From everything you ever needed to know about compost making to the economics of organic horticulture, Garden Organic has it all?.

Garden Organic is the working name of the HDRA or Henry Doubleday Research Association.  Their website is aimed at the organic gardener and the organic farmer alike.   Access to masses of organic food growing facts sheets, details of organic events and training, and loads more.  This website is a must for anyone who wants to grow your own.

Yeah, I Made It Myself: DIY Fashion for the Not Very Domestic Goddess

Weidenfeld & Nicolson  RRP:?10.00

 
Do you want to turn old curtains and other used material into a trendy dress, or even a new bag?  Yeah, I Made it Myself is all about DIY fashion, aimed at women who are passionate about clothes, and would love to create something of their own, but who are unsure of how to get started. Farry isn't a fashion designer, or professional seamstress, but she can cobble together a DIY summer wardrobe faster than you can say pearl-two. She's made most of her own clothes for years, to much acclaim.  Find this book on Amazon

The average cotton crop is sprayed 8-10 times a season. Indeed, it takes 17 teaspoons of chemical fertilizers to raise the 9 ounces of cotton needed to make a T-shirt.  And, if that isn't enough, once the cotton has been grown it is dyed using toxic dyes. Then, to prevent it from creasing, it is finished with formaldehyde. Common sense says that can't be right.  That?s why Howies use organic cotton  and what?s more, they have pledged  to give 1% of our turnover or 10% of pre-tax profits (whichever is greater) to grass-root environmental and social projects.

Your skin is your largest organ and should be treated with the same consideration you would show an unpolluted ecosystem. We tend to take our skin for granted and blithely coat it with some of the most toxic substances produced by man. The side effects are not unfortunately always immediately visible, and can manifest themselves in later years as cancer, food related allergies, eczema, asthma and many other related conditions.

Avea is unique in its approach to organic beauty and the product ranges it offers. Everyone is catered for, from the individual with mildly sensitive skin to individuals undergoing cancer treatment and new born babies. All the ranges sold by Avea have been rigorously checked and screened and are sold with Avea?s unconditional guarantee. If any product causes your skin to react, return it for a full refund, no quibble.