Gardening basics made easy--no green thumb required!Designed for the complete beginner, Teach Yourself Basic Gardening Skills shows you how to turn a patch of muddy ground into an easily maintainable
365 poems celebrating friendship, love and constancy. This wonderful collection of poems celebrates friendship every day of the year. There are poems on the joys of companionship, encouragement, con
A stunningly illustrated tribute to England, featuring poems by the country’s finest writers. From London's bustling streets to country green, from lords and ladies to brave soldiers lost in battle, t
Stairs, passages, light wells, the tops of fire escapes ? no site is too small for a garden, or the illusion of one. This book shows you how you can create a pocket handkerchief of a garden in even th
A nature poem for every day of the year, progressing through the months and seasons. Each poem is chosen to chime with the natural world at that time of year, reminding us to connect to the natural wo
A beautiful companion volume to A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year A daily fix of the natural world is the perfect comfort and distraction from the cares of everyday life. This sumptuous volume o
Berries are important both as a food source, and we revere them in literature and history, but we take them for granted. Raspberries are red because Zeus' nursemaid Ida, pricked her finger on the thor
Nuts - Growing and Cooking includes over seventy recipes from a spiced pecan and pumpkin salad, Christmas nut loaf to a walnut cake. Also included re storage and handling tips and ways to make your
From ‘Bing’ cherries, names after one of the Chinese workers in the 1870s Oregon cherry farm owned by Henderson Lewelling, to maraschino cherries which originated in Yugoslavia when a liqueur was adde
A sumptuous exploration reintroducing the forgotten quince, reviving pears and?plums, and including?many other edible delights, as well as how to grow them?Whether you fantasize about having a whole o
