Paul Peacock: 20 books
by Paul Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2012
This short-e guide is aimed at the majority of us who live in terraced houses, high rise flats, town houses and semi-detached properties with little more than a postage stamp for a garden and often nowhere to grow but the patio.
If you have access to sunlight, you can grow at least some of your...
Chickens, Ducks and Bees
A beginner's guide to keeping livestock in the garden
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2011
Growing your own vegetables often leads gardeners to want to go one step further and keep some livestock. Chickens, ducks and bees are the most likely candidates for the first time livestock owner - especially if you live in a town or have only a small amount of land. They can all be kept happily...
by Paul Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2012
It is a general truism that since duck was largely seen as game, ordinary people didn’t keep them. It is only comparatively recently that people have begun enjoying duck meat. However, there are many excellent reasons for keeping ducks in the garden, not least that they lay eggs and taste supreme....
The Urban Hen
A practical guide to keeping poultry in a town or city
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
"The Urban Hen" is the perfect companion for the city poultry keeper and shows you how to maintain a happy, healthy garden or backyard flock in towns and cities. Paul Peacock shows you how to: find the best poultry for the small garden and house them properly, feed your birds, tune in to...
The Seasonal Cookbook
How to Turn Fresh, Seasonal Produce and Vegetables into Delicious Home-cooked Meals
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
If you grow your own vegetables, or are able to shop at a farmer's market or farm shop, or you are lucky enough to have an old fashioned greengrocer and good local butcher, then this book will help you enjoy food at the peak of its flavour. The textures and tastes gained from cooking fresh ingredients...
by Paul Peacock, Diana Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2014
Grandma's Ways represents a large repository of knowledge that we have mostly forgotten. With a little modification for these busy modern times. Techniques for preserving food, keeping hens and bees, growing vegetables and fruit, making your own cosmetics and a host of other things will bring us not...
by Paul Peacock, Diana Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2012
With international fashion houses selling wildly expensive pieces, high-street fast fashion, and no-frills (forgive the pun) clothes available in the local supermarket for under a tenner, the days of clothes rationing are certainly far behind us. It has never been easier or cheaper to clothe ourselves,...
by Paul Peacock, Diana Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
In this modern era celebratory meals can take many forms. Yet whether you celebrate it or not, Christmas does come at the right time of year, just at that point when we all need a boost and a reason to feast!
This short-e guide will help to take you through the process of creating a hearty and successful traditional Christmas meal!
by Diana Peacock, Paul Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2012
Through the ages, people have used homemade beauty treatments, from henna and kohl in ancient Egypt to the terrifying use of lead in face products in the eighteenth century. More recently, with the rise of the Hollywood film star, glamour has become even more important to women. Even prior to and...
by Paul Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
How to make your own sausages This book provides step-by-step instructions for making your own sausages. You’ll discover what sausage-making equipment you’ll need and which sausage skins to use. As well as providing a basic sausage recipe it also includes recipes for Cumberland, Lincolnshire...
Patio Produce
How to cultivate a lot of home-grown vegetables from the smallest possible space
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2009
How to cultivate a lot of home-grown vegetables from the smallest possible space. When space is at a premium, growing decent food to eat might seem an impossible task. Patio Produce is about just that; growing delicious, wholesome fruit and vegetables in the smallest spaces. It shows you how to make...
Making Your Own Cheese
How to Make All Kinds of Cheeses in Your Own Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Not everyone can keep a cow, but everyone can make cheese. This book shows you the very basic equipment needed to make your own cheese: the ingredients, including different milks, herbs and flavours; how to make a simple cheese; and how to produce some of the worlds speciality cheeses such as Roquefort,...
Grow Your Own Vegetables in Pots and Containers
A practical guide to growing food in small spaces
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
This book is aimed at the majority of us who live in terraced houses, high rise flats, town houses and semi-detached properties with a small garden and often nowhere to grow but the patio. It shows how to make the most of pots and planters; how to plan for a reasonable yield; and how never to run...
by Paul Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2012
Anyone can keep bees. It is absorbing, sometimes taxing, but never out of reach. One of the aims of this guide is to point out that beekeeping is not difficult and if you want to do it you jolly well should. The other thing I want to make clear is that this book will not make you into a beekeeper....
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