Organic Book Reviews Articles
Don’t Throw it, GROW IT! Book Review
I enjoyed pilfering from the publishing table at Garden Writers this year. However, I always review books, often on multiple sites, so I feel less guilty, sort of. The book Don’t Throw it, GROW IT! is an adorable little gem, re-published in 2008 by Storey …
Wicked Plants, by Amy Stewart
Wicked Plants, by Amy Stewart, was published this spring or summer. I already forget when, because it feels like we’ve had this book around forever, or at least had Amy around forever doing PR for it. Her PR guy is a genius! If you’ve seen …
Book Review: The Omnivore’s Dilemma
I’ve been reading and reading and reading this summer, into fall. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver. Food Matters, by Mark Bittman. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan. I finally got to the big one: …
Book Review: Gardening Nude
Shawna Coronado grew up in Kokomo, Indiana, a small community in the heart of the breadbasket (farm country), of the United States. Her family was anything but normal, her parents had an unconventional marriage, and her father passed away when she was just 13 years old. Her grandparents’ farm became a place of solace. She wandered around in nature, not really doing anything constructive, other than mowing …
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle
I’m not even finished reading Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life, by Barbara Kingsolver, but I can’t wait to tell everyone in the entire world how much I love this book. Plus, it isn’t the type of book you have to read …
Earth Day Eating: “Food Matters”
If you regularly read this blog, you know I’m a bookworm. So, in honor of upcoming Earth Day, and (GASP!) my 30th Birthday, I’m reviewing the great new book by Mark Bittman Food Matters. I heard Mark interviewed on NPR right around the time …
Book Review: Plants in Garden History
One of my favorite gardening books, ever, is Plants in Garden History, by Penelope Hobhouse. Apparently, it is Oprah’s favorite gardening book, too. (Or, at least a favorite of those who choose Oprah’s favorite gardening books. I love to watch Oprah, but I just …
What is Organic Gardening, Really?
Today, we debuted our new organic gardening ebook. This is a very exciting development in the evolution of goorganicgardening.com! I feel like we have a great product to offer new gardeners, or experienced gardeners that are used to gardening conventionally, with lots of synthetic inputs. I really think that you can go from zero to competent in one season if you follow the …
Organic Gardening Book Reviews: The Gardener’s A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
With my new vegetable gardening project this spring, I have been reading a bunch of gardening books. You name it, I have it or have read it. I personally helped Chris select the books for the Organic Gardening Bookstore. They are all good ones. It is my mission to eventually review them all. This …
Organic Gardeners Need to Understand Botany
If you are an organic gardener, you do need to understand some basic botany. I know that probably doesn’t fit with your life plan of actually enjoying your gardening and such, but, trust me-if you know some botany, you will have a much easier time. I do recommend a resource. Not because we …
