The coast of Britain and Ireland measures some 12, 000 miles and thats not counting dozens of offshore islands. This book explores everything from structures both natural and manmade, wildlife and natural history and even myths and legends.
Are the creatures that live in your garden friends or foes? How can you discourage the bad and nurture the good? How does each animal fit into the essential garden ecosystem? Find the answers in the verdicts, evidence and treatments presented inside!
Inside the country house, what exactly were the duties of the master's valet and the lady's maid? The answers to these, and many more questions, are revealed in this entertaining and intimate guide to the self-contained world of the country house.
This charmingly illustrated hardcover gift edition provides a treasury of ancient wisdom, stories, and superstitions related to plant life. Its mix of fact and fancy will captivate lovers of plants and gardens.
A weed is simply a plant in the wrong place at the wrong time. But while no gardener wants their patch full of unwelcome invaders, even the worst weeds have their good points - they may be edible, attract bees and butterflies, have medicinal or other useful qualities, or be associated with ancient practices, myths and folklore.
Unearths a wealth of intriguing truths about British royal domestic life, royal celebrations, royal etiquette, wisdom and sayings, and how they have shaped history. Covering the period from Henry VIII to Queen Elizabeth II, this book presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics.
A fascinating and absorbing miscellany of traditional wisdom, stories and superstitions about plants, trees and flowers, which will entertain and inform all lovers of plants and gardens.
Offers health tips, kitchen tricks, gardening know-how, and even predicting the weather. Helping to discover that it's never too late to learn from experience, this work presents a variety of traditional sayings, superstitions and axioms and explains whether, and why, they still work.
A fascinating compilation of accumulated wisdom, bringing together a wide collection of traditional sayings and superstitions to explain whether, and why they still work today. Covers cooking, gardening, health and more.
