Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in You Magazine'A lavish monthly guide to getting the most from your garden' Daily Mail A punnet of plums from your tree a handful of gooseberries; home-grown nuts & herbs & a few freshly laid eggs from your hens
- all enjoyed in your own small plot What could be more satisfying? The Garden Farmer is an evocative journal & monthly guide to getting the most out of your garden throughout the year Whether you are a keen gardener looking for inspiration or just starting out & wanting to rediscover & reclaim your patch of earth Sunday Telegraph garden-columnist Francine Raymond lays the groundwork for a bountiful year of garden farming Maybe you would like to get outside more grow a few essential vegetables some fruit trees or bushes for preserving & create a scented kitchen garden to provide for you year round Or perhaps you will raise a small flock of ducks or geese or even a couple of pigs? Could this be the year you decorate your home with nature's adornments encourage wildlife back to pollinate your trees & plants & spend celebratory hours in a haven of your own creation? Each chapter of The Garden Farmer offers insight into the topics & projects you might be contemplating that month along with planting notes & timely advice & a recipe that honours the fruits of your labour With just a little effort & planning every garden can be tended in tune with nature & every gardener can enjoy a host of seasonal delights from their own soil Keep up-to-date with Francine's gardening adventures on her blog at kitchen-garden-henscouk
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In high-end restaurants & in the home more & more cooks have discovered the joy of using natural foraged ingredients But what few realise is that you don't necessarily have to go rootling in hedgerows or woodlands to find them Many of our own gardens contain an abundance of edible & medicinal plants grown mainly for their ornamental appearance Most gardeners are completely unaware that what they have actually planted is a rather exotic kitchen garden The Garden Forager explores over 40 of the most popular garden plants that have edible medicinal or even cosmetic potential accompanied by recipes remedies & interesting facts & illustrated throughout in exquisite watercolours by Lizzie Harper This beautifully illustrated book redefines how we look at our gardens & unleashes the unknown potential of everyday plants
- making it a must-have for anyone interested in gardening cooking or foraging
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The International Bestseller Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize 2012 Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction 2013 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2012 Shortlisted for the 2014 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award' With ravishing sensuousness it conjures up the lush landscapes & tea estates of Malaya during the 1950s Emergency A haunting novel about memory' Sunday Times Books of the Year In the highlands of Malaya a woman sets out to build a memorial to her sister killed at the hands of the Japanese during the brutal Occupation of their country Yun Ling's quest leads her to The Garden of Evening Mists & to Aritomo a man of extraordinary skill & reputation once the gardener of the Emperor of Japan When she accepts his offer to become his apprentice she begins a journey into her past inextricably linked with the secrets of her troubled country's history ...

The third book in The Corfu Trilogy (after My Family & Other Animals & Birds Beasts & Relatives) the beloved books that inspired ITV's television series The Durrells Just before the Second World War the Durrell family decamped to the glorious sun-soaked island of Corfu where the youngest of the four children ten-year-old Gerald discovered his passion for animals toads & tortoises bats & butterflies scorpions & octopuses Through glorious silver-green olive groves & across brilliant-white beaches Gerry pursued his obsession causing hilarity & mayhem in his ever-tolerant family ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From Makoto Shinkai (Five Centimeters Per Second Journey to Agartha) comes a love story with a twist When Takao a young high school student who dreams of becoming a shoe designer decides to skip school one day in favor of sketching in a rainy garden he has no idea how much his life will change when he encounters Yukino Older but perhaps not as much wiser she seems adrift in the world Despite the difference in their ages they strike up an unusual relationship that unexpectedly continues & evolves with random meetings in the same garden on each rainy day But the rainy season is coming to a close & there are so many things still left unsaid & undone between them Will there be time left for Takao to put his feelings into actions & words? Between the raindrops between the calms in the storm what will blossoms PECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE Interviews (52 minutes with the Japanese cast & director) Storyboards (45 minutes) English production stillls Japanese trailer The Works of Makoto Shinkai English commentary track with cast Japanese commentary with English subtitles LANGUAGES ON DISC English dub & Japanese language track with English subtitles ...

The Gardener's Companion to Medicinal Plants is a beautifully illustrated giftable gardening reference book which combines exquisite botanical illustrations with practical self-help projects Every day sees a discovery in the press about the new uses of plants & it's certain that most of our most important drugs are derived from plants From willow (used to procure aspirin) to periwinkle (used in chemotherapy to treat lymphoma) many common garden plants have provided cures in modern medicine In this book readers can discover more than 200 life-saving plants & 25 home-grown remedies to make themselves Each home cure is described & illustrated with step-by-step photographs to show how you can be a gardener & heal yourself ...

Garfield’s beloved stuffed teddy bear Pookie has been stolen off the clothesline! Garfield & Odie must go to great lengths to scour the neighborhood for their stuffed comrade Plus Garfield gets put on a diet in “ High Scale” & Garfield & Odie switch bodies in “ Freaky Monday”! About the Author JIM DAVIS is the creator of Garfield named by Guinness World Records as " The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World" The strip debuted in 1978 in 41 US newspapers Today it is read in 2570 newspapers by 263000000 readers around the globe Jim Davis has had many successes with Garfield including four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program & induction into the Licensing Hall of Fame (1998) but his most prized awards are from his peers in the National Cartoonist Society Best Humor Strip (1981 & 1985) the Elzie Segar Award (1990) & the coveted Reuben Award (1990) for overall excellence in cartooning ...

When Garfield overhears Jon tell Liz "you are what you eat" he panics— he&s just eaten a can of dog food! Now Garfield must figure out a way to avoid one of his darkest fears… turning into a dog like Odie! Featuring five more stories from The Garfield Show ...

The 4th book in a series of graphic novels adapted from The Garfield Show animated series Ages 6 to 11 ...

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize It is 1912 & at Cambridge University the modern age is knocking at the gate Fred Fairly a Junior Fellow at the college of St Angelicus where for centuries no female not even a pussy cat has been allowed to set foot lectures in physics Science he is certain will explain everything Until into Fred's orderly life come Daisy Fred is smitten Why have I met her? he wonders How can I tell if she's quite what she seems? Fred is a scientist To him the truth should be everything But even scientists make mistakes ...