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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Joe Maiden
- grower horticulturist seed merchant nurseryman
- has had a huge following on local radio for an amazing thirty-six

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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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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. ...

Carol Klein is passionate about propagation. Her own garden Glebe Cottage in Devon as seen on Gardeners World is almost grown entirely from cuttings & seeds & in this book shes on a mission to share her joy in working with nature to cultivate the plants she loves. Too often gardeners are intimidated by propagation assume its not for them & go for ready-grown plants from the garden centre. But Carol a gifted communicator with her infectious enthusiasm boundless horticultural expertise & easy practical explanations shows just how simple & satisfying it is to grow your own plants not to mention sustainable & cheap. She demonstrates step-by-step how to divide herbaceous perennials nurture seedlings or grow new stock from root cuttings stems or leaves showing how there is no mystique involved & anybody can do it. In Grow Your Own Garden Carol" offers a refreshing new approach to propagation & just as she did with " Grow Your Own Veg" she brings her own unique style to an inspirational accessible & practical guide that will have great appeal to novices & more experienced gardeners alike." ...

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 ...