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 ...
This practical sourcebook features an illustrated alphabetical reference to hundreds of fruits, herbs, and vegetables that can be grown in a home garden. It includes simple cultivation tips designed to ease the demands of upkeep including pest and disease control, background details on each plant, and recipes. 2,000 illustrations.
All experienced gardeners practise companion gardening, although some of them may not realize it. The concept is very simple: the conditions in which a plant grows and the plants that grow near it affect its well-being in one way or another. Some plants are useful because they shade smaller ones; some accumulate minerals that benefit others; some ...
This colorful, engaging book brings together the wisdom--and wit--of four expert gardeners to provide novices with clear instruction on everything from planting to pruning, from creating a pond to lining a hanging basket. Drawing on their years of experience working with apprehensive beginners, the authors carefully explain the gardening calendar ...
Dealing with fruit both temperate and tropical, this book provides a history of each species, and details of growing and cultivation, harvesting and storing, and culinary and medicinal and other uses. It includes coverage of balcony, backyard, orchard and greenhouse growing, planning a fruit garden, growing under glass, and using fruitwood for ...
Practical advice on growing the tastiest varieties of fruit, nuts, vegetables, herbs, salads and even flowers, as well as advice on how to choose the right plant for your needs and how to improve its performance.
Inspired by the "plant of the week" feature on BBC Radio 4's "Gardeners' Question Time", this book offers advice for maintaining your garden's best, all year round. The experts take the reader through the seasons as each week they select their personal favourites, covering all aspects of garden plants including flowers, fruits, vegetables, shrubs, ...
Gardening is one of the most popular leisure activities today, and most people take it for granted not only that suitable plants and equipment are easily available, but that there is plenty of information to guide and inform gardeners. It was not always so. It was only in the 1860s that the foundations for modern amateur gardening as we know it ...
Being an organic gardener does not mean casting aside everything you have ever learned about gardening, and embracing a new and complex set of rules; it simply means trying to achieve the right balance of ecologically sound, natural and sustainable practice. Plants want to grow, and the organic gardener's task is to remove obstacles from their ...
Do you want to enjoy home-grown vegetables and fruit that are free of chemicals? Would you like to create a natural garden teeming with wildlife? Learn how to achieve both, whilst protecting the environment, in five easy steps with this practical and handy guide. Packed with information, checklists, step-by-step instructions and at-a-glance tables ...
In Bob's common-sense style, "Going Organic" proves to be an approachable, practical and pleasurable read. With his vast experience as an organic gardener, he takes you through essential gardening skills, the common pitfalls, cultural, pest and disease problems (identifying each one and how you can combat it), and how to help your garden to fix ...
More than perhaps any programme GQT embodies the essence of Radio Four. For over 50 years it has been at, or near the top of, the radio charts and now draws 1.3 million listeners each week and broadcasts 45 programmes each year. Recordings attract dedicated audiences of between 250 and 750 - depending on the size of the venue. The GQT 'millennium' ...
Companion planting has been practised since Roman times, when it was noticed that some plants grew better in the presence of certain others. Today, with the constant search for more productive crops without recourse to chemicals, companion planting is coming into its own again. Bob Flowerdew spent nine years experimenting with plants that are ...
The Complete Book of Vegetables, Herbs and Fruit combines three books by top gardening authors. It is a comprehensive guide to selecting, cultivating, harvesting and cooking vegetables, herbs and fruit.
"The Gourmet Gardener" is about gardening for self-indulgence. It explains how to grow top-quality produce the flavour and freshness of which are impossible to find in the shops. Bob concentrates on the varieties that will give you the most return on your labours - not necessarily in the form of bumper crops, but in the form of superior taste and ...
Do you want to enjoy home-grown vegetables and fruit that are free of chemicals? Would you like to create a natural garden teeming with wildlife? Learn how to achieve both, whilst protecting the environment, in five easy steps with this practical and handy guide. Packed with information, checklists, step-by-step instructions and at-a-glance tables ...
More than perhaps any programme GQT embodies the essence of Radio Four. For over 50 years it has been at, or near, the top of the radio charts. Recordings attract dedicated audiences of between 250 and 750 depending on the size of the venue. ALL YOUR GARDENING PROBLEMS SOLVED is a collection of the most asked questions from 50 years of ...
This practical sourcebook features an illustrated alphabetical reference to hundreds of fruits, herbs, and vegetables that can be grown in a home garden. It includes simple cultivation tips designed to ease the demands of upkeep including pest and disease control, background details on each plant, and recipes. 2,000 illustrations.
This book has a week by week approach, detailing species and varieties of plants when they are at their best in the year. John loves the cones on the Korean Fir in January, Bunny admires the Lenten Rose in March, Matthew is beguiled by the 'sleek willowy elegance' of the Corn Cockle in May, Bob celebrates the Victoria Plum at the beginning of ...
This publication tackles temperate and tropical fruit, giving a detailed description of each, and advice on such vital subjects as growing, cultivating, harvesting and storing. The book also looks at the history and medicinal uses of fruit, and details balcony, backyard, orchard and greenhouse growing; planning a fruit garden; growing under glass; ...
Three in four UK households now buy organic food and sales are rising faster than in any other European country. Since 1997 organic sales at Tesco have increased by 800 per cent and Tesco aims to expand its organic trade to [pound]1 billion in the next 5 years. (source: The Soil Association) - Packed with practical advice on how to make your ...
An ecologically conscious fruit and nut grower's bible: how to start and nurture plants, including an A-to-Z directory of fruits and nuts and more than 200 recipes for their use.
An ecologically conscious fruit and nut grower's bible: how to start and nurture plants, including an A-to-Z directory of fruits and nuts and more than 200 recipes for their use.
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