Book Reviews

A Small-Space Garden Giveaway!

by Seasonal Wisdom on May 1, 2012

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Urban gardeners. Small-space gardeners. Container gardeners. This Small-Space Garden Giveaway is designed just for you!

Enter to win a complete EarthBox® Ready-to-Grow system, as well as a copy of Fern Richardson’s new critically acclaimed book, Small-Space Container Gardens. This giveaway has ended. Congratulations Melissa of Houston, Texas for winning this random drawing! Photo copyright EarthBox. 

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Book Review: The Heirloom Life Gardener

by Seasonal Wisdom on March 19, 2012

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When it comes to heirloom foods like these ‘Chioggia’ beets, Jere Gettle is considered quite the expert. As co-founder of Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company, he has even been called “the Indiana Jones of seeds,” by The New York Times.

After all, this intrepid seedsman has traveled the globe to uncover unusual, delicious and beautiful heritage foods worth saving for future generations. Together with his wife, Emilee, he describes these adventures and gives gardening tips in the critically acclaimed The Heirloom Life Gardener.

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Book Review: Garden Up! (Vertical Gardening)

July 18, 2011
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What’s the best way to maximize outdoor spaces, hide eyesores and create drama in your garden? Consider vertical gardening. A recently released book called Garden Up! shows you how. Recently, I spoke with the authors to learn more about this popular gardening trend. Come take a peek… Photo copyright Garden Up!

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Book Review: Sugar Snaps and Strawberries

June 10, 2011
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Besides having one of the cutest garden book names in years, Sugar Snaps and Strawberries by Andrea Bellamy offers plenty of simple solutions for creating your own small-space edible garden. I spoke recently with this critically acclaimed author to find out more… Photo copyright Jackie Connelly.

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Book Review: And I Shall Have Some Peace There

April 23, 2011
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Imagine one day you decide to give up the big corporate job, with a staff of 150 people, and move to a rural setting in upstate New York. Would you have the guts to leave behind the prestige and financial security? And how would it feel that first winter, when the low temperatures averaged -15 degrees [...]

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Book Review: Complete Idiot’s Guide to Heirloom Vegetables

January 20, 2011
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If you’ve read Seasonal Wisdom before, you know that I love heirloom vegetables. From purple beans and spotted lettuces to long red radishes that look more like carrots … I’m hooked on the old, open-pollinated vegetables of the past. Especially if they have a charming history behind them as well.

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Book Review: Edible Landscaping; Podcast Interview; Book Giveaway Contest

November 11, 2010
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Photographs copyright © by Rosalind Creasy These days, we take for granted that folks are becoming “locavores,” and growing their own foods in their backyards, side yards and front yards. Why, even the White House has a kitchen garden, for the first time since World War II. But back in the early 1980s, you were [...]

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