Good Housekeeping- Best of the 1950′s
Published Date: 20/10/2008 Publisher: Anova Books Imprint: Collins & Brown Hardback A facsimile reproduction of the food, fashion, fiction and fitness features that formed the backbone of Britain’s wartime homemaking. Including stories and adverts, along with the cleaning and craft tips that defined the ‘make do and mend’ generation, it includes features ranging from managing without milk to how to get on with Americans.
Price: 14.99
Herbs – Simple Projects For The Weekends
Publisher: Ryland Peters and Small Paperback, 110 pages This inspirational but practical book contains 20 exciting projects for evocative planting schemes, each simple enough to complete in a weekend. Whether you prefer formal knot gardens, colourful or aromatic herb beds, culinary herb gardens or herbs in cottage-style containers, this book shows you how to make the most of herb foliage and flowers. With tempting photography by Marianne Majerus.
Price: 9.99
Household Wisdom by Tessa Evelegh
Published Date: 24/05/2008 Publisher: Anness Publishing Imprint: Lorenz Books Hardback In our busy lives we often feel a nostalgic yearning for a simpler way of life, when the household products we used, the food we ate, and the medicines that cured us were organic in nature. Household Wisdom is packed with tips, recipes and remedies that will enhance the pleasure of everyday living in a way that is kind to the environment, your home and yourself. There are recipes for old-fashioned cleaning products guaranteed to add sparkle and scent to the home, and enchanting projects to make, such as aromatic padded hangers for the wardrobe. From grandmother’s medicine chest there are healing herbal remedies and a range of delightful beauty products, while for the pantry there are recipes for home-made chutneys, pickles, preserves and vinegars, all made using natural ingredients.
Price: 6.99
My Garden Journal
With a colourful loose-leaf section and storage pockets, this practical journal is designed to grow with the garden. It provides the ideal place to make notes as the seasons change and record those vital plans for the next year of successful gardening. Enthusiastic gardeners will love the seasonal reminders, the yearly planner and the value of having all the information they need together in one place. Size: 24 x 23 cm
Price: 15.99
New Kitchen Garden
Ryland Peters and Small Paperback, 140 pages 235 x 228 mm Nothing beats the flavour of home-grown produce. With down-to-earth advice from Adam Caplin, discover the satisfaction of growing your own herbs, vegetables and fruit organically and harvesting them to make delicious, healthy meals. Adam focuses on plants that are easy to grow and shows how creating a kitchen garden can be simple, and possible even if your outdoor space is no more than a patio. Kitchen Garden Basics covers getting started and explains why the organic approach produces such satisfying results. The core of the book Gardening with Herbs, Vegetables and Fruit profiles all the popular varieties of edibles, grouped by type, and looks in detail at their virtues and cultivation requirements. Adam also looks at the plants’ decorative qualities, showing how they can be grown on their own in beds and containers, in mixed borders, and combined with flowers, for their ornamental as well as their nutritional value. The gardening advice is followed by 35 mouthwatering vegetarian recipes from Celia Brooks Brown.
Price: 12.99
Organic Kitchen Garden
Pub Date:2 March 2009 New in Paperback. 160 Pages Size 253 x 201 mm Organic Kitchen Garden is a fully illustrated, highly practical guide to growing your own organic fruit and vegetables, published in association with Gardens Illustrated, the UK’s favourite gardening magazine. Practical, beautiful and an invaluable gardening reference, Organic Kitchen Garden shows you how to grow your own food and discover the taste of really fresh fruit and vegetables, and more. The book explains how to set up your vegetable patch, how to prepare the soil, choose and care for your crops and stagger your harvest across the seasons. Each chapter covers a different crop, from salads, beans and brassicas to onions, potatoes and root vegetables, as well as more unusual crops such as fennel, pak choi and seakale. Also includes helpful monthly lists to remind you which jobs need doing when and tips on composting,weed control, plant health care, pest and disease control and watering.
Price: 14.99
