Green Urban Living
by Janet Luke
New Holland, $45
Anything and just about everything you need to know about growing food and living more sustainably is in this fantastic book by Hawke's Bay author Janet Luke.
The step-by-step instructions on how to build a chicken tractor, make a worm farm, install a water barrel, build a sandwich garden and planting seeds are precise and easy to follow.
Janet has included chapters on gardening with kids, composting, growing flowers, using water sustainably and much much more.
She includes top tips like using old carpet to cover a compost pile.