Fans of Food for Free will be delighted at this new format -- ideal for carrying in a rucksack. Over 100 edible plants are featured together with recipes and other interesting culinary information. With details on how to pick, when to pick and regulations on picking.

Britain's best loved gardener, Monty Don, presents in a lavish format some of the most extraordinary gardens he visited in his successful BBC television series AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 GARDENS.

Monty Don's intimate record in his own words and photographs of the garden he has created from scratch over the past fifteen years.

Whatever the season, this guide to gardening all year round features specific monthly tasks for various parts of the garden, expert plant advice, tips on organisation and over 1,000 photographs. It tells you what to do when, and also shows you how to do it.

Tells how to grow vegetables and plants in allotments, window boxes, window sills, and gardens. This book also tells how to grow herbs, what to grow when you don't have a garden, and growing plants with kids.

This updated edition contains new chapters on baby vegetables and the modern easy ways to grow food crops. There is an enlarged chapter on herbs, with details of new varieties which have appeared in the past few years.

A guide to the core plumbing principles and processes. It includes the regulations on heat-raising appliances and updates on relevant environmental issues and sanitation. It is suitable for Plumbing NVQs Levels 2 & 3, and Heating & Ventilation NVQs Levels 2 & 3.

An informative study of planting theory and practice. Beginning with the building blocks of planting design, it illustrates some of the huge choice in terms of form, texture and colour. It includes a chapter that explains, with the use of planting plans and diagrams, how to combine these basic elements to create sculptural planting schemes.

A fascinating portrait of country life across the centuries, as told by the nation's greatest diarists.

Gives advice that gardeners need to grow a year-round supply of healthy fruit and vegetables for their table. This book starts with planning what to grow and where to grow it, whether that's an allotment, a series of containers, raised bed or veg patch, then how to get the best from your soil, and how to get started.

A guide to growing your own salads, herbs, veg and fruit. Suitable for beginners, it contains practical and seasonal advice, many hints and tips for successful growing, delicious recipes and Weekend Projects to help you make the most of your outdoor area, however small.

A biodynamic sowing and planting calendar. It shows the optimum days for sowing, pruning and harvesting various plants and crops, as well as working with bees. It is presented in colour with clear symbols and explanations. It also includes a pullout wallchart which can be pinned up in a barn, shed or greenhouse as a handy quick reference.

Helps you learn how to grow vegetables from seed, maintain mature plants, keep the pests at bay and produce a sustainable crop in your vegetable garden. This work includes advice on feeding, watering and combating pests, weeds and diseases. It offers practical tips on preparing and improving soil.

* The follow-up to 2008's reissue of Mr Middleton's Digging for Victory * A facsimile reissue of a 1945 wartime gardening guide * By the wartime BBC gardening guru, Mr Middleton * Full of fascinating period advertisements and handy tips for money-saving vegetable and fruit growing * Perfect Christmas gift for credit-crunch times

The author created Shabby Chic: a peaceful, practical way of living that embraces a respect for the things in our lives we hold dear and keeps them at the heart of our homes. This work features chapters according to location, and begins with the author's breathtaking Los Angeles residence.

Whether you're struggling with insomnia, the kids have eczema, or your partner is feeling under the weather, this book could have the answer.

Celebrates the transforming magic of trees, exploring the 'fifth element' of wood as it exists in nature, in our souls, in our culture and our lives.

An illustrated study of Ninfa in Italy, widely regarded as the most romantic garden in the world.

Contains hundreds of solutions to your housekeeping needs. From ovens to fridges to bathrooms, red wine rings, and foul smelling microwaves, this book contains answers to cleaning questions you can think of.

An anthology in words and pictures of all the pleasures to be had in a garden