Book Review: The Joy of Pickling
Karen If you have a vegetable garden you are bound to have more produce than you can eat at times so pickling it might be of interest. Linda Ziedrich’s book, The…
Book Review: Grow, Cook, Eat
The joys of growing your own food are great but are enhanced when the fruits of your labor grace the table with a flare. Willi Galloway’s book, Grow, Cook, Eat,…
Book Review: Butterfly Counting
Butterflies are captivating and always seem to attract the attention of children and adults alike. Jerry Pallotta’s book, Butterfly Counting, brings the subject of butterflies to a whole to height…
Book Review: Starting Out with Native Plants
Growing native plants even in a small urban garden can benefit wildlife and significantly contribute to biodiversity. Author, Charlotte de la Bedoyere, in her book, Starting Out with Native Plants,…
Book Review: Small Spaces Big Ideas
You might think your backyard, patio, or balcony is too small for a garden but author Philippa Pearson will prove you wrong with her book, Small Space Big Ideas. In…
Book Review: Small Holding Manual
We all have dreams for the “Good Life”; for some of us it is a house in a rural area with an acre of land, for others it is a…
Book Review: Sissinghurst:Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden
The gardens at Sissinghurst created by Harold Nicolson and Vita Sackville-West, are icons of British gardening eminence and are visited by over 150,000 people every year. Author, Sarah Raven, traces…
Book Review: Butterfly Park
Butterflies delight both young and old but we can’t take them for granted because sometimes there are no butterflies where we expect. Elly MacKay’s book Butterfly Park shows how children…
Book Review: Shrubs: A Gardener’s Handbook
Many gardeners may consider shrubs second class citizens of their garden but these perennial plants actually have a great deal to offer. Ian Cooke’s book, Shrubs: A Gardener’s Handbook, introduces…
Book Review: Seven Flowers and How They Shaped the World
Author Jennifer Potter takes a unique look at seven flowers that have significantly influenced civilization for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years. The focus of her study is the lotus,…