on beekeeping Price: £14.99
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	the veggie gardener's answer book Barbara Ellis Know more, grow more. Do you ever wish you had a master gardener right next door? Now you do, with this little reference that delivers big vegetable truths to all your questions: What are the easiest vegetable crops to grow? How soon can I plant my peas in spring? How can I grow almost all my own food? Can I grow vegetables in containers? Is there any way to make weeding go faster? What can I put in my compost piles? How can I keep birds from eating my crops? 432pp more on gardening Price: £8.99
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	new kitchen garden: organic gardening with herbs, vegetables & fruit Celia Brooks-Brown & Adam Caplin Focusing on plants that are easy to grow, Adam Caplin takes an illuminating new look at the delights and challenges of cultivating edibles, showing how they can be grown - on their own in beds and containers, in mixed borders, and decoratively with flowers - for their ornamental as well as their nutritional value. Celia Brooks Brown presents 35 mouthwatering vegetarian recipes - for soups and starters, main courses, salads and light dishes, salsas and chutneys, and sweet things. This book features glorious photography by Caroline Hughes and William Shaw. 144pp more on gardening Price: £12.99
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	the no-work garden Bob Flowerdew The No-Work Garden provides you, whether a novice or experienced gardener, with a wealth of labour-saving tips for every aspect of the garden as well as no-nonsense advise on choosing what you want and how hard you are prepared to work for it. If you so desire a bowling-green lawn then obviously you will have to work diligently, but you can gain a near perfect lawn for much less effort. With practical advice on issues such as making mowing easier and why you don't need to spend your life digging, and common-sense tips on the benefits of choosing plants that thrive locally, welcoming wildlife and trusting in nature to aid the upkeep of your garden, this is the invaluable must-have for gardeners who want to see spectacular results with minimum effort. 192pp more on gardening Price: £14.99
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	the thrifty gardener Alys Fowler Forget makeover culture; forget the garden centre and all your gardening preconceptions, this is a witty, wise and practical take on to how to create a stylish garden. "The Thrifty Gardener" is about creating your dream garden regardless of resources or limited space. It will eliminate the intimidation factor and reveal the ins-and-outs of soil, seeds, sowing and growing. At the heart of this book is a DIY ethic that says you don't always have to buy what you need, you can make it, take it or swap it with friends. From making stylish window boxes out of champagne cases to creating your own stylish compost bin, from bulking up perennials to finding plants for free, this book is packed with offbeat projects for a new generation of gardeners. 192pp more on gardening Price: £16.99
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	vegetable growing: month by month John Harrison Whatever the size of your garden or allotment, you can grow your own vegetables. Even if you only have a balcony or a small paved area outside your kitchen, you can grow more than you ever thought possible in pots, containers and raised beds.Experienced vegetable grower, John Harrison takes you through the entire vegetable year so that, for all the main vegetables, you'll know exactly when you should sow your seeds, dig your plot and harvest your crops.Choose the most appropriate vegetables for your particular soil and select the right position so that they flourish. Discover how to make your own compost and organic fertilisers, as well as the best methods of controlling pests. Find out how to extend the season by buying or building your own cloches and cold frames.Put an end to worries that your shop-bought vegetables contain chemical residues or to concerns about the air miles such vegetables have flown en route to your table! 256pp more on gardening Price: £5.99
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	growing green: organic techniques for a sustainable future Jenny Hall & Iain Tolhurst 'Growing Green' is an essential reference guide for all organic growers, researchers and students. The reader will be taken through each organic standard step by step and learn how to grow and sell 60 different vegetables with confidence. Eliminating brought-in fertility is the greatest challenge facing agriculture today and, as is argued, for the small-scale grower, this means not only abandoning chemicals and GMOs but also slaughterhouse by-products and manures. Stockfree-organic systems work by encouraging improved rotations, increasing use of green manures, better tillage practice and, where appropriate, plant-based composts and chipped branch wood: Organic Techniques for a Sustainable Future. 328pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £18.99
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	creative sustainable gardening Diana Anthony This book shows you how to improve your soil, crops and ornamental plants without harming the environment. Full of practical advice and alternatives to toxic chemicals, this comprehensive guide includes recipes for soil drenches, foliar feeds, and natural pesticides. 192pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £12.99
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	growing stuff: an alternative guide to gardening Duncan McCorquodale Gardening can be enjoyed by all and happen in any space, regardless of size, location or budget. Easy-to-follow instructions on the basics of growing flowers, herbs, vegetables and more, with a wide selection of creative 'recipes' that will help you take growing plants to the next level. This books shows you that things can be grown in even the most unexpected places and with minimum prior knowledge or skill. 144pp more on gardening Price: £16.95
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	the fruit & vegetable gardener: the complete practical guide to kitchen gardening, from planning & planting to harvesting & storing Richard Bird With our quest for healthier lifestyle, growing your own food is becoming more and more popular. This guide, written by an expert in the field, should be a constant reference for novice and experienced growers alike. The wealth of technical information and tips, as well as step-by-step photography should make any job easy to follow. A section on design includes garden plans to either follow or use as an inspiration. Choosing the right tools, soil improvement and techniques such as thinning, harvesting and crop rotation and storing are explained in full. Nature always throws in a few problems, and these are also dealt with. Whether you want to grow shallots or squashes, chives or caraway, plums or pears, all the many varieties of vegetables, herbs and fruit are shown. With information boxes, pruning and training tips, as well as photographs of each variety both in-situ and in superb close-up photography, this complete guide should be all you need to reap the benefits of year-round flavourful produce. 256pp more on gardening Price: £14.99
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	RHS new encyclopedia of gardening techniques: the indispensable illustrated practical guide Royal Horticultural Society A clear and informative guide to gardening skills and techniques with step-by-step illustrations and easy-to-follow advice from the experts at the RHS. Reflecting modern best-practice, this definitive guide explains all the essential techniques you're ever likely to need. 480pp more on gardening Price: £14.00
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	RHS fruit & vegetable gardening Mike Pollock Taking a fresh look at kitchen gardens, this definitive guide provides the latest advice and specialist tips from the RHS team of experts on growing healthy and tasty crops. Using a blend of cutting-edge, organic and traditional techniques specifically chosen for their simplicity and reliability, this accessible volume is essential for all kitchen gardeners. Whether you want to grow celeriac, basil or sweet cherries, the step-by-step images show exactly how to plant, care for and harvest a wide range of crops. Clear explanations of the basics of kitchen gardening describe everything from planning and crop rotation to composting and weeding. Also included is a calendar to make month-by-month planning simple, together with information on average crop yields, sowing and harvesting times, and pest and disease control. This is a valuable handbook on successful growing for everyone who wants to sample the delights of fresh, home-grown produce. 272pp more on gardening Price: £20.00
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	salad leaves for all seasons Charles Dowding Small is beautiful, less is more; a salad a day - but not the supermarket way. This compendium of practical methods for growing a wide variety of salads throughout the year, will inspire you to grow your own, whether on a windowsill, on a patio, in your garden or on the allotment. Here is all the information you need for productive, healthy and tasty salads. Learn the subtleties of salad seasons and virtues of different leaves throughout the year. And when your table is groaning with the abundance of your harvests, there are delicious and imaginative recipes from Susie, Charles' wife, exploiting the fantastic flavours, colour and vitality of home-grown salad leaves. 224pp more on gardening Price: £10.95
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	perennial vegetables Eric Toensmeier Imagine growing vegetables that require the same care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders -- no annual tilling and planting. They thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. In "Perennial Vegetables", author and plant specialist Eric Toensmeier introduces gardeners to a world of little-known and wholly under-appreciated plants. Ranging beyond the usual suspects (asparagus, rhubarb, and artichoke) to include such 'minor' crops as ground cherry and ramps and the much sought-after, antioxidant-rich wolfberry (also known as goji berries), Toensmeier explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and satisfaction. Perennial vegetables are perfect as part of an edible landscape plan or permaculture garden. Profiling more than a hundred species, with dozens of colour photographs and illustrations, and filled with valuable growing tips, recipes, and resources, "Perennial Vegetables" is a groundbreaking and ground-healing book that will open the eyes of gardeners everywhere to the exciting world of edible perennials. 256pp more on gardening Price: £22.50
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	carrots love tomatoes: secrets of companion planting for successful gardening Louise Riotte With this classic gardening reference, learn which plants nourish the soil, which keep away bugs and pests, and which just don't get along. 220pp more on gardening Price: £9.99
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	soil Charlie Ryrie The Gaia Organic Basics series is endorsed by the Soil Association, the UK's principal organisation promoting organic agriculture and horticulture, and the organic organisation - HDRA (Henry Doubleday Research Association). Ideal for town or country gardeners with special topics covering small and urban gardens; Specially commissioned photographs; An original series covering organic gardening in a modern, fresh and vibrant syle; Handy size pocket books provide expert quick reference for practical gardeners; Gaia Organic Basics is an important new series for every gardener who wants to learn how to create a healthy and thriving organic garden. Highly practical, the four books in this series take the mystery out of organic gardening with straightforward explanations of principles and techniques. Designed for beginners as well as more advanced gardeners who want to leave chemicals behind, these titles offer an organic way to cultivate soil, to make one's own compost and to control pests and weeds. Full colour photography illustrates the practical aspects of creating an organic garden and their handy pocket size make these books an expert quick reference for practical gardeners. Whatever the style or size of garden, these books give all the information necessary to take the natural road to a beautiful, lush and fully organic garden. 62pp more on gardening Price: £5.99
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	the organic salad garden Joy Larkcom A guide to growing more than 200 salad plants, this book covers every aspect from site preparation to harvesting. It details special techniques for growing salad plants and contains full descriptions of all the main salad vegetables with advice on the best varieties for growing and for flavour. 168pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £12.99
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	your organic allotment Pauline Pears & Ian Spence Allotments have always been popular in the UK but recently their popularity has increased throughout the world. "Your Organic Allotment" will teach you everything you need to know to create a modern allotment and provide organic food for your family all year round. You will be guided through the decision to take an allotment, shown how to prepare and protect it and discover how to grow all kinds of vegetables, herbs and fruits. You will also learn about crop rotations, how to tackle pests and problems and when to harvest. "Your Organic Allotment" is the indispensable guide for anyone who wants to grow their own delicious, chemical-free food. 160pp more on gardening Price: £12.99
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	allotment gardening: an organic guide for beginners Susan Berger A practical guide to growing your own fruit and vegetables organically. Aimed at those who have not had an allotment before, or are new to growing their own, this work is packed with advice - from choosing and planning your allotment through to harvesting and storing your produce. It discusses the basics - tools, planning and clearing the site. 128pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £9.95
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	the allotment book: seasonal planner & cookbook A M Clevely This beautifully illustrated follow-up to Andi Clevely's bestseller, The Allotment Book, celebrates the joys of both growing and cooking your own produce. Perfect for the complete beginner or the experienced allotmenteer, The Allotment Book: Seasonal Planner and Cookbook will ensure your crops thrive and your table is laden all year round. Allotment gardening is in the grip of a renaissance, with over 300,000 allotments in the UK and a new breed of allotment enthusiast, whose typical characteristic is that they are not typical. With more young professionals on allotments than ever before, as well families and even groups of friends embracing the vibrancy of allotment culture, people are mucking in to cultivate their own crops. This is the perfect book for those with a passion for the outdoors and a taste for food warm from the sun. Andi Clevely helps you to assess your plot and decide what to grow. 224pp more on gardening Price: £19.99
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	the allotment handbook: a guide to promoting and protecting your site Sophie Andrews * SALE PRICE * 50% OFF * SALE PRICE * NEW COMPLETELY UPDATED SECOND EDITION A guide to promoting and protecting your allotment site. Allotments are increasingly threatened by development as land prices soar and space is needed to expand cities, towns and villages. Starting with a brief history of allotments and a look at legislation, this book shows how to make your allotment part of a thriving, local community. If your site is threatened, learn how to organize to stop developers in their tracks. Easy to use with a comprehensive contacts, a vital tool for allotment holders, community groups and those who want to see an active use of urban open spaces. 124pp more on gardening Price: £2.00
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	wild food garden food: gather and cook through the year Charlotte Popescu This book shows what can be gathered each month by growing vegetables and fruit in the garden or allotment; readers will also discover an amazing selection of wild greens, stems, roots, aromatic herbs, edible flowers and mushrooms that they can collect in the hedgerows, woods and on the sea shore throughout the year. Also included are the huge array of succulent wild berries available in the autumn. This is a celebration of the abundant produce which each season brings - enjoy eating food for free and being as self sufficient as possible. Readers will be taken through the seasons with descriptions of all the plants available, where to find them, what to do with them whether making wine, jelly, tea or a main meal. Many of the wild greens available can be used in salads especially through the winter and early spring when green vegetables are sparse in the garden. Also included are ideas for favourite vegetables and fruits as they come into season throughout the year. Recipes are guaranteed to tempt: try wild garlic and nettle soup, Alexander stems in Madeira sauce, apple and rosehip jelly, oven-baked wild mushroom risotto or rose petal sorbet. 224pp more on gardening Price: £8.99
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	weedless gardening Lee Reich Conventional wisdom says to garden from the bottom up, turning over the soil every spring until your back aches. Ironically, this does such a good job aerating that gardeners spend the rest of the season pulling weeds and replacing the suddenly energized (and easily used up) nutrients. Mother nature, on the other hand, gardens from the top down-layering undisturbed soil with leaves and other organic materials. In following this example and synthesizing the work of other perceptive gardeners, Lee Reich presents a compelling new system called weedless gardening. "The Weedless Garden" is good for plants and it's good for people. It protects the soil, contributes to plant health, reduces water needs, cuts down on a gardener's labor, encourages earthworms and, of course, mitigates weed problems by keeping the seeds dormant. 200pp more on gardening Price: £6.99
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	square foot gardening Mel Bartholomew Say goodbye to the hard work and endless maintenance of gardening in long rows, and say hello to 'Square Foot Gardening'. This easy, foolproof, and ingenious method of gardening allows you to grow more vegetables than you ever thought possible in less space than a traditional garden takes. With Square Foot Gardening, you build your garden in a series of 1-foot squares. Each square holds a different vegetable, fruit or herb planted in quantities that you'll actually use. Gone are the long, labor intensive rows that need to be thinned, weeded, and maintained over the growing season. Gardening in squares means you won't need to thin because you'll only plant what you can use. You'll water less because there's no wasted space in the bed, and you'll weed in record time because you can reach weeds from all sides of the square bed. By replanting squares as soon as you harvest, you'll guarantee a steady crop of vegetables throughout the growing season. Join millions of other square foot gardeners and start enjoying a garden that is manageable, beautiful and productive all season long! 346pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £12.95
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	solar gardening Gretchen & Leandre Poisson Solar Gardening shows how to increase efforts of the sun during the coldest months of the year and how to protect tender plants from the intensity of the scorching sun during the hottest months through the use of solar “mini-greenhouses.” The book includes instructions for building a variety of solar appliances plus descriptions of more than 90 different crops, with charts showing when to plant and harvest each. The result is a year-round harvest even from a small garden. In Solar Gardening the Poissons show you how to: dramatically increase the annual square-foot yield of your garden; extend the growing and harvest season for nearly every kind of vegetable; select crops that will thrive in the coldest and hottest months of the year, without artificial heating or cooling systems; build solar appliances for your own garden. Armed with nothing but this book and a few simple tools, even novice gardeners can quickly learn to extend their growing season and increase their yields, without increasing the size of their garden plot. more on gardening Price: £27.50
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	growing fruit and vegetables on a bed system the organic way Pauline Pears If you wish to produce higher yields for less work, then a bed garden is for you. The advantages are numerous: easy weeding, earlier cropping, good for small quantities and poor soils, and better for those with bad backs. This practical book covers all aspects of bed gardening, from planning and constructing the beds, through to crop selection, rotation and planting. 48pp more on gardening Price: £7.95
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	gardening without water: creating beautiful gardens using only rainwater Charlotte Green Easy and effective remedies for coping with water shortage in the garden are tackled in this book. Practical advice is given on conservation, irrigation and mulching techniques, on lawn treatment, and on planting methods. This book also includes a beautifully illustrated section on drought-resistant plants. 64pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £8.95
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	bob flowerdew's complete book of companion gardening Bob Flowerdew A text on companion gardening, this title reveals the technique of using the beneficial effects that plants growing in close proximity have on each other. For example, borders of lavender, box or rosemary will protect your plants from invasion by slugs and snails and and planting a birch tree near the compost bin will speed the composting process. 176pp more on gardening Price: £14.99
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	growing unusual vegetables: weird and wonderful vegetables and how to grow them Simon Hickmott With this indispensable guide you can turn your garden or allotment into a unique storehouse of useful and unusual edible plants, many of which are surprisingly easy to grow. Then you can bring variety to the food on your plate that no supermarket or greengrocer will ever provide. Over 90 unusual vegetables are included in this book, all of them edible, and each plant comes complete with comprehensive cultivation instructions and fascinating notes on its origin, history and uses. 266pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £17.50
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	liquid gold: the lore and logic of using urine to grow plants (2nd edition) Carol Steinfeld This entertaining and fact-filled book tells you how urine - which contains most of the nutrients in domestic wastewater and usually carries no disease risk - can be utilized as a liquid manure: recycle, save water and energy, and prevent pollution, all at the same time! Steinfeld begins with a short history of urine use from ritual to medicinal, to even culinary, and shows how urine is used worldwide to grow food and plants, while protecting the environment, saving its users the cost of fertilizer, and reconnecting people to the land and the nutrient cycles that sustain them. 128pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £4.95
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	plants for a future: edible & useful plants for a healthier world Ken Fern In this incredible book, Ken Fern, of the Plants for a Future project in Cornwall describes how to grow and use thousands of plants in many different situations. Describing edible and other useful plants, both native to Britain and Europe and from temperate areas around the world, this book includes those suitable for: the ornamental garden, the lawn, shady areas, ponds, walls, hedges, agroforestry and conservation. In this book, Ken Fern shares his experiments and successes in growing herbs, vegetables, flowers, shrubs and trees. Packed with information, personal anecdotes and detailed appendices and indexes, this pioneering book takes gardening, conservation and ecology into a new dimension. 344pp more on gardening Price: £19.95
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	bio-dynamic gardening John Soper Slightly different from organic gardening, bio-dynamic gardening incorporates working with the cosmic forces and enhancing them with special preparations, as well as working with nature. This book will show you how to apply biodynamic principles to growing fruit, vegetables and herbs, and techniques for incorporating the Earth's rhythms when sowing and planting. An interesting, informative book. 224pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £10.99
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	the curious gardener's almanac: centuries of practical garden wisdom Niall Edworthy Contains over 1000 entries of information about flowers, vegetables, fruits, trees, herbs, insects, birds, water, soil, tools, composts, climate, recipes, gardens and gardeners, myths, superstitions, biodynamics. This work also includes famous quotations, anecdotes, traditional sayings, lines of verse, and words of rural wisdom. 192pp click on image for contents page more on gardening Price: £10.00
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