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How To Grow Edibles in ContainersThis practical, well-illustrated guide includes more than 45 edible plants, along with delicious recipes.
From the author of the internationally successful How to Grow Microgreens, this companion volume is all about growing edible plants when you only have limited space. Fionna grows a huge range of crops throughout the year on her apartment balcony and writes candidly about the successes (and failures), of those plants that crop well or not, and she introduces some more unusual varieties such as water chestnut, ginger and tatsoi. With over 45 edible plants described, there is something for all tastes and seasons. Fionna again includes delicious recipes with suggestions on how to use the produce you grow so that you can enjoy salads and cooked vegetables from your garden all year round. There is a chapter on encouraging children to grow their own favourite container edibles (children enjoy vegetables so much more when they have grown them themselves), as well as troubleshooting any issues with your container plants and easy instructions on watering and plant nutrition. |
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How To Grow Microgreens: Nature's Own SuperfoodMicrogreens are the first true leaves of herbs and vegetables -- and today's hottest gourmet garnish.
Microgreens is a practical guide to growing arugula and other popular mini-greens that offer a multitude of colors, textures and distinct flavors, as well as high levels of concentrated active compounds. Microgreens pack a powerful nutritional punch, are easily grown in containers as small as a bowl and can be ready to harvest in a week, giving quick rewards for the effort. Fionna Hill offers expert guidance on successfully growing, harvesting and preparing the 20 most popular microgreens, including arugula, beet, kale, radish, wheatgrass and basil. Her comprehensive instructions explain which containers and growing media to use, how to prepare and sow the seeds, when and how to harvest and how best to store the bounty. The book also includes 15 easy recipes that make the most of microgreens, including:
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A Green Granny's Garden: A Year of the Good Life in Grey LynnWritten from her experiences of her first year in a city community garden, Fionna documents the sheer delight and pleasure of exploring urban gardening as a beginner in a communal environment. The experience brought her immense joy and some wild and wonderful moments of unexpected humour. In a breathtakingly honest, direct and fabulously original and delightfully wacky way, she takes the reader by the hand and shares her exploits, adventures, misadventures, successes, failures and enthusiasms as she discovers what works and what doesn't.
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CelebrationsDesigned to help the reader plan the perfect celebration, this book is full of tips for simple preparations, together with easy recipes for old favourites and sumptuous new options. In addition, there are lots of smart ideas for creating stunning decorations for maximum effect with minimum effort. Celebrations don't have to be costly either, and making your own gifts is a fun way of giving something really special. Included are straightforward instructions for making such edible delights as truffles and cakes, as well as floral gifts, trimmed boxes and other decorative presents.
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Country Style FlowersFionna Hill shares her eye for the unusual and the decorative, and makes suggestions on how you can express your own sense of what is beautiful. Her distinctive country style is given full rein , as she displays her mastery of the subtle colours and textures that bring the charm of the countryside and the forest floor indoors.
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