is a writer and broadcaster on environmental topics. A beekeeper for many years, he has been training allotment holders to keep bees in the inner city. His writings focus on the need for people to grow their own food, regardless of the amount of land they have available. His 20 books on self sufficiency concentrate on small-space/low-impact gardening or keeping micro-livestock. He is a panellist on BBC4's Gardeners Question Time, and presents a number of gardening Internet TV shows and DVDs.