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A comprehensive photographic identification guide to all of the native trees and shrubs of Great Britain and Ireland and many of the common non native species Trees of Britain and Ireland is packed with practical information photos and illustrations that will help you identify trees throughout the year It covers all of Great Britain and Ireland s native trees and shrubs as well as a range of ornamental and widely planted trees from other areas of the world This guide also offers an overview of tree biology and ecology describes the importance of trees as habitats and presents a brief history of British and Irish treescapes Includes more than 3 000 photographs and 270 illustrations showing key identification features of each tree and highlighting some of the animals plants fungi and lichens that depend on it Covers all 113 native trees and shrubs including all 42 currently recognised Whitebeam species as well as 190 common non native species and subspecies Features keys that allow easy accurate comparison of similar species up to date distribution maps and charts that summarise when trees flower fruit and leaf Explains how you can help with practical tree conservation

This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 and is still widely accepted as the best of its kind for its combination of meticulous illustrations and the use of keys to aid recognition For this new edition the Latin names have been revised in accordance with the current classification system It is now published as the ideal book for the serious student of British and north west European wild plants providing a bridge between picture identification guides and the non illustrated academic floras

An illustrated mini encyclopedia about the weird and wonderful world of lichensLichenpedia is a delightfully entertaining and beautifully illustrated A Z treasury about the strange obscure and remarkable world of lichens from their unique and essential roles in nature and the ways they are used in dyeing brewing and drug making to how they have inspired writers and artists from Henry David Thoreau to modern painters In 100 brief entries written in a vivid lively style Kay Hurley introduces key aspects of lichen biology environmental roles emerging uses scientific history and myth She describes the variety of forms that lichens take from leafy to filamentous to things reminiscent of skin diseases with imaginative names like witch s hair She explains the surprising ways that birds and beasts from reindeer and moose down to tiny tardigrades use lichens and how lichens survive in extreme environments from deserts to Antarctica to outer space Hurley also introduces some of the innovators who have advanced the knowledge of lichens from the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus to today s professional lichenologists With charming drawings by Susan Adele Edwards Lichenpedia promises to put you in touch with the natural world in a new way by opening your

Derek Jarman s garden is in the flat expanse of shingle that faces the nuclear power station in Dungeness Kent He mixed the flint shells and driftwood of Dungeness with indigenous and introduced plants This book is his own record of how this garden evolved from its beginnings in 1985

Esta magnífica colección ha sido especialmente concebida para satisfacer el creciente interés que experimenta nuestra sociedad por el conocimiento de la naturaleza. En ella se hallan de manera exhaustiva todos aquellos temas vinculados con el entorno de prácticamente cualquier especie vegetal o animal. Las Guías de Naturaleza Blume constituyen una fuente de información sorprendente y están totalmente ilustradas con bellas fotografías tomadas directamente sobre el terreno de investigación. Minuciosas descripciones, detalles interesantes sobre costumbres, determinación del hábitat, incidencias en el entorno y datos generales de interés científico convierten a estas guías en rigurosos trabajos de campo.

Incluye consejos e instrucciones claras y detalladas para su empleo culinario, cosmético y medicinal.

El objetivo de este libro es facilitar la identificación de las plantas vasculares autóctonas o naturalizadas en la Península Ibérica e Islas Baleares. Por eso, una gran parte de la información que suministra se refiere a los caracteres que diferencian unas plantas de otras y se ha pretendido que la estructura de las descripciones ayude a una contraposicion rapida y facil. En resumen, la obra no se concibio como prolijamente descriptiva, sino como diagnostica en primer termino, si bien debido a la complejidad de la taxonomia de algunos generos han sido necesarias descripciones mas amplias, con lo que perdemos, en alguna medida, la homogeneidad en este punto

Este estudio se inicia con un amplio análisis del medio, incorporando aspectos fundamentales al medio físico, como son los legales y socioeconómicos. Continúa con los capítulos sobre flora y vegetación, realizando una catalogación exhaustiva e incorporando táxones que hasta ahora no habían sido considerados, convirtiéndose en el mejor inventario de especies vegetales para la zona existente en la actualidad.

Get in tune with the rhythms of nature with this month by month guide to foraging Learn how to identify wild plants correctly harvest them at their prime and use them in delicious recipes and relaxing wildcrafting projects Each plant is accompanied by photography to help with accurate identification Gathering wild food summons us to become active participants in our environment fostering a profound sense of connection to the natural world around us At the heart of foraging lies an intricate understanding of the changing seasons the landscape and the delicate ecosystems that thrive within Danielle Gallacher has been foraging for over 20 years and in The Forager s Almanac she shares her expertise on how to safely harvest our countryside s edible bounties and how to use them in your cooking such as pickles preserves ciders and lemonades Danielle also shares her top wildcrafting ideas including resin firelighters home remedies salves and balms to sooth irritated skin Fully illustrated throughout and divided into 12 months you will find practical information on how to get started and what kit to bring when and where to forage each plant with photographs for accurate identification medicinal and nutritional information for edible plants imag

Now in its third edition this is the ultimate guide to becoming self sufficient all year round by storing your garden produce Even half acre plots can grow enough to feed a family of four for an entire year yet with most produce ready to harvest in the summer and autumn many gardeners struggle to use all of their fresh fruit and vegetables before it spoils With proper storage techniques there s no need for any of your hard work to go to waste and you can enjoy home grown goodness all year round while saving money lowering your food miles and avoiding the plastic packaging of a typical supermarket shop Jam packed with creative storage techniques and 92 delicious recipes How to Store Your Garden Produce is beautifully organised to showcase the best ways to preserve your produce including dehydrating freezing fermenting and pickling Illustrated with aspirational photographs throughout the new edition features a useful A Z of garden produce with each entry detailing up to date recommended varieties improved storage methods and vegan alternatives in recipes to make the most of your harvests From strawberry wine and peach chutney to mushroom ketchup and celeriac soup learn simple and enjoyable techniques for preserving your produce with this handy guide

This brand new title in our ever popular series of Concise Guides will bring the delights of foraging to a new audience A practical pocket guide to the edible berries shoots leaves roots flowers and fungi of Britain and Europe This field guide includes accurate artwork to help with identification as well as information on where to find different species their descriptions and habitats and ideas on how to prepare and eat them

SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The Garden Jungle is a wonderful introduction to the hundreds of small creatures with whom we live cheek by jowl and of the myriad ways that we can encourage them to thrive The Garden Jungle is about the wildlife that lives right under our noses in our gardens and parks between the gaps in the pavement and in the soil beneath our feet Wherever you are right now the chances are that there are worms woodlice centipedes flies silverfish wasps beetles mice shrews and much much more quietly living within just a few paces of you Dave Goulson gives us an insight into the fascinating and sometimes weird lives of these creatures taking us burrowing into the compost heap digging under the lawn and diving into the garden pond He explains how our lives and ultimately the fate of humankind are inextricably intertwined with that of earwigs bees lacewings and hoverflies unappreciated heroes of the natural world The Garden Jungle is at times an immensely serious book exploring the environmental harm inadvertently done by gardeners who buy intensively reared plants in disposable plastic pots sprayed with pesticides and grown in peat cut from the ground Goulson argues that gardens could become places where we can reconnect with nature

Crisp and refreshing Pen Vogler The Spectator Sin cider and apple crumble the 10 000 year story of the world s most tempting fruit The Apple A Delicious History takes the reader on an extraordinary journey from the apple s prehistoric beginnings in the Tian Shan mountains of Kazakhstan to the explosion of commercial apple growing in twenty first century China Zigzagging across the centuries and straddling the globe Sally Coulthard explores how the apple travelled along the Silk Road from Central Asia to Europe appearing as an erotically charged symbol in Greek myth and poetry and even featuring in the shopping list of a senior Roman officer stationed on Hadrian s Wall She samples the cider that flowed from the emperor Charlemagne s orchards in the early Middle Ages and relishes the crispness of the yellow sweeting the first new apple variety to be cultivated in seventeenth century America And she discovers why despite the existence of more than 7500 varieties of apple from the ubiquitous Granny Smith to the purple skinned Black Diamond of Tibet only a handful of cultivars are available in modern supermarkets Amplified by mouth wateringly appley recipes and the stories behind them The Apple A Delicious History embraces not only culinary horticul

A special important book of hope action and integrity Mark Diacono food and garden writer After reading Adam s book I won t look at a handful of seed the same way again Joe Swift garden designer writer presenter BBC s Gardeners WorldAcross the world chefs farmers plant scientists and backyard growers are doing something extraordinary creating new generations of fruit vegetables and cereals all bred specifically to flourish locally taste delicious and contribute to our food future In The Accidental Seed Heroes Adam Alexander dons his seed detective homburg to meet these twenty first century seed heroes who are not only championing traditional varieties but also breeding delicious new ones that will help create a sustainable future for our planet We don t all need to become backyard breeders or even like Adam accidental ones We don t even need to eschew as growers the modern hybrid cultivars our seed catalogues are stuffed with or as consumers boycott those same uninspiring specimens that populate our supermarket shelves Adam just wants that choice to be better informed and infinitely more diverse and enjoyable This story is a celebration of the locally and sustainably grown produce whether traditional or innovative that is at the hear