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In this earth-friendly, organic guide, John Walker's fresh approach encourages you to see garden weeds as more than simply unwelcome invaders in your flower borders, kitchen garden, allotment, greenhouse, polytunnel, patio, courtyard, containers, lawn, path or drive. Whatever your garden's size, Weeds will help you identify, make use of and tackle the weeds you find there. This accessible, illustrated and updated guide, with over 100 full colour photographs includes... - Information on how different weeds grow, spread and survive, and what they can actually tell you about your garden or allotment - Tips for using weeds to improve the fertility of your garden, feed your plants and encourage wildlife such as bees and other pollinators - Practical, hands-on techniques for preventing, clearing and curtailing weeds without using chemical weedkillers (herbicides) - A photographic directory to help you identify 60 common garden weeds, showing at-a-glance how easy, difficult or urgent dealing with each one is - Lists of insect-friendly plants for 'bug banks', and those for weed-smothering ground cover - Advice on clearing weedy ground without doing any back-breaking digging Weeds is an essential and timeless go-to reference for every gardener's bookshelf.

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"""This alternative view of weeds gives a refreshing insight into some of our least popular plants."" - BBC Gardeners' World magazine ""Here is a very organic look at weeds, considering them not as invading forces to be destroyed, but as indicators of soil health, green manures, an incomparable resource for garden wildlife, compost material and even food."" - Organic Gardening ""Discover how many weeds can actually help to nurture a better, healthier and more balanced garden."" - Gardens Monthly ""Even a seasoned weed exterminator will pause and think about the design of their garden and how they might best use some of the weeds that grow there."" - The Horticulturist ""You won't find a host of chemical solutions to get rid of the weeds in your garden, but what you will find are some fascinating facts about weeds and how to deal with them naturally."" - Garden News ""A manageable length and remarkably jargon-free, this will be an extremely useful resource for any gardener."" - Pesticides News ""Rather than concentrating our efforts on preventing, clearing and controlling, we could be utilising weeds to improve the fertility of our gardens, feed our plants and encourage wildlife."" - Clean Slate ""This book remains grounded in realistic, practical gardening."" - The Organic Way"

This alternative view of weeds gives a refreshing insight into some of our least popular plants. - BBC Gardeners' World magazine Here is a very organic look at weeds, considering them not as invading forces to be destroyed, but as indicators of soil health, green manures, an incomparable resource for garden wildlife, compost material and even food. - Organic Gardening Discover how many weeds can actually help to nurture a better, healthier and more balanced garden. - Gardens Monthly Even a seasoned weed exterminator will pause and think about the design of their garden and how they might best use some of the weeds that grow there. - The Horticulturist You won't find a host of chemical solutions to get rid of the weeds in your garden, but what you will find are some fascinating facts about weeds and how to deal with them naturally. - Garden News A manageable length and remarkably jargon-free, this will be an extremely useful resource for any gardener. - Pesticides News Rather than concentrating our efforts on preventing, clearing and controlling, we could be utilising weeds to improve the fertility of our gardens, feed our plants and encourage wildlife. - Clean Slate This book remains grounded in realistic, practical gardening. - The Organic Way

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