Add some visual zing to your new beekeeping hobby with the very first graphic guide! These fully illustrated pages, perfect for visual learners, offer you complete, easy-to-understand whys and how-tos on every aspect of beekeeping, plus an entertaining approach. Thousands of detailed line drawings teach all you need to succeed with beekeeping, whether your goal is honey, beeswax, a backyard adventure, plant pollination, or all of the above. Detailed drawings let you peer closely at the bees' world, in terms of seeing their anatomy, close-ups of their food sources, and the microscopic world in the hive. Covers choosing location, equipment, the best hive types, bee types, and other options; the beekeeping year and its tasks; keeping a healthy hive (or dozens); what to do when something goes wrong; how to harvest and process your honey, pollen, propolis, wax, royal jelly; and more.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 224

Dimensions: 216 x 279 mm

Publication Date: 26-02-2021

Many popular tractors from the late 1960s to the 1980s have become classics on Britain's farms. This handy guide to 41 classic tractors contains: * Description and photograph of each tractor * Country of manufacture * Engine and horsepower This period saw a huge rise in the power and comfort of tractors, and paved the way for today's high-tech farm machinery.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 88

Dimensions: 178 x 127 mm

Publication Date: 09-03-2021

Tractor Ted is so excited as he is off to see lots of tractors at work on the farm. Why is he so excited? It’s because all of the tractors are HUGE! Midge the dog joins him and together they see Tedtastic Tractors! Did you know that some tractors have caterpillar tracks instead of wheels and some are so tall that they make Tractor Ted look really small? Find out more in this fun book about Tedtastic Tractors! Our Tractor Ted Story Books depict real-life farm fun that supports early learning development for children aged from 6 months to 5 years.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 280 x 225 mm

Publication Date: 01-10-2018

'Paint’ with water, let the pictures dry and then ‘paint’ again! The perfect 'on the go' activity for little ones (and parents too)! Coffee shops, car seats or train rides... portable, mess free, reusable fun whenever and where ever you go! Includes 4 pages of farming fun! Guaranteed enjoyment for little ones and perfect for parents too with no need of paint or mess; just a bit of water! See the hidden colours magically appear. Use again and again! The perfect little book to take on trips out.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 8

Dimensions: 140 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 01-12-2021

Paint with water, let the pictures dry and then ‘paint’ again! The perfect 'on the go' activity for little ones (and parents too)! Coffee shops, car seats or train rides... portable, mess free, reusable fun whenever and where ever you go! Includes 4 pages of painting fun from Tractor Ted to piglet, foal and calf! Guaranteed fun for little ones and perfect for parents too with no need of paint or mess; just a bit of water! See the hidden colours magically appear. Use again and again! The perfect little book to take on trips out.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 8

Dimensions: 140 x 260 mm

Publication Date: 01-03-2019

Enjoy this colourful set of 40 playing cards featuring Tractor Ted and his real life farm friends from tractor to chick and baler to Midge the dog! There are 20 different pairs to match and collect in this classic game. Just lay the cards upside down on the table and let the first player pick two cards. If the cards match, then the player keeps them. If they don’t, then the cards need to be returned to the table! The winner is the player with the most pairs. Alternatively, they’re perfect for a quick (and competitive) game of Tractor Ted snap!

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This is our second mini-anthology of sheep poems. Sheep are such a familiar feature of our rural landscape that most of us pay them little attention. Even less visible to the outsider’s eye is the year-round work of shepherds who look after their flocks through the changing seasons. This selection of poems is introduced by shepherdess and textile designer Alison O’Neill who lives on a hill top farm in Cumbria, tending her flock of native Herdwicks, Swaledales and Rough Fells. The poems reflect the hardships and quiet joys of the shepherding year, and the deep relationship between humans and sheep developed down the centuries. We’re encouraged to look at these humble creatures afresh and to reflect on the simplicity of their lives: “Thousands of sheep, soft-footed, black-nosed sheep – one by one going up the hill and over the fence – one by one four-footed pattering up and over – one by one wiggling their stub tails…” from ‘Sheep’ by Carl Sandburg. Poems by Alfred Brendel, Jim Carruth, John Clare, Nicola Daly, Eugene Field, Hannah Lowe, Hugh McMillan, Carl Sandburg, Susan Taylor and Siriol Troup.

Bind: paperback

Pages: 20

Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 01-11-2017

Here’s one for the friends in our lives who have succumbed to the charms of chickens. A dozen poems celebrate their quirks and curiosities, with chickens increasingly kept and cherished by besotted owners whose gardens and smallholdings will never be the same again. From Diana Gittins’ petulant hens preening themselves and annihilating the flower beds, to Caroline Hawkridge’s splendid cockerel straddling the world and yelling his good morning, endearing characters of the poultry world come clucking to life: ‘There should be a word for the way they look with just one eye, neck bent … … And for the way they run toward someone they trust, their skirts hiked, their plump bodies wobbling.’ from ‘A Glossary of Chickens’ by Gary Whitehead. Poems by Jean Atkin, Jacqueline Brown, John Clare, Robert Frost, Diana Gittins, Robert Graves, Caroline Hawkridge, Norman MacCaig, Kay Ryan, Sir Charles Sedley, Jane Sudworth and Gary Whitehead.

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Pages: 24

Dimensions: 137 x 210 mm

Publication Date: 01-08-2015

This beautiful and inspirational portrait of a country garden shows how its owners created deep connections to the natural world with techniques and advice any gardener can use. In 2018, photographers Susann Probst and Yannic Schon left Berlin for the German countryside with the aim of growing wholesome produce whilst maintaining a healthy ecosystem through sustainable farming. They bought an old farmhouse on a plot of land with room for a vegetable garden, an orchard, a wildflower meadow, and a greenhouse. Filled with useful and hard-won information that is the result of both ingenuity and trial-and-error, this book takes readers on a detailed and exquisitely illustrated tour of the property and its development over its first five years. Susann and Yannic share what they’ve learned about garden design, soil composition, beneficial organisms, so-called pests, edible perennials, plant care, and self-sufficiency, and include a listing of all the species and varieties they’ve planted. A breathtaking photographic section celebrates the beauty of the land through the seasons. More than a garden-variety gardening guide, this deeply personal and gorgeously produced book documents a lifelong dream becoming a reality—and celebrates a contemporary approach to country life that will speak to anyone looking for ways to deepen their own relationship with nature.

Bind: hardback

Pages: 240

Dimensions: 210 x 270 mm

Publication Date: 26-03-2024

Get learning with our Let's Look at Big Machines book! Join Tractor Ted and Midge the dog as they find out lots of Tedtastic fun facts about lots of big machines. Discover what parts different machines are made from and learn about how they all work on the farm. Discover fun farm facts about lots of big machines Packed full of pictures and information Educational fact book making learning fun

Bind: paperback

Pages: 32

Dimensions: 211 x 297 mm