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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

Making a haven for wildlife doesn t require acres of land in the countryside If you get the habitat and planting right then even the tiniest of urban gardens can host a variety of creatures from birds and bees to hedgehogs Covering everything from going organic to making a pond and turning your green space into a wildlife haven this book is for gardeners who want to apply a more holistic approach to gardening and create their own urban sanctuary Through a collection of simple projects that can be easily adapted for a variety of gardens and planting guides this book will help you to re connect with natural world on your own doorstep Jane Moore will draw on her 16 years of experience of creating an urban sanctuary in the heart of the city as she lays out the simple ways in which you can approach making even the smallest patch of land a haven for wildlife great or small

Un nuevo manual puesto al día, de lectura absorbente y extraordinariamente informativo, para todos aquellos interesados en las plantas y su utilidad. Constituye un amplio compendio por sus descripciones detalladas y sus excelentes fotografias de mas de 200 especies. Una obra practica por sus apartados sobre cultivo y aplicaciones de las hierbas en la vida cotidiana, la alimentacion y la salud; y fascinante por los nuevos conocimientos cientificos que aporta sobre la eficacia y las virtudes curativas de las hierbas.

Guía práctica de bolsillo para la identificación de las flores alpinas europeas, con 200 detallados dibujos y 225 fotografías en color, tomadas del natural. Un libro fascinante, ameno e instructivo.

Poseer tierras agrícolas ha sido considerado,durante mucho tiempo, como fuente de riqueza y segu ridad. Sin embargo, en el espacio de unos años, bajo elefecto conjugado de las crisis demográficas y de laslimitaciones económicas de la agricultura, el patri monio rústico ´no edificado´ ha perdido su valor,mientras que las cargas asociadas se mantenían cons tantes o aumentaban: tierras que en otros tiempos habían sido codiciadas ya no encuentran compradores. Este libro propone a los agricultores que deseen repoblar con árboles sus tierras agrícolas unagestión y unas soluciones técnicas y económicas sen cillas y apropiadas.