Books

Part II – Helen Battersby Shares Favorite Garden Books

February 6, 2011
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With so many good gardening books, it’s hard to pick just one. Photo by ulle.b on Flickr. Spring is right around the corner, so it’s the perfect time to reach for a garden book. In Part I of this series, I traveled from the remote shores of Nova Scotia to a hundred-year-old Philadelphia neighborhood to learn about great garden books. This time, I turn to […]

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Part I – Favorite Garden Books of Jodi DeLong and Carole Browne

January 28, 2011
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Loads of books to read. Photo by maubrowncow on Flickr. On cold winter days nothing beats the pleasure of curling up with a good book and a hot drink. That’s especially true for gardeners … who must patiently wait until Mother Nature allows them to finally play in the dirt again. That’s why I asked some […]

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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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Win Free Copy of Grocery Gardening!

February 4, 2010

Drumroll, please… Just in time for spring garden planning, Grocery Gardening is now on the shelves at Barnes and Noble, Home Depot and Lowe’s. It’s packed with tips for planting, preparing and preserving 25 of your favorite fruit, vegetables and herbs. Eat local. Grocery Gardening guides you from planting the first seeds to preparing delicious meals to preserving produce for winter months. […]

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Grocery Gardening — Or Where I’ve Been Lately

August 24, 2009

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability,” said renowned author and philosopher Sam Keen. But summer fun wasn’t the reason why Seasonal Wisdom has been so neglected recently. There’s a much better reason. The story started on Twitter, believe it or not. That’s where I was approached by social media maven Jean Ann Van Krevelen about […]

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