Grow up If you have limited outdoor space and would like to grow your food, this invaluable guide will help you transform previously plant-free zones into thriving, beneficial, and utterly beautiful food-growing areas. Using special containers, you can grow a wide range of edible crops--and grab a salad for lunch without getting your feet wet. The book covers using a wide variety of containers and details how to make them; making the most of wall boxes and hanging baskets; creating edible roof gardens; planning and growing crops on green roofs, including on sheds; and a directory of plants...

Funny, candid and informative e-mails sent from a mother to her adult children whilst on a British Government education contract on the island of St Helena. It portrays something of the people and life on the island before the coming of the airport, and charts the author's efforts to maintain a semblance of normality and sanity within the confines of an island roughly 9 miles long and 5 miles wide in the middle of the South Atlantic.