Gardening is for everyone, and no one states that more clearly than Matt James, in his book The Urban Gardener. The Urban Gardener, From sleek sophistication to cottage-style charm, this how-to ...
Laugh Your Way Through Chicken Husbandry with “The Chicken Chick’s Guide to Backyard Chickens”
Full disclosure: I don’t have chickens. My homeowner’s association prohibits them. Nor, before reading this book, did I particularly want a flock. HOA rules aside, a couple of my neighbors raise ...
Create a Sustainable Landscape with Essential Native Trees and Shrubs for the Eastern US
Trees and shrubbery are the backbone of an outdoor landscape. However, sometimes we wind up with a yard full of vegetation not well suited to our locale, that performs poorly and does little to ...
Restoring Habitat with Charlotte Adelman and Bernard Schwartz’s Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees
I just finished reading the recently published gardening handbook, Midwestern Native Shrubs and Trees: Gardening Alternatives to Nonnative Species, by Charlotte Adelman and Bernard L. Schwartz. It’s , ...
Book Review: Cultivating Harmony with Nancy Lawson’s The Humane Gardener
I recently had the pleasure of reviewing an advance copy of : Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson, available for preorder now on Amazon.com and available in wide release on April ...
Teaming with Microbes: A Fresh Review for Today’s Gardeners
"Teaming with Microbes," authored by Alaskan-based writers Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis, still prevails today as an important epistle for farmers and gardeners everywhere. A dense yet ...
