This the story of how, over the course of a year, Alys Fowler, the Guardian gardening writer, learns how to keep bees; and Steve Benbow, the urban beekeeper, learns how to plant a pollinator-friendly garden. Part beautifully designed coffee-table book, part manifesto, this collection of engaging letters, emails, texts, recipes, notes and glorious photos creates a record of the trials, tribulations, rewards and joys of working with, rather than against, nature. And along the way, you will pick up a wealth of advice, tips and ideas for growing food and keeping pollinators well fed. Letters to a Beekeeper is for lazy gardeners, novice beekeepers and everyone in between. It is the best rule-breaking, wildlife-friendly, guerilla, urban gardening, insect-identifying, honey-tasting, wax-dripping, epistolary how-to book you could ever hope to own.
ISBN: | 9781783521159 |
Publication date: | 20th July 2017 |
Author: | Steve Benbow, Alys Fowler |
Publisher: | Unbound Digital an imprint of Unbound |
Format: | Hardback |
Pagination: | 256 pages |
Genres: |
Apiculture (beekeeping) Gardening: plants and cultivation guides Natural and wild gardening Wildlife: butterflies, other insects and spiders: general interest |