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Book Review: The Seven Step Homestead

Karen Meyers July 11, 2025 0 Comments

In her book, The Seven Step Homestead, Leah M. Webb shares her experience establishing a mini-farm in her backyard. Motivated by the desire to grow her own food as well…

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Book Review: The Tiny But Mighty Farm

Karen May 17, 2024 0 Comments

Jill Ragan of YouTube’s Whispering Willow Farm, presents a guide to mini farming showing readers how to grow as much food as possible with as little land and as few…

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Book Review: Veg Out

Karen April 19, 2024 0 Comments

Written with beginning gardeners in mind, Veg Out offers a welcoming guide to creating a vegetable garden for the first time. In simple down to earth language, author Heather Rodino…

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Book Review: DIY Hydroponic Gardens

Karen Meyers August 18, 2023 0 Comments

Tyler Baras’ book, DIY Hydroponic Gardens, provides information on choosing, building, planting and maintaining over a dozen hydroponic growing system so that plants can be grown anywhere. Written for beginners…

Plant Propagation

Growing Plants from Seed: Radishes

Karen October 29, 2020 0 Comments

Radishes (Raphanus satiivus) are one of the easiest and most successful vegetablse to grow. Even better, they are a cold weather crop, can be planted long before most other vegetables,…

Garden Books

Book Review: The Ultimate Guide to Urban Farming

Karen August 14, 2020 0 Comments

Urban farming is not new but to many it is daunting and outside their comfort range. Nicole Faires shares her knowledge of the subject in her book, The Ultimate Guide…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Book Review: Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares

Karen July 24, 2020 0 Comments

In his book, Chanterelle Dreams, Amanita Nightmares, mushroom aficionado, Greg Marley, shares his enthusiasm and knowledge of mushrooms in order to spread information and an appreciation for mushrooms to a…

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Book Review: Bazaar

Karen July 17, 2020 0 Comments

Sabrina Ghayour’s cookbook Bazaar offers recipes for vegetable dishes that are so full of flavor that vegetarians as well as meat eaters would be satisfied and not even miss meat.…

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Book Review: Backyard Foraging

Karen November 15, 2019 0 Comments

Many of the plants growing in your neighborhood and own yard can provide you with a tasty feast if you know how to recognize them. Ellen Zachos’ book, Backyard Foraging,…

Garden Books

Book Review:

Karen October 12, 2019 0 Comments

Garden Day! by Candice Ransom is part of the Step into Reading Series that aims to help children have a successful reading experience beginning in preschool. Written for children 4-6…

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