{"title":"Books by Martin Crawford","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780857841124","title":"Food from your Forest Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow do you cook heartnuts, hawthorn fruits or hostas?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eWhat’s the best way to preserve autumn olives or to dry chestnuts? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForest gardening – a novel way of growing edible crops in different vertical layers – is attracting increasing interest, for gardens large or small. But when it comes to harvest time, how do you make the most of the produce?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom bamboo shoots and beech leaves to medlars and mashua, \u003ci\u003eFood from your Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e offers creative and imaginative ways to enjoy the crops from your forest garden. It provides cooking advice and recipe suggestions, with notes on every species in the bestselling \u003ci\u003eCreating a Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e by Martin Crawford. The book includes more than 100 recipes for over 50 different species, presented by season, plus raw food options. It also provides information on the plants’ nutritional value, with advice on harvesting and processing, as well as detailed instructions on preserving methods, from traditional preserves such as jams to ferments and fruit leathers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  With beautiful colour photographs of plants and recipes, this book is an invaluable resource for making the most of your forest garden – and an inspiration for anyone thinking of growing and using forest garden crops.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295064502645,"sku":"9780857841124","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857841124_b1f51208-0a57-4899-b746-0976849fd3ae.jpg?v=1786015693"},{"product_id":"9781856233330","title":"Shrubs for Gardens, Agroforestry, and Permaculture","description":"\u003cb\u003eA range of useful shrubs for different niches, sites, and functions--in gardens and on homesteads and farms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld-renowned expert Martin Crawford covers common fruit bushes like currants and gooseberries, and includes many other less-known shrubs with edible fruits, nuts, leaves, or other parts. He takes us on a journey into the world of exotic spice trees, shrubs with medicinal parts, and plants that fix nitrogen to help fertilise other plants. All these can be grown in temperate climates, diversifying our diets, enabling us to design beautiful, productive gardens, as well as showing us how we can integrate agroforestry into our smallholdings and farms to create new income streams. Despite increasingly urgent calls from scientists, the not-fit-for-purpose economic and political systems we live in cannot be relied upon to implement the carbon emission reductions needed. This is where we come into it: whether we are farmer, gardener or plant dabbler, by planting shrubby plants that sequester carbon, we can minimise our carbon footprint and ideally live a carbon-negative life. On a broadscale, perennial and woody species are the way forward to reduce carbon emissions in agriculture. Woody crops sequester carbon in their biomass, but can also be grown in systems that allow for sequestration of large amounts of carbon into the soil.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308080017781,"sku":"9781856233330","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781856233330_99bb3fda-0027-4651-a1ee-41831c31631e.jpg?v=1786034382"},{"product_id":"9781856232166","title":"Trees for Gardens, Orchards, and Permaculture","description":"\u003cp\u003eAre you wondering which productive trees to plant in your garden? Or are you planning a forest garden? Perhaps you are planting an orchard but want a greater diversity of useful trees than is typical? Or you’d like to know what unusual fruit trees you can use? The answers to all these questions can be found in master forest gardener Martin Crawford’s new book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrawford has researched and experimented with tree crops for twenty-five years and has selected over one hundred of the best trees producing fruits, nuts, edible leaves, and other useful products that can be grown in Europe and North America. Each of the trees or tree groups includes details of:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOrigin and history\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription and uses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVarieties\/cultivars\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultivation, pests, and diseases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelated species\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuropean and North American suppliers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColor photos with every entry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe appendices make choosing trees for your situation easy, with lists of suitable trees for specific situations, plus flowcharts to guide you. If you want to know about and make use of the large diversity of tree crops that are available in temperate and continental climates, then this book—by an internationally acknowledged expert—is both fascinating and essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308718633333,"sku":"9781856232166","price":27.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781856232166_f1a6714a-1434-4d01-9cff-0f0afb906553.jpg?v=1786029134"},{"product_id":"9781900322621","title":"Creating a Forest Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilled with helpful tips and beautiful photographs, this guide contains everything you need to create your own forest garden.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForest Gardening, or agroforestry, is a way of growing edible crops while allowing nature to do most of the work. Species are chosen for their beneficial effects on each other, creating a healthy system that maintains its own fertility, with little need for digging, weeding or pest control. The result of this largely perennial planting is a tranquil, beautiful and productive space, where you can cultivate your own fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs, mushrooms and even forage firewood and honey. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether in a small back garden or in a larger plot, forest gardens really benefit the environment and are also a viable solution to the challenge of a changing climate. The soil thrives from being covered with plants all year round and is also able to store more water after heavy rains, minimising flooding and erosion and helping plants to survive through drought. Forest gardens also store carbon dioxide in the soil and in the woody biomass of the trees and shrubs. The mixed variety of plants further boosts the health of the ecosystem by ensuring a balance of predators and beneficial insects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCreating a Forest Garden\u003c\/i\u003e is a bible for permaculture and forest gardening, with practical advice on how to create a forest garden, from planning and design to planting and maintenance. It includes a detailed directory of over 500 trees, shrubs, herbaceous perennials, annuals, root crops and climbers. As well as more familiar plants such as fig and apple trees, blackcurrants and rosemary shrubs, you can grow your own chokeberries, goji berries, yams, heartnuts, bamboo shoots and buffalo currants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrow a forest garden with this handy guide and become more self-sufficient while also enjoying the natural beauty and environmental benefits of these wonderful green spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":57688223842677,"sku":"9780857845535","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857845535.jpg?v=1792686160"},{"product_id":"9780857845528","title":"How to Grow Your Own Nuts","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive guide to growing, harvesting and processing nuts, written by forest gardening expert Martin Crawford.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNut trees are perennials, requiring little maintenance or soil cultivation, so it is no surprise that nuts are such a popular forest garden crop. A crucial source of protein and a delicious snack, nuts also have a number of surprising health benefits. They lower blood pressure, are full of antioxidants, and decrease the risk of heart and neurodegenerative diseases. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilled with gorgeous illustrations of trees and nuts, \u003ci\u003eHow to Grow Your Own Nuts \u003c\/i\u003econtains old favourites like hazelnuts and walnuts alongside less common varieties such as hickories and butternuts and the exotically named chinkapin. It considers how nuts can be planted in a variety of ways: singly in a small area, in an orchard or nuttery, as silvopasture around grazing animals, in alley cropping between cereal crops or intercropping between fruit bushes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis beautiful guide also features a handy A-Z, which details nut trees’ many secondary uses from timber, oil, dyes, fodder and cosmetics to medicines and honey. Martin also discusses how the beautiful spring blossom is attractive to bees, particularly from almond and sweet chestnut trees, making them excellent for supporting pollinators. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you are planning to grow nuts at home or commercially, this book is essential reading.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56311988355445,"sku":"9780857845528","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780857845528_33365f22-f961-49a2-bda3-b410019358c9.jpg?v=1786032812"},{"product_id":"how-to-grow-perennial-vegetables","title":"How to Grow Perennial Vegetables","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProvides comprehensive advice on all types of perennial vegetables, from ground-cover plants and coppiced trees to plants for bog gardens and edible woodland plants.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerennial vegetables are a joy to grow. 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