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How to grow winter vegetables

Advantages: Inspiring ideas, clearly laid out and full of useful advice
Disadvantages: None for me, but it will be most useful to those interested in no-dig techniques.

I first came across "How To Grow Winter Vegetables" by Charles Dowding during a visit to the library last year. It had recently been published and a librarian pointed it out to me as a title she thought would interest me. She was right and I ended up buyi ...

ryeb 23.04.2012 · Read full review
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Turn your home into a haven.

Advantages: Lovely and clear and well written. Includes every part of life and home.
Disadvantages: Sadly no diagrams/photos

...This book is delightful. It covers every situation needed to manage a home successfully and helping you on the way to becoming a domestic great. Its not just about vacuuming the floors or how clean the windows look, the book goes further into your home. ...

gmc81 06.03.2008 · Read full review
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Review of How to Be the Perfect Housewife: Lessons in the Art of Modern Household Management - Anthea Turner

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How to Be the Perfect Housewfe-A Book For the Modern Girl

Advantages: Very inspirational, clear and easy to understand
Disadvantages: Shame it's only in paperback,needs photos not just drawings

As someone who didn't grow up with a housewife for a mum, I didn't know anything about organization or cleaning and I thought cooking meant jacket potatoes. I really appreciate this book because it can be applied to anyone, even someone with absolutely n ...

emilys88 13.05.2009 · Read full review
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Simple lessons in home making..

Advantages: Lessons in the art of modern household management
Disadvantages: Too perfect...

...Part of being a perfect housewife is knowing how to cook at least one decent dish from every major international culture...thats what i have been told AND Keep a Clean and tidy home AND Be an expert at finance management AND be calm and collected all the ...

kiran8 27.07.2008 · Read full review
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