Written by expert allotment holders for those who want to get more from their plot, this is the must-have book for all would-be and existing allotmenteers and those who grow their own. Four RHS expert authors share their wisdom and experience on growing fruit, vegetables and flowers and getting the most out of allotment life.
Bob Flowerdew offers expert advice, beginning with demonstrating how to achieve a more continuous crop and then stepping into the kitchen to show you how to preserve and cook your inevitable glut by bottling, drying, jamming, smoking and storing. With ingenious ideas that will inspire you to get back out into the veggie patch, this is a book for all year round.
Pick from an A - Z of over 2,500 tried and tested plants and flowers that will keep your garden blooming from Spring to Winter. From trees to ferns, bulbs to climbers, you’ll find what to grow in tricky sites or particular situations. Whatever your level of gardening skill, the expert advice from the RHS will show you how to maintain interest and beauty throughout the year.
With specific monthly tasks for every part of the garden, expert plant advice, tips on organisation and over 1,000 photographs, this is the garden reference book that tells you what to do when and how to do it. Whether you’re a greenfingered expert or just starting out, the brand new edition of this popular book will provide all you need to enjoy 12 months of successful gardening.
This handy little book from the National Trust guides you through allotment life, from how to find one and how to plan one out to what to grow, crop rotation and how to store your harvest plus some of the best recipes to allow you to enjoy the fruits of your labour. Packed full of essential and up to date information, as well as plenty of practical gardening techniques, this authoritative book will help you to get the very best from your plot.
Whatever plant you’re looking for, you’ll find it here in this brand new edition of the perenially popular RHS Plant Finder. Featuring over 4,000 new entries you can browse through more than 73,000 plants. Correct botanical names will ensure you locate the right plant every time and handy contact details with maps for over 750 nurseries will help you track down and purchase your garden’s desire.
Self-sufficiency and organic living have never been more prominent and hen keeping is becoming increasingly popular. This authoritative book provides an introduction to some of the key aspects and benefits of keeping your own chickens. Packed with useful information - housing, food and water, daily care routines, disease prevention and cure, egg production and breeding - there is also comprehensive information on breeds and a list of useful contacts.
The information you need, when you need it - season by season, throughout the year. Say goodbye to dreary winter gardens and straggly late summer blooms. Create a garden that looks stunning in every season with this gloriously illustrated book, which is packed with advice on everything from flowers, shrubs and trees to fruit, vegetables, herbs, lawns and water gardens. This season-by-season gardening book contains a wealth of practical advice and inspirational ideas to guarantee success in the garden.
You won’t have to get up in the middle of the night to sow your carrots! Country folk know that planning their work in harmony with the rhythms of the moon produces better crops. It’s that easy. They get higher yields and better flavour in vegetables. Flowers produce stronger displays and heightened colour. This guide computes everything you need to know about the daily influence of the moon and the planets in the garden. With its full 15-month daily calendar, it creates an essential timetable for the year ahead and a fine means of self-discipline for keen gardeners.
This is a complete photoguide to all the wild flowers of Britain. There are 1039 main entries, which include wildflowers, shrubs, aquatic plants, grasses, sedges and rushes. A botanical hotspots section includes 100 rarer species and focuses on which places to visit in Britain which are particularly rich in flower species. The introduction gives information about habitats and general background information to making identifications. Comparison pages show different leaf shapes, flower clusters etc. so that you can quickly and easily navigate to the right section of the book to make your identification. Maps are included for all species to show where they can be found.