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Gardening
Chicken Coops for the Soul
By Julia Hollander
Hardback
Published 05-May-2006
| RRP: | £12.99 |
| Our price: | £8.99 |
| You save: | £4.00 |
Charts the joys, challenges and inevitable moments of disappointment that face aspiring poultry keepers. This title explains which breeds are most productive, why some hens lay double-yolkers, and how we have the Second World War to thank for our ability to tell newly hatched male and female chicks apart.
In stock, usually despatched within 24 hours.
Allotment Keeper's Handbook
By Jane Perrone
Hardback
Published 11-Jan-2007
| RRP: | £14.99 |
| Our price: | £11.99 |
| You save: | £3.00 |
Acts as a guide to managing your own organic vegetable patch. Filled with advice, from how to choose an allotment and test its soil to knowing your chickweed from your chicory, this book steers a carefree course through the trials, errors and frustrations of starting a kitchen garden.
This item is currently re-printing. You may still order this book and we will despatch it as soon as it becomes available.
Forgotten Fruits
By Christopher Stocks
Paperback
Published 07-May-2009
| RRP: | £8.99 |
| Our price: | £7.19 |
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Tells the stories behind Britain's rich heritage of fruit and vegetables. This book features the social and natural history that can appeal to gardeners and food aficionados.
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Gardening SOS
By Lia Leendertz
Hardback
Published 03-Mar-2006
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From ridding yourself of Spanish bluebells and sourcing climbers which cover your neighbours' unsightly fence, to encouraging bees and the right kind of bugs and deterring unwanted pests and diseases; week by week and season by season, this title answers the various gardening questions you can think of, and quite a few more besides.
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Playground Potting Shed
By Dominic Murphy
Paperback
Published 03-Mar-2006
| RRP: | £8.99 |
| Our price: | £6.99 |
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Relating how he helped his local school establish a garden and grow an array of flowers, fruit and vegetables during term-time, the author describes the triumphs and the setbacks he encountered while getting the gardening club off the ground, and shares advice on environmentally friendly pest control to avoid troublesome varieties of vegetables.
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Notes from the Garden
By Ruth Petrie
Hardback
Published 01-Apr-2005
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Gathers together writings on various aspects of British gardening, from the nineteenth century plant hunters such as 'China' Wilson and the Veitches, who brought seeds and specimens from every corner of the world, to the designers such as Capability Brown and Gertrude Jekyll, who set their mark on gardening styles.
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Cuttings
By Christopher Lloyd
Paperback
Published 03-Apr-2008
| RRP: | £14.99 |
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A book on gardening. It is written by the author who took interest in preparing the ground, planting for summer scent, choosing a shrub for all-year round pleasure, pruning, going organic, cottage gardens, placing a favourite hellebore, thinking about conifers or growing your own veg.
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