Page 12 - ALG Issue 3 2020

snippets and book reviews
The Pocket Book of Garden Experiments
You Can Grow Your Own Food
Annabel Padwick
Harper Collins Publishers ISBN: 9780008372699
You Can Grow Your Own
Food is full of fun tried and
tested activities, as well
as lots of interactive pages
for children to make it their own. Get colouring in, design their own garden, complete the word search, grow their first veggies, track their height, start cooking, record all their growing adventures and ultimately believe in themselves. Written and designed for children of all ages, especially 7 – 11-year-olds. However, if you
are an adult and want a really simple guide on how to grow your own food with some added colouring in and play, then this book is perfect for you too.
Grow Yourself Healthy: Gardening to transform your gut health all year round
Marianne Majerus (photographer), Beth Marshall (author) Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd
ISBN: 9780711250710
Discover how to grow
50 vegetables, fruit &
herbs to maximise
their nutritional
value. Plan a
gut-health garden
using 11 easy projects,
with planting plans and best varieties. Follow 13 recipes for delicious sauerkraut, kimchi, pickles, and fermented drinks to multiply the benefits and enjoy all year round. Understand the science of gut-health gardening and how it affects our health and well-being.
Helen Pilcher Bloomsbury Publishers ISBN: 9781472976307
With 80 experiments for the whole family to discover and enjoy,
The Pocket Book of Garden Experiments contains easy-to- follow instructions for activities that will stretch your imagination and bring out your inner scientist. • Makeanecosysteminajar
• Findoutwhyleaveschange colour
• Turnpotatoesintoslime
• Calculatetheheightsoftrees
• Makeasoundmapofyour
garden
Each experiment takes inspiration from the natural world and the fascinating things that live in it.
New publication from
the International Office
The Office International du Coin de Terre et des Jardins Familiaux has produced a brochure, The Soil is Alive, which deals with both the basic knowledge of the soil as well as with topics such as soil care, fertilisation and composting. To view please visit www.nsalg.org.uk/growing- advice/soil-and-rotation-principles
Allotmenteers Liability Insurance
Are your association members missing out on the free individual Allotmenteers Liability Insurance? Enrol them now to get up to £5m cover, contact natsoc@nsalg. org.uk www.nsalg.org.uk/join-us/allotmenteers-liability-insurance/
Statement on use of peat- based composts from the NAS Management Committee
The NAS recognises the environmental impact of continuing to use peat-based composts and the urgency to find long- term alternative sources. To this end we are in continual dialogue with DEFRA, other Horticultural Organisations, Suppliers and Trade Associations to encourage a speedy solution.
We will continue to promote home composting methods as a major contributor to maintaining soil fertility.
NAS E-learning courses
Why not update your skills with an online course? E-learning courses are available
for all our members via the LANTRA
website. For courses on food hygiene, wasp and bee control, and rodent control,
go to https://www.nsalg.org.uk/allotment- info/lantra-nas-training-courses/.
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