Product Description
Lost Skills and Crafts Handbook
Author: Alan Titchmarsh
Format: Hardback
In this inspirational and practical guide to country life, passionate and hugely knowledgeable countryman Alan Titchmarsh explores the heritage of rural Britain, its landscapes and wildlife, its traditions, customs and crafts.
The Lost Skills and Crafts Handbook will help you rediscover your love of the countryside, including:
- a checklist of British butterflies and where to find them
- how to keep chickens, ducks, goats and sheep
- how to make soap, candles and your own herbal remedies
- how to track animals and forage for food
- essential knot tying
- how to build a campfire without matches
- how to create a kitchen garden
- the origins of country superstitions
And much more. With beautiful line art illustrations throughout, this compendium of the British countryside and its delights will be an essential read for any nature lover in your life.
About the Author
Alan Titchmarsh MBE is known to millions through his career as a television presenter of shows including Love Your Weekend, Love Your Garden, Ground Force, Gardeners' World, The Alan Titchmarsh Show and Spring Into Summer. He has written more than forty gardening books, as well as twelve novels and three volumes of memoirs. He was made MBE in the millennium New Year Honours list and holds the Victoria Medal of Honour, the Royal Horticultural Society's highest award.
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