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Pleasure – Paradise Regained\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Freedom - \u003ci\u003eUnfettered Imagination\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Positive Influences\u003cbr\u003e –The Physical Body\u003cbr\u003e –The Troubled Mind  - \u003ci\u003eProblems of Isolation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e3: Five Senses\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Scrambled Senses: Synesthesia \u0026amp; Neurodiversity\u003cbr\u003e –Smell - \u003ci\u003eScent and Seasonality - Perfumed Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Touch - \u003ci\u003eTouch in Gardens - Skin - Grass - Weather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Taste - \u003ci\u003eOral Pleasures - Tasty Gardens - Plants That Changed the World - Foraged Flavours - Seasonal Forage Plants of Britain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Sound - \u003ci\u003eNatural Music\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e –Sight - \u003ci\u003eArt: Colour and Stimulation - Paint - Dyers Colours - Dyers Plants - Choosing Colour - Colour Perception\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART 2: ALCHEMY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. 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Woodchip has such potential to help us create more local, sustainable ways of growing, and this handbook is the resource needed to dispel myths and find the best method and scale for everyone from gardeners to large-scale farms.’\u003cstrong\u003e—Alys Fowler, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Edible Garden\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Thrifty Gardener\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘I use woodchip quite extensively in my garden and have for decades. It has been an important part of increasing our soil organic matter and carbon storage. \u003cem\u003eThe Woodchip Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e addresses its many uses and all the technical questions of how to acquire and manage it. 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