"Growing your own vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers? This is the complete practical guide to growing your own vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers in an allotment, shown in over 530 hands-on photographs and illustrations. It explains how to get started on your allotment, from finding and applying for a site to assessing the conditions, planning the design and planting your first crops. It contains step-by-step instructions for essenti ..."
"This title tells you how to create vegetable, fruit and herb gardens using completely organic techniques. This is a practical guide to natural gardens, showing how to apply organic principles to all aspects of garden planning, design and maintenance. It contains over 600 photographs, including illustrated step-by-step sequences to show how to achieve the best results in ornamental, wildlife and kitchen gardens. It covers all the basic t ..."
Backyard Wildlife(Reprint) How to Attract Bees, Butterflies, Insects, Birds, Frogs and Animals Into Your Garden by Michael Lavelle, ChristineLavelle Hardcover, 128 Pages, Published 2015 by Lorenz Books Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-85723-003-4, ISBN: 0-85723-003-4
"Including practical instructions for designing and planting beautiful gardens that welcome wildlife, this book explains how good garden design can attract native insects, birds and animals, with the aim of creating a wildlife habitat in ..."
"This is a complete guide to growing and cooking perfect natural produce, with over 150 step-by-step recipes. It deals with growing and cooking food the natural way, with chemical-free gardening and delicious organic recipes. It is packed with practical advice to help you achieve outstanding results in all aspects of designing and maintaining an organic garden. It also deals with growing organic fruits and vegetables, with advice on soil ..."
"In addition, the book shows how to encourage beneficial garden species and deal with the problematic species that enter our gardens. This is the ideal sourcebook for first-time gardeners and dedicated wildlife enthusiasts everywhere."
"Turn your garden into a wildlife haven by growing the right plants to encourage beneficial insects, aquatic life, backyard birds and animals. This title includes illustrated directories of over 200 plant species, from annuals, bulbs and pond plants, to shrubs, trees and climbers, with practical advice on cultivation and uses. It features 80 of the most common garden bird species, with identification illustrations and natural history inf ..."
"This book contains essential facts about the habitats, feeding preferences and behaviour of each type of garden wildlife, including their life cycles and how you can supplement their natural diet. It explains how to select the best plants for the creatures that live in your area, with practical advice on cultivation, propagation, the types of wildlife they attract, and how they are used as food and shelter. It includes ideas for closely ..."
"This title includes practical instructions for designing and planting beautiful gardens that welcome wildlife, through step-by-step instructions with explanations of how wildlife will benefit. It covers all kinds of ideas for feeding and sheltering wildlife, such as bird feeders, log piles, toad houses, bee nesting boxes, butterfly roosting houses, bird boxes, habitat stacks and hibernation sites. It features annotated planting plans fo ..."
"This work talks about growing and cooking food the natural way, with over 500 gardening tips and 150 step-by-step organic recipes. It is packed with practical advice and clear, step-by-step sequences that will help you to achieve outstanding results in all aspects of designing and maintaining a natural organic garden and using the produce in hundreds of delicious and nutritional recipes. It provides a plant by plant directory to growing ..."
Garden Wildlife How To Attract Bees, Butterflies, Insects, Birds, Frogs And Animals Into Your Backyard by Michael Lavelle, ChristineLavelle, Peter Anderson Paperback, 128 Pages, Published 2014 by Southwater ISBN-13: 978-1-84681-786-1, ISBN: 1-84681-786-2
"This title shows you how to attract bees, butterflies, insects, birds, frogs and animals into your backyard. It features practical instructions for designing and planting beautiful gardens that welcome wildlife. It includes wild flower meadows, ponds, hedges, trees, shrubs, woodland edges, climbing plants, flower borders, herb and vegetable gardens, roof gardens and patios. It offers ideas for feeding and sheltering wildlife, such as bi ..."
"This is the complete guide to growing fruit, vegetables and herbs on an allotment, packed with easy-to-follow advice and illustrated with more than 800 photographs. It offers everything you need to know, from clearing and planning to planting, growing, harvesting and maintenance, with beautiful plant directories and a seasonal calendar. It contains step-by-step guides to a wide range of essential techniques, such as testing and preparin ..."
"This is a practical directory of garden produce with over 250 photographs. It is a comprehensive guide to vegetables, fruit and herbs, with advice on how to grow them in a healthy and chemical-free environment. It offers practical introduction illustrates the basic gardening materials and techniques you will need for successful organic gardening, helping you to grow beautiful and tasty produce for your kitchen. It offers guidance for ch ..."
"This illustrated compendium shows readers how to create an organic garden, whether they want a family orientated space, a small town garden or a large kitchen garden. There is practical information on all the main aspects of organic gardening from soil preparation to weed control and feeding."
Organic Gardening(Updated) A practical guide to natural gardens, from planning and planting to harvesting and maintenance by ChristineLavelle, Michael Lavelle, Peter Anderson Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Southwater Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-84476-939-1, ISBN: 1-84476-939-9
"This is an essential reference guide to natural gardening, showing how to apply organic principles to all aspects of garden planning, design and maintenance and illustrated with over 800 colour photographs. It is packed with practical advice, step-by-step sequences to show you how to achieve the best results, directories of all the main vegetables, fruit and herbs, and an easy-to-use calendar of the vital garden tasks. It is named 'Prac ..."
The Practical Step-By-Step Book of Allotment Gardening(1st Edition) The complete guide to growing fruit, vegetables and herbs on an allotment, packed with ... illustrated with more than 800 photographs by ChristineLavelle, Michael Lavelle Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2010 by Lorenz Books Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-7548-2302-5, ISBN: 0-7548-2302-4
"In this new book, experts Michael and Christine Lavelle guide the budding allotmenteer through every step, from applying and early planning to planting and harvesting. Information on tools, equipment and soil management follows, along with a chapter on what to grow where, crop rotation, companion planning and growing both outdoors and in a greenhouse. Techniques such as sowing, propagation, feeding, watering, pruning, harvesting and sto ..."
"Creating and maintaining a beautiful garden that is safe and natural is becoming increasingly popular as we begin to understand the benefits of adopting an organic way of life. The Organic Garden is an indispensable guide to using organic methods to create flourishing ornamental and wildlife gardens. There is also a vital section on kitchen gardening that reflects our growing interest in eating and producing fresh, healthy and chemical- ..."
How to Create a Wildlife Garden(Illustrated) Complete instructions for designing and planting wildlife habitats, with over 40 practical projects, a directory of 70 wildlife species and 800 photographs by ChristineLavelle, Michael Lavelle, Peter Anderson Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 2007 by Lorenz Books Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-0-7548-1760-4, ISBN: 0-7548-1760-1
"How to Create a Wildlife Garden Most gardeners view themselves as nature lovers, with one of the most enjoyable aspects of creating and maintaining a garden lying in the feeling of closeness to nature. It often comes as a surprise to many, however, that their garden is an essential home. Full description"