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Grow Your Own Salad in a Pot: For People Who Love Salad but Not Mud Under Their Nails

Say goodbye to sad supermarket leaves and hello to café-fresh salad straight from your balcony, bench, or windowsill.

This delightfully down-to-earth guide is perfect for beginners, renters, and anyone short on space but big on flavour. Learn how to grow vibrant salad greens in pots — no digging, no fuss, no backyard required.

With step-by-step tips, cheeky humour, and a splash of Kiwi charm, A.J. Thomas (with a few wisecracks from Turbo the duck) shows you how to turn buckets, crates, and even colanders into mini salad gardens.

Inside you’ll discover:

  • What to plant, when, and where (even if you live in a shoebox)

  • How to avoid common mistakes (like the infamous seedling mosh pit!)

  • Harvesting tricks for ongoing leafy abundance

  • A bonus round of herbs, radishes, carrots, and more

Whether you’ve got a thumb that's green-ish or just a curious craving for better greens, this guide is your no-soil, no-stress ticket to the freshest salad of your life.

Turbo Approved. Zero garden beds required.

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Compost Made Easy: Turn Trash into Treasure, One Worm at a Time

Say goodbye to stinky bins and hello to soil gold! Compost Made Easy is the ultimate beginner-friendly guide to turning your kitchen scraps and garden waste into rich, wriggly goodness—no fuss, no fancy tools, just nature doing her thing.

Led by Turbo the duck (your cheeky, feathery guide), this beautifully illustrated book unpacks the messy magic of composting with humour, heart, and a splash of ducky charm. Whether you're wrangling wWhat to compost (and what to avoid)

  • How to set up your compost system—big or small

  • How microbes, heat, and worms team up to transform waste into treasure

Turbo’s top tips to keep your pile healthy, happy, and stink-free

Perfect for families, schools, eco-curious beginners, and seasoned gardeners looking to compost with confidence. It's time to ditch the guilt and embrace the rot—in the best possible way.

Because under the garden gate, even trash gets a second chance.

orms or just wondering where to begin, you'll learn:

  • What to compost (and what to avoid)

  • How to set up your compost system—big or small

  • How microbes, heat, and worms team up to transform waste into treasure

  • Turbo’s top tips to keep your pile healthy, happy, and stink-free

Perfect for families, schools, eco-curious beginners, and seasoned gardeners looking to compost with confidence. It's time to ditch the guilt and embrace the rot—in the best possible way.

Because under the garden gate, even trash gets a second chance.

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Turbo's Korner

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“Turbo’s Korner — where little feet make big splashes!”

Welcome to Turbo’s Korner!

Say a big "QUACK HELLO!" to Turbo the Duck — cheeky farmyard rascal, garden explorer, colouring-page superstar, and the heart and feathers of our children's book world!

In Turbo’s Korner, you’ll find:

  • 🖍️ Fun colouring pages

  • 🌱 Garden jokes & “Turbo Tips”

  • 🎨 Crafty printables

  • 🐣 Duck-sized adventures

  • 📚 Books, badges & more

Whether you're 5 or 95, Turbo’s got something to make you giggle, scribble, or flap with joy. Come join the flock and see what all the quack’s about!

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