Bring a little Mediterranean sunshine into your home or garden by growing your own olives. All you need to cultivate your olive plant is in this gift box including starter growing pots compost discs seeds & a booklet of growing tips. Whatever the weather your olive tree will be there to remind you of warmer climes. ...

Grow It! magazine is the number one choice for expert advice on growing your own food. We cover all aspects of salad fruit allotment city garden & greenhouse growing giving you the know-how to grow with complete confidence. Every issue is packed with helpful tips seasonal advice special offers & real-life case studies so you can get the most from your kitchen garden no matter what its size. Plus with this pack you will receive up to 40 packets of free seeds with your magazine to get you started & keep you growing throughout season. ...

The only thing better than growing marijuana is growing it fast. This lucrative cash crop is in great demand for its medicinal & recreational benefits-and with this easy-to-understand primer you can realize profits from pot in less time than it takes to grow tomatoes. You can manufacture the greatest & grandest ganja when you learn how to: Grow top crops indoors or out Germinate seeds in as few as 24 hours Rotate vegetative & flowering cycles Create fertilize & de-pest the best soil mixtures Harvest & cure plants for sale With this book as your guide you will grow a great business in no time-literally! ...

Hell either win the Victoria Cross or go to prison said Keith Allens headmaster 1966. Born a Navy baby Keith Allen learnt young that when things get too settled you move on. Thats the way he has lived his life ever since
- always leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. He might have been a professional footballer if his criminal behaviour hadnt got in the way. He spent time in prison went on the run drifted through squats & festivals survived marriages relationships & parenthood. He has loitered with intent in the worlds of comedy music art theatre & film but never long enough to ever fully conform to expectations. Hes become renowned for his extrovert & contentious behaviour his radical opinions & his acting pedigree. But at 54-years-old.. .has he finally grown up? Revelatory & unapologetically honest Grow Up" takes you on a break-neck journey through the chaotic life of someone whos broken all the rules."
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Who says youth is wasted on the young? Jasper wants to get on in the world but life is distracting. Hes got his A-levels to contend with his mother pushing him to overachieve weekly visits to his psychologist come-downs You Tube suicides & pregnant one-night-stands. & then theres his step-dad
- the murderer. Hilarious & heartbreaking by turns GROW UP is the ultimate twenty-first-century coming-of-age novel. It paints a vivid portrait of the pills & thrills & bellyaches of growing up today. Funny smart & twisted it is the story of one young man transformed.
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Dont like spending money in garden centres? Think you can do it yourself for a fraction of the price? Dave Hamilton shows you how. By recycling & reusing materials creatively & making the most of what you have you can gather all you need to grow your food on a budget. Whether its building your own shed from scrap constructing a path out of recycled materials or storing your harvest without a freezer its all here. This practical guide: * takes you on a frugal journey through the seasons from planning your plot to raising harvesting & storing your produce * offers money-saving tips every step of the way & occasional advice on the actual gardening! * is crammed full of satisfying projects from seed-saving to making your own plant feed *

Includes:: step-by-step instructions & easy-to-follow diagrams.

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This is a complete guide for the creative hobbyist who wants to take the next step & quit his or her day job to make a living from a creative passion. Part coaching handbook part practical nuts-&-bolts guidebook to developing a business plan that will work & be sustainable. Kari Chapin has spent the past 15 years working in marketing publicity & community relations & as a buyer crafter & stylist. She is the author of The Handmade Marketplace" & offers a popular line of e-courses." ...

James Wong is back putting his ethnobotanical expertise to use once again with over 100 new natural cheap & easy remedies showing you & those around you how to have a fantastically healthy year. Whether you're fed up with your hormones worried about your baby's nappy rash your partner is prone to a sore-throat or leg-waxing is proving just too expensive to maintain Grow Your Own Drugs: A Year With James Wong offers over 100 great new remedies to soothe all manner of common conditions & beauty problems
- whenever they might flare up. James shows how easy it to have access to the right ingredients whatever the weather with his easy-to follow seasonal focus
- whether you've got a window box a roof terrace a country garden (or a computer to order the goods online...). His seasonal planner takes you right through from Spring to Winter making sure you know what to plant when the best time to harvest & how to create your own mini-apothecary (or store-cupboard) at home. Packed with James's personal top tips & easy solutions for both growing & making remedies this is your must-have companion to help ward off any ailments & complaints which might crop up throughout the year the natural James Wong way.

Features: * Over 100 new remedies * New seasonal guide
- how to make sure you have all the ingredients you need for a healthy body & mind all year round * New non-gardener's guide: if you're not green-fingered or don't have a garden James reveals how to identify plants & how to source good quality ingredients online * More about James's personal inspirations: how he came to a career in ethnobotany how he goes about living his own GYOD year & why a seasonal approach is important & easy to adopt * James's top tips & new gift flashes (perfect for cheap thoughtful presents) * New case studies: how people who've tried & tested the remedies have got on * New HOME section: brilliant natural & cheap remedies for home life. Contains pet flea powder horsetail metal polish wood polish carpet deodoriser




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Whether you're struggling with insomnia the kids have eczema or your partner is feeling under the weather this book could have the answer. With easy recipes ethnobotanist James Wong shows how to make simple creams salves teas & much much more from the stuff growing in your window box the local garden centre or in the hedgerows. Using the flowers fruit roots trees vegetables & herbs that are all around us James provides preparations to help relieve a whole range of common conditions including acne anxiety cold sores & general aches & pains
- plus great ideas for beauty treats such as bath bombs & shampoos. Inspired by his grandmother in Malaysia who taught him about the health-giving properties of plants James uses his top class academic knowledge to show how easy
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- it is to make creams lotions lozenges & more which can help relieve the symptoms of a variety of common complaints. He reveals how many plants contain the same active ingredients as over-the-counter drugs & chooses his Top 100 plants to grow or buy complete with ideas for a whole range of uses. So unleash the power of plants & soothe the symptoms of everyday ailments the natural way.


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No longer do we need a walled vegetable garden to grow succulent fresh produce for the kitchen. Large patio pots & grow bags can bring this useful hobby to the smallest of spaces. This is a book that introduces the basics in a picture-packed format. Everything that you could want for your new personal eating experience is here from veggies through herbs & fruits to the kitchen & the recipes to use for it all. Its all very accessible & simply laid out. It guides you one step at a time to become a real gardener. ...