Clare Foster Knihy

Recently selected by gardening doyenne Beth Chatto as one of her top twenty gardening books of all time, this invaluable book demystifies the art of composting. House & Garden gardens editor, Clare Foster, shows you how to build a compost box, select the best ingredients and put the resulting organic compost to the best use in your outdoor space. By taking some dead leaves, grass cutting and old banana skins and enlisting the help of bacteria, insects and nature, you can improve and enrich your soil, feed your plants and nourish your vegetables, restoring the natural balance of life in your garden

'Your Allotment' contains practical information - from preparing the plot, to planting out and rotating crops. It features detailed advice on a range of vegetables, fruit and herbs, as well as how to protect plants.

Experts Clare Foster and Sabina Rüber share their gardening wisdom in this how to garden guide. Growing flowers from seed is an easy and cheap way to enhance borders and bring instant colour to tired gardens. Use this step-by-step guide to grow beautiful blooms and bouquets to brighten your home, all within a single growing season. Author Clare Foster and photographer Sabina Rüber have been experimenting with growing flowers from seed for several years. In this book they pass on that invaluable experience, explaining how and when to sow and grow a huge range of flowers from Aquilegia to Zinnia.