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Can Grow Vegetables by
Diana Anthony. Learn about
garden basics, edible garden
design, companion planting,
crop rotation, extreme
climates, containers herbs for
cooks, organic garden
management, storing and
preserving your excess crop.
Recommended price R190,
published by Metz Press.
, There are also books aimed
at getting children interested
in growing things. Well
known garden expert Keith
Kirsten teamed up with Lynn
Hurry for Gardening is Fun
(Briza Publications), for only
R59. Their message, con-
veyed by means of simple
text and lively, colourful
illustrations, is that gardening
can be fun, easy and
inexpensive. The book is
filled with practical sugges-
tions on how to grow plants
and vegetables, interspersed
with down-to-earth ecologi-
- are everywhere. The book
helps us to recognise the signs
of their day-to-day activities,
which are all around us if we
know where to look.
Recommended price R320.
cal information
aimed at fostering
an environmen-
tally-friendly
approach to
gardening.
K For bird lovers,
Vernon RL Head,
author of the
critically acclaimed
bestseller The
Search for the Rarest Bird in
the World, is back. This time
he's the editor of a remark-
able collection of birding
stories, Featherlings: True
Stories in Search of Birds.
(Jacana Press) Written by
some of our most intrepid
bird observers, this book will
convert a new
generation of South
African ornitholo-
gists and watchers
of wilderness. Price:
R252.00.
K Another book
from Jacana Press,
Invertebrates of
Southern Africa and
their Tracks & Signs
covers a never-before-
explored aspect of southern
African nature and is an
essential new addition to the
library of every nature lover.
Invertebrates - which include
commonly seen creatures
such as butterflies, spiders,
beetles, worms and scorpions
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