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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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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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 ...

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." ...