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The Allotment Keeper's Handbook: A Down-to-earth Guide to Growing Your Own Food (Hardcover) by Jane Perrone (Author)
"The Allotment Keeper's Handbook" is a no-nonsense guide to managing your own organic vegetable patch. Packed with invaluable advice, from how to choose an allotment and test its soil to knowing your chickweed from your chicory, it offers an enjoyable and inspiring shortcut through the trials, errors and frustrations of starting a kitchen garden. Dispensing with the strict calendar-based advice usually found in gardening manuals, Jane Perrone steers a carefree course through the gardener's year. Featuring a full chapter devoted to harvesting, a history of allotments, an exhaustive section on crop rotation, 'spotlights' on unusual vegetables, fun monthly projects and a glossary to cut through garden jargon, this book is all you will need to get growing. COVER PRICE £14.99
ISBN: 9781843545484
Price: £13.49
The Complete Book of Plant Propagation (Paperback) by Deni Bown (Author), Mike Honour (Author), Clive Innes (Author), Martin Rickard (Author), et al (Author)
This book reveals how simple and satisfying propagating your own plants can be. A general introduction explains when and why propagation is necessary, then 12 horticultural experts discuss different groups of plants individually. Throughout the book individual plants are the main focus, with all appropriate propagation methods discussed in detail, and clarified by sequences of straightforward step-by-step drawings. Tips and practical advice are accompanied by inspirational ideas for using your new-found knowledge. At the end of each chapter is an A-Z list of plants. Easy-to-read symbols give you essential information at a glance. COVER PRICE £14.99
isbn: 9781840009156
Price: £13.49
The Essential Guide to Gardening Techniques (Hardcover) by Susan Berry (Author)
This encyclopedia of gardening techniques includes the very best gardening practices, old and new. The principles of planning, planting and maintaining a garden, propagating plants, establishing a kitchen garden, growing in containers and keeping lawns and other features looking their best are explained clearly and in detail. Backed up by simple, step-by-step projects and photographs, the projects show you how to master techniques required for success. Complete with a comprehensive plant directory describing plants for all situations, this book is an indispensable garden companion. COVER PRICE £25.00
isbn: 1853919780
Price: £12.99
The Garden Handbook (Hardcover) by Ian Cooke (Author)
"The Garden Handbook" is a 'how to do it book!' In 192 fact-filled pages, Ian Cooke, an experienced horticulturalist, explains how to tackle a raw new garden or tame an old overgrown one, and how to approach many common garden tasks from the basics of digging through to the fascinating skills of propagation. The production of fruit and vegetables for home consumption is thoroughly covered as well as ornamental gardening and lawncraft. Just starting and want to know what to do this month? Check out the Gardening Calendar. Confused by herbs, herbaceous and herbicide? Look it up in the glossary. Want to know how to plant a tree, make compost, construct pool or propagate blackcurrants? It's all here in "The Garden Handbook". COVER PRICE £12.99
ISBN: 9781845376703
Price: £11.69
Garden Techniques (Collins Practical Gardener) (Paperback) by Matthew Wilson
Full of practical tips and step-by-step instructions, Collins Practical Gardener, Garden Techniques is the absolute beginner's guide to gardening. Part of the tremendously successful Practical Gardener series, Garden Techniques will teach you the very basics of what gardening is all about and the skills and techniques needed to succeed. From flower to food gardening, this back-to-basics reference will teach you the importance different types of soil and how they work and explain how plants grow. It then shows how to plant and grow everything from trees and shrubs, climbers, roses, perennials, annuals/biennials, to vegetables, fruits and herbs. Also included are lawns, greenhouses, container and water gardening. Full of handy tips on planting, pruning and propagation techniques, Garden Techniques also covers feed, water, composting and weeding. Featuring a year-round guide to gardening techniques and an indispensable pests and diseases directory, which will help you identify what is wrong and how to control it. Contents: / Importance of soil - understanding how soils work, plant nutrition / How plants grow, what keeps them alive / Planting techniques / Pruning techniques / Propagation techniques / Growing trees and shrubs / Growing climbers / Growing roses / Growing perennials / Growing annuals/biennials / Growing vegetables / Growing fruit / Growing herbs / Container gardening / Greenhouses / Lawns / Water gardens / Weed control / Pest and disease control / Year-round guide to basic gardening techniques
isbn: 0007183968
Price: £6.99
How to Propagate (Hardcover) by John Cushnie
Not so many years ago, everyone who had a garden propagated their own plants. Nowadays, we are more inclined to nip down to the garden centre to buy anything from tiny cells of bedding plants to 3-metre climbers, but, in fact, most of the plants we grow in our gardens can be propagated with ease. Some of the techniques are almost foolproof, even for complete beginners; others are a bit more tricky, but all are readily achievable for the amateur gardener prepared to have a go, accept the occasional failure and revel in the triumphs. In addition to the techniques themselves, John gives detailed guidance on plant hygiene, temperature and humidity, timing and how to look after your newborn plants until they are ready to go out into the garden and fend for themselves. "How to Propagate" is a long overdue bible on propagation that will be indispensable to beginners and committed enthusiasts alike.
isbn: 1856266125
Price: £19.99
The Little Book of Gardening Tips (Little Books of Tips) (Paperback) by William Fortt (Author)
A desirable gift book; the perfect present for gardeners of all ages, at a price that will be hard to resist. The Little Book of Gardening Tips contains a plethora of facts, hints and tips about lawns, flowers, soil, pots and everything green-fingered. Learn how to tell the difference between soil that will kill your azaleas and soil that will give life to your old-fashioned roses. Instantly check when is the right time to sow your lawn seed and when is the wrong time to prune your yew hedge. The Little Book of Gardening Tips helps you make short work of a long job and shows you how the professionals go about their business.
ISBN: 9781904573357
Price: £2.99
Living Lawns: Design, Restore, Maintain, Enjoy (Paperback) by Andrew McIndoe (Author)
Most gardens have a lawn, but all too often it fails to live up to the gardener's expectations of a lush emerald sward due to the effects of neglect, wear and tear, drought, weeds and moss. This book will help you design your lawn, making it not only an attractive feature but an integral part of the planting. Restore a neglected lawn, so it becomes a part of teh garden that you want to admire all year round. Maintain your lawn, through a simple programme of cultivation, feeding, and moss and weed control. Enjoy your lawn, rather than seeing it as a chore that takes up time but still fails to reward. "Living lawns" will help you to achieve the lawn that suits your garden and your lifestyle. COVER PRICE £4.99
ISBN: 9780715327036
Price: £4.49
RHS Propagating Plants (Rhs) (Paperback) by Alan R. Toogood (Author)
From trees and shrubs to culinary herbs, this unequalled practical guide from the RHS offers invaluable advice on the successful propagation of all garden plants. Detailed A-Z listings on over 1,500 plants, together with specially commissioned photographs and colour illustrations show you every technique you will need. With unique tips from expert propagators, as well as general methodology, this book is a must-have for amateur and professional gardeners alike. COVER PRICE £16.99
isbn: 9781405315258
Price: £15.00
Plant Propagation A to Z (Paperback) by Geoff Bryant (Author)
Over 1000 plants are covered in this practical handbook, with specific instructions given for propagating over 500 popular garden varieties, including propagation by seed, cuttings and division as well as more advanced techniques which will enable readers to create plants to be proud of. cover price £14.99
isbn: 9780715318263
Price: £6.99
The Propagation Specialist (Paperback) by David Squire (Author), Gill Bridgewater (Editor), Alan Bridgewater (Editor)
Buying individual plants can be expensive, so many people attempt to raise their own, both to save money and for the incredible satisfaction the whole process brings. "The Propagation Specialist" covers every aspect of the art of propagation, from the philosophy behind creating plants, to the easiest ones to grow and the best materials and equipment to have to hand. In-depth explanations of the various propagation methods - including seeds and cuttings, division and layering, and budding and grafting - are included, as well as an at-a-glance A-Z listing of ideal propagation plants for the home, garden and allotment. Pitched at both novice and experienced gardeners, this book will prove to be a valuable reference resource time and again. COVER PRICE £4.99
ISBN: 9781845374846
Price: £4.49
RHS Easy Pruning: Simple Steps to Success (RHS) (Paperback)
This book presents simple steps to gardening success, from the experts at the RHS. Follow RHS show-how and know-how for a garden that looks great all year round (whatever size it is); from roses and apple trees to hydrangeas and honeysuckle, inspirational tips and techniques on why it's good to prune, when to do it, how to do it well, what not to prune, training, shaping and more guarantee success. You can get perfect results: whether you're a green-fingered guru or a gardening novice. For more step-by-step gardening advice, pick up other titles from this series. COVER PRICE £6.99
ISBN: 9781405316859
Price: £6.30
Rejuvenating a Garden (Paperback) by Stephen Anderton (Author)
Anyone who has ever inherited a garden knows the difficulties of coping with what is there already. When faced with such a prospect, the cry is always 'Where do I start?' This book sets out to make the prospect less daunting. Following Stephen Anderton's clear, no-nonsense advice, you start by assessing the existing garden and understanding your own needs. Then you learn you to do the job: identifying existing plants, saving important ones; clearing,pruning, installing new structures and replanting. The third section of the book is a substantial pruning directory covering lawns, trees, herbaceous plants, climbers and much more. COVER PRICE £12.99
isbn: 9781856264358
Price: £5.99
Seedheads in the Garden (Hardcover) by Noel Kingsbury, Jo Whitworth (Illustrator)
Seedheads bring impact to late summer borders and linger to provide interest well into autumn and winter. They look dramatic set against a backdrop of fading flowers, associate well with grasses and native plants, and are key components of the naturalistic garden in which every phase of a plant is enjoyed from first shoot to final decay. After providing historical context, Noel Kingsbury explains how plants reproduce and participate in the garden's wider ecology, and explores seedheads' role in diverse gardens worldwide. At the heart of the book is a plant directory in which Kingsbury's hand-picked selection describes the particular characteristics of each plant's seedheads and grades them according to their value and persistence. Jo Whitworth's compelling photographs capture the individual character of each seedhead and open our eyes to the intricate shapes, tempting textures and dense monochromes of seedheads.
isbn: 0881927961
Price: £20.00
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