Turning patches of ground into food machines doesn’t require advanced degrees. But that doesn’t mean vegetable and fruit gardening is easy peasy. Yards have microclimates. Soil can be heavy with clay, or too alkaline. Some vegetables lust after the sun, and demand full-solar- immersion. Others shrink from in-their-face rays, but still — they would like a little. Some dappled shade would be nice.
Lots of books, lots of websites, lots of newspaper articles and entire magazines aim to bring gardening- savvy to those of us out there on Saturday afternoons, shovel in hand, dreaming of the day when the puny, green tomato plants are heavy with Brandywines.
Mother Earth News has ably covered this ground for decades. Now they have come out with “Guide to Growing Your Own Food.”
Combining decades of the homesteading magazine’s cumulative wisdom into a 95-page paperback, the guide looks like a winner. And unlike a website, it’s something you can bring out into the garden with you.
Find it at . Douglas Brown, The Denver Post
