"Grow Your Own" Books

We are proud to offer a great selection of "Grow Your Own" books.

These books have passed the "Valerie" test ... they contain usefull information, and it is well presented.

Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies.

All About Apples.

Espelier.

Just Nuts.

Berry Bounty.

Jackie French's Chook Book.

4-H Guide to Raising Chickens.

Keeping your own free-range Pigs.

The Bee Book. Bee Keeping Basics; Harvesting Honey; Beeswax, Candles and other Bee Business.

Blueprints for Harmoniuous Gardens. Give any Garden a lovely finishing touch with focal points.

Home Dairy. Keeping a house cow, goat or sheep. How to make cheese, yoghurt, and other dairy products.

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Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies by Penny Woodward #1183 (top of page) Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies - Penny Woodward Rec. Retail $26.95 Our Price $25.60 Australia Only. Worried about the contents of "Off-The-Shelf" pills & potions ? Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies puts you back in control. Deal effectively with unsettling, uncomfortable, or debilitating ailments. Save yourself and your family many a trip to doctor, pharmacist or natural therapist. Grow the herbs you love, then make your own infusions, teas, salves, ointments, and rubs. Most remedies take less time to make than it does to jump into a car and drive to a chemist or health-food shop - and they are FREE! Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies shows you how to use:       peppermint tea for indigestion fennel seed to reduce appetite and promote weight loss basil wash for itchy skin conditions sage tea at the first sign of a cold infused thyme oil for sore muscles and to promote healing ginger tea for a hangover lemon balm to lift your mood and ease depression and much, much more

All About Apples by Allen Gilbert #1180 (top of page) All About Apples is a comprehensive, reliable and informative guide to apples old and new, their care, pest and disease control, propogation and harvesting. Allen Gilbert has extensive experience as a horti~culturist working for government and in the media. The author of many books (several Yates guides and Hyland Houses Tomatoes for Everyone and Climbers and Creepers, he continues to write for magazines and newspapers and makes regular TV and radio appearances on national gardening programs. Grow your own apples More apples and less work with Allen Gilbert's new pruning system. Treat yourself and your friends to the true raste of apples from bygone years. Improvr your success reate with Allen Gilberts new grafting technique. Espalier apple trees for unusual landscape effects. Grow more than ten different apple varieties on a single tree. First steps to small-scale orcharding for hobby farmers and retirees - including profiles of some working orchards. All About Apples - Allen Gilbert Rec. Retail $31.95 Our Price $30.35 Australia Only.

Espelier by Allen Gilbert #1241 (top of page) Espalier: Beautiful, Productive Garden Walls and Fences. A review by Angela Reimann, Salisbury Library Service In today’s small gardens – our havens of private space – it makes sense to aim for planting which is cunningly arranged. A garden where you have space for a few fruit trees as nothing tastes better than home picked fruit. Imagine lots of shade in summer and hot west facing walls draped with cooling greenery. The ancient walled gardens of Iran were known for just such spaces. Maybe earlier people created a kind of Espalier, but it is the Persians who are first credited with this art. Espalier is the art of training trees into two-dimensional shapes or flat plane designs. In Europe espalier became fashionable during the Middle Ages and beyond. And today, we can adapt this shaping of plants to our own good use. What I like about Allan Gilbert’s book is that he knows what will work for Australian conditions. Gilbert is a respected horticulturalist and once ran an orchard in Tasmania. This is where he experimented with espalier – on apple, pear and almond trees. He also traveled to European old gardens and there are many good photos in the book. Allen Gilbert’s book also gives a whole chapter on selecting the right plants for espalier. Australia’s longer, sunnier summers means that we have a greater variety to select from than in the northern hemisphere. Good plants should be able to be bent slowly into shape. Brittle branches are unsuitable. Australian plants are often hardy and tolerate heavy pruning. Bottlebrush, Grevillea, Correa and Erimophila species work well and have low water needs. Espalier - Allen Gilbert Rec. Retail $29.95 Our Price $28.45 Australia Only.

Just Nuts by Allen Gilbert #1185 (top of page) Cultivation & Propogation   -   Pests & Diseases   -   Harvesting & Uses Just Nuts - Allen Gilbert Rec. Retail $29.95 Our Price $28.45 Australia Only. The word 'nut' has the same origins as 'nutrient' and 'nourish', so it's not surprising that nuts are one of the world's staple foods. We can all enjoy the abundant and versatile produce of nut trees by growing them ourselves. whether in the home garden, hobby farm or commercial orchard. Just Nuts will make it easy. Allen Gilbert lives on Tasmania’s Bruny Island where he and his partner have developed a horticultural enterprise and a self-sufficient lifestyle. Allen has extensive experience as a professional horticulturalist and is the author of many books, including Hyland House's Tomatoes for Everyone, Climbers and Creepers and All About Apples. Allen has written numerous articles on horticulture for national newspapers and magazines and is a popular radio presenter. Just Nuts is a comprehensive guide to; tree nuts, their cultivation, harvesting and use propogation, including Allen Gilbert's budding and grafting methods Allen Gilbert's pruning methods a selection of other popular nuts

Berry Bounty by Allen Gilbert #1289 (top of page) How to grow traditional and unusual berries, from strawberrie and blueberrie to feijoas, mangosteens, and tamarillos. With the increasing interest in 'super' berries and their health benefits it's good to know they can be grown organically, and that most are suited to small gardens and pots. They're not just delicious, but chock-full of: vitamins A, C and E; folic and amino acids; anti-oxidants; riboflavin; dietary fibre; & flavonoids. Rec. Retail $29.95 Our Price $28.45 Australia Only. Berry Bounty - Allen Gilbert

Jackie French's Chook Book.
#1184
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"There's nothing more beautiful than a mob of White Leghorns like sailing ships flying with the wind, comfortable Australorps in their fluffy black knickers dedicatedly sifting through the old tomato bed for insects and titbits, or a tribe of Isa Browns scratching under the lavender. There’s no sound as domestic, either, as a mob of chooks clucking in the backyard. lt gives you a feeling of safety and security. ” Use this book, and you’ll love chooks too: love to keep them, scratching about in your own backyard. and love to eat them, prepared from one of Jackie’s many mouth-watering chicken-and~egg recipes. This completely revised edition’s sections on poultry keeping and management have been greatly expanded, and are now illustrated with close to 100 full-colour photographs. Jackie French's Chook Book Rec. Retail $21.95 Our Price $20.85. Australia Only.

4-H Guide to Raising Chickens.
#1269
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If you have always dreamed of owning chickens, the 4-H Guide to Raising Chickens has everything you need to raise and exhibit your own flock. Each aspect of raising chickens is described in a step-by-step format that any person of any skill or age will be able to follow and master. The information in this book includes the following: Selecting a breed and acquiring birds Basic chicken management Feed and housing requirements Show advice and suggestions and much more! 4-H Guide to Raising Chickens Rec. Retail $24.99 Our Price $12.50. Australia Only.

Keeping your own free-range Pigs.
#1290
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Pigs are intelligent, challenging and fascinating creatures. They also taste great. This book will guide you in feeding and housing your pigs in a caring and cost-effective way, in an environment that supports your pigs' natural instincts. Written by long-time vegetarian turned pig-farmer ten Owens, it weaves valuable pig-raising information with the story of her family's experience of living with these intriguing animals. It is an honest account of their efforts to look after their animals with kindness whilst keeping in mind their goal of providing ethical, sustainable and delicious food for the table. Keeping your own free-range Pigs. - Jen Owens Rec. Retail $24.95 Our Price $23.70. Australia Only.

The Bee Book.
by
Ann Cliff
#1181
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The art of Bee keeping is no longer a mystery. Anyone interested in growing food, who wants to find out what a beehive or two will give them, even on such a small scale as the suburban backyard or the terrace-house garden, will find this book an indispensable introduction to bee keeping The Bee Book - Ann Cliff Rec. Retail $21.95 Our Price $20.85. Temporarily Out of Stock

Blueprints for Harmoniuous Gardens.
by
Tara Dillard
1378
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What makes a garden special? Focal points that attract the eye turn each area into a habitat of graceful beauty, and make a strong first impression. Using dozens of inspiring photographs, plus detailed drawings that provide a map of all the elements, horticulturist Tara Dillard reveals her secrets for creating dazzling arrangements that are elegant (not overdone) and maintain their loveliness all Blueprints for Harmoniuous Gardens - Tara Dillard Rec. Retail $19.99 Our Price $10.00. Australia Only.

Home Dairy.
by
Ann Cliff
#1397
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Keeping a House Cow, Goat or Sheep & How to Make Cheese, Yoghurt & Other Dairy Products Like bread, wine or beer, making your own yoghurt, butter and cheese is fun. It's an age-old tradition - neither difficult nor complicated, and very rewarding. No room for a goat, cow or sheep? No matter. Just buy a few litres of milk and get straight into the process of making your own cream, butter, cheese and yoghurt. Home Dairy. - Ann Cliff Rec. Retail $24.95 Our Price $23.70. Australia Only.

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