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Category Archives: Book Reviews
New Guide to Protecting Pollinators
After almost 50 hours of Master Gardener training this month, there is one image that I cannot get out of my mind. During the lecture on growing fruit, the professor put up a photo of some workers in China, up … Continue reading
Keeping Vegetable Gardeners on Track
If growing more vegetables is one of your New Year’s resolutions (it is one of mine), you might want to check out a new book designed to tell vegetable gardeners specifically when to do what. The Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook … Continue reading
Book Review: Made from Scratch
Jenna Woginrich’s Made from Scratch: Discovering the Pleasures of a Hand-Made Life is the most enjoyable and accessible of the living-off-the-land books I’ve read. Admittedly, I have not made a thorough study of the genre, but I’ve read several (This … Continue reading
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Bruschetta, a la Julie and Julia
If you had a chance to see the movie Julie and Julia, you know it’s full of images of fantastic food. But the scene that made me salivate was the one in which Julie Powell (played by former Chanhassen Dinner … Continue reading
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Best Books for Beginning Vegetable Gardeners
Last week, a newbie vegetable gardener e-mailed me for some information about the Vegetable Gardening 101 class I took at Just Food Co-op a few weeks ago. She was looking for a similar class in the Twin Cities and also … Continue reading
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A Bouquet of Mini Book Reviews
Garden books tend to come out at two times of the year: when the season is over in fall and just as it begins in early spring. So, my poor mail carrier has been delivering lots of big packages with … Continue reading
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Book Review: A Sane Approach to Critter Issues
Like many northern gardeners, I’ve battled critters pretty much as long as I’ve gardened. At my old house, the issue was raccoons, who had a cozy home in the storm sewer under our street. At my current house, we’ve dealt … Continue reading
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What Would You Name Your Garden?
I’ve been reading Julie Moir Messervy’s excellent new book, Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love, which gives homeowners several techniques for figuring out what they want from their yard and garden and how to achieve it. One of her … Continue reading
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Garden Travels from Home
I enjoy visiting gardens while on vacation, but you can visit many gardens from the comfort of home through books, web sites, and DVDs. This Christmas, the man in my life gave me a trip to the gardens of Jane … Continue reading
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A Bouquet of New Books
I’ve been so busy in the garden and with work that I haven’t had much time for garden-related reading, but four new books worth mentioning recently came my way. Two of them are part of a series of regional gardening … Continue reading
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