This is a TV tie-in for a new BBC TV series Grow Your Own Veg!" by TV presenter & highly regarded gardener Carol Klein who has collaborated with the Royal Horticultural Society to create a lavishly illustrated easy-to-follow practical & inspiring beginners handbook to everything anyone ever needs to know to grow vegetables salads & herbs all year round. " Grow Your Own Veg!" complements & builds upon the information covered in the TV series of the same name & provides all the practical know-how to get growing your own vegetables. Combining Carol Kleins no-nonsense & enthusiastic approach to gardening much loved by viewers of " Gardeners World" on BBC TV with the horticultural best practice from the Royal Horticultural Society this is a genuinely step-by-step beginners guide to growing an aspirational but achievable range of food plants. Whatever the size of a garden this is a book to convert readers to the pleasures of growing & harvesting their own food plants. From preparing a plot planning what to plant & how to grow any one of the 40 featured food plants this is a book to which veg growers can return every year whatever their level of expertise." ...

No month-by-month journal has ever made it so easy for the gardener to get the most from their veg plot. Carol Klein & the RHS experts consider every stage in the process. From buying seed sowing planting & feeding to harvesting & effective storage. ...

Highly sought after Venus flytraps are becoming extinct in their native habitat of the southern USA because of their value ...

What happens when you take an empty fish tank add some pond water scoop in some frogspawn...and wait? Curious young minds will love learning about how frogs grow in this picture book which combines story with information. Previously part of the acclaimed Read & Wonder" series " Growing Frogs" has been re-launched in the new " Nature Storybooks" series with a brand new look." ...

Produced in association with the Royal Horticultural Society the titles in this series have become standard works of practical gardening reference. Each book is illustrated with easy-to-follow step-by-step illustrations that clearly guide the reader through all the essential techniques of successful gardening. This manual supplies information on growing conventional & more exotic fruits from soft tree & warm temperate fruits to nuts & currants. ...

Two old school friends reconnect unexpectedly after thirty-five years & discover that they both love travelling
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Eighty-eight lavishly illustrated pages of coloured drawings & photographs explain everything from selecting the right kit through to planting your own seed-raised plants in the greenhouse teaching you step-by-step how to grow orchids confidently successfully & professionally. Written for the amateur & the professional without access to sophisticated laboratory equipment & chemicals Growing Orchids from Seed contains all you need to know to become an expert. ...

The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole" is the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny " Adrian Mole" series. Sunday July 18th. My father announced at breakfast that he is going to have a vasectomy. I pushed my sausages away untouched. In this second instalment of teenager " Adrian Mole's Diaries" the Mole family is in crisis & the country is beating the drum of war. While his parents have reconciled after both embarked on disastrous affairs Adrian is shocked to learn of his mother's pregnancy. & even though at the mercy of his rampant hormones & the fickle whims of the divine Pandora a victim of a broken home & his own tortured (though unrecognised) genius Adrian continues valiantly to chronicle the pains & pleasures of a misspent adolescence. Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades. " Funny moving & a poke in the eye for adult morality". (" Sunday Express"). " Written with great verve & showing an uncanny understanding of the young Sue Townsend holds the balance between innocence & precocity & the result is both hilarious & salutary". (" Daily Telegraph"). " Life's no fun for an adolescent intellectual. For the reader it's a hoot". (" New Statesman"). Sue Townsend is Britain's favourite comic author. Her hugely successful novels include eight " Adrian Mole" books " The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 55 )" " Number Ten" " Ghost Children" " The Queen & I" " Queen Camilla" & " The Woman Who Went to Bed For a Year" all of which are highly acclaimed bestsellers. She has also written numerous well-received plays. She lives in Leicester where she was born & grew up." ...

This second collection of nostalgic humorous & moving tales follows Rhymney
- born Dai Morrissey as he leaves the Valley aged eighteen.
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This is a story spanning some of the most turbulent decades in recent world history. James Marsh was born during the first year of the Second World War & many of his infant years were spent in air-raid shelters outside his home. Bombs rained down from the German Luftwaffe as they tried to destroy the city of Southampton which has now been James home for more than sixty years. The gritty determination community spirit & above all the humour with which the local community faced the difficulties of war have stayed with James throughout his life. Moving on to describe the harsh lessons learned in 1940s & 50s schooling & subsequently describing his teenage years in the merchant navy this book explores how growing up in the post-war years was both a challenge & a lot of fun. ...