Just because you dont have any soil doesnt mean you cant eat delicious fruit & vegetables every day of the year. From an easy edible balcony that can be set up over a weekend to using recycled & salvage materials growing exotic fruit & creating a futuristic salad & herb wall The Edible Balcony" mixes inspirational ideas with practical advice on how to achieve beautiful flourishing outdoor areas however many floors up you maybe & however small your space. Packed with detailed planting & growing advice on all the crops featured including the best varieties for sunny shady windy & dry balconies plus how to make a self-watering container create a salad cascade using guttering & grow beans & tomatoes on a hatstand it is the essential guide for both beginner & experienced gardeners alike." ...

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In this timely book Gardeners' World's thrifty & resourceful Alys Fowler shows that there is a way to take the good life & re-fashion it to fit in with life in the city. Abandoning the limitations of traditional gardening methods she has created a beautifully productive garden where tomatoes sit happily next to roses carrots are woven between the lavenders & potatoes grow in pots on the patio. & all of this is produced in a way that mimics natural systems producing delicious homegrown food for her table. & she shares her favourite recipes for the hearty dishes pickles & jams she makes to use up her bountiful harvest proving that no-one need go hungry on her grow-your-own regime. Good for the pocket good for the environment & hugely rewarding for the soul The Edible Garden urges urbanites everywhere to chuck out the old gardening rules & create their own haven that's as good to look at as it is to eat. ...

For the forager the seashore holds surprising culinary potential. In this authoritative witty book John Wright takes us on a trip to the seaside. But before introducing us to the various species to be harvested he touches on such practicalities as conservation & the ethics of foraging; safety from tides rocks & food poisoning; the law & access to the shore our right to fish landing sizes & seasons; & equipment such as nets pots & hooks. Next comes the nitty-gritty: all the main British seashore species that one might be tempted to eat. The conservation status taste & texture availability seasonality habitat collecting technique & biology of each species is covered; there are also quite a few gratuitous but fascinating diversions. The species covered include crustacea (brown shrimp common crab lobster prawn shore crab spider crab squat lobster velvet swimming crab); molluscs (clams cockle dog whelk limpet mussel oyster razor clam winkle); mushrooms; plants (alexanders babbington's orache fennel frosted orache marsh samphire perennial wall rocket rock samphire sea beet sea buckthorn sea holly sea kale sea purslane sea rocket spear-leaved orache wild cabbage wild thyme); & seaweed (carragheen dulse gut weed laver pepper dulse sea lettuce sugar kelp kelp). Finally there are thirty brilliant recipes. Introduced by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Edible Seashore is destined to join the other handbooks in the series as an indispensable household reference. ...

This is the perfect companion guide for every budding forager. Exquisitely illustrated with full-colour paintings of all the plants & herbs in the book ranging from dandelion & sorrel to sea beet & samphire Edible Wild Plants & Herbs" is both a cookbook & field guide to the identification & use of foodstuffs from the wild. There are almost 400 recipes covering nearly 100 different plant varieties & the illustrations drawn from life by one of the countrys leading botanical artists show the edible parts of the plants at their peak time for picking. In addition there is a calendar indicating what plants to look for at each season of the year information on where the plants are found & how to identify them. In the past the home kitchen provided a family with all its medicines & cosmetics as well as its food wine pickles & preserves. Our ancestors were resourceful & imaginative & very much in tune with nature; this book recaptures their harmonious sustainable way of life by setting down for the modern reader all that knowledge & lore. There are recipes for soups sauces main dishes salads pickles jams sorbets as well as teas syrups & lotions." ...

Jack Frost's goblins are trying to prevent the Green Fairies from doing their jobs properly...believing that they are the only green creatures in the world! But Rachel & Kirsty are determined to create a nature garden with the help of Edie the Garden Fairy! ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Street by Street Edinburgh Midi" has been fully updated for 2008 with a stylish new cover design in a handy glovebox size. The maps clearly show AA recommended restaurants pubs hotels one-way streets 24-hour petrol stations & car parks. Quick to navigate & featuring a clever use of colour to ensure they can be read under street lighting these maps are all you need to keep you on the move." ...

Walking Edinburgh contains 24 themed walking tours of 1-6 miles which offer the walker an opportunity to discover the history architecture skulduggery & the ghost stories of the city while not missing those all-important places to stop & admire the view or to have a cup of coffee. First-time & regular visitors will relish the carefully designed tours which explore Edinburghs best-known landmarks as well as the secret places known only by locals. ...

It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Whose pickled skin became a sought-after souvenir? Why it's alright to spit on the High Street? How the pupils of Edinburgh High School got away with murder? Plot your path to the past with a frightful full-colour map of the city's horrible highlights
- climb up the cursed castle for tales of reckless raids & hit the High Street for a whole host of historical horrors.
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