With the addition of my new potager
garden that I designed and installed in January, I have a lovely variety of
garden books to share with you.
These are brand-new books that have proved to
be great sources of information and inspiration for me in my own garden.
There are six new raised beds surrounded
by gravel and filled with edible delights! I did reserve one of those beds for
cut flowers, some of which, like Calendula and Pansies, are also perfect for decorating
a salad with their pretty blooms.
Check out my video of the potager garden from last
month:
And this NEW VIDEO.
Now here are the books that helped me in a big way
while planning and planting my new veg garden…
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1. The First-Time Gardener: Raised Bed Gardening
Raised bed gardening has never been more popular, but
it can also be intimidating, especially for beginner gardeners.
The First-Time
Gardener: Raised Bed Gardening by CaliKim is the perfect guide for newbie
growers, offering advice on everything from selecting the best raised bed for
the available space and filling it with healthy soil, to planting plans and
plant-care tips.
Why is raised bed gardening booming in popularity?
The benefits are numerous.
No matter your yard size, raised beds are the perfect fit. They allow for a
controlled growing environment, filled with fertile soil.
Raised beds help gardeners
with less-than-ideal soils, there’s little to no weeding involved, they’re accessible,
and they can be as large or as petite as you’d like.
This book helps with learning how to select the best raised bed
for your space, what to fill it with, and tips for staking and trellising
plants to save space and improve yields.
Also included are DIY plans for building
quick and simple beds, info on soil, mulch, watering and fertilizing, tips to
maximize production, and much more.
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2. The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening
Container gardens can take up as much or as little
room as you’d like. They’re portable, so you can locate them wherever
conditions are optimal for plant growth.
And you can grow just about any veggie in pots, as
long as you have the right container, the right soil blend, and the right care
tips.
In this book, author Pam Farley of BrownThumbMama.com
lines the path to container food gardening success in clear, simple steps.
Find a dozen fully illustrated planting plans for
themed container food gardens, including a Smoothie Greens Garden, a Spring
Stir-Fry Garden, a Spaghetti Sauce Garden, a Salad Greens Garden, and many
others in this fun book.
No room? No problem. Lousy soil? Nothing to worry about. Not enough time? Think
again. Growing food in containers is fun, easy, and perfect for beginners.
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3. Sustainable Homestead
If you’re like most homesteaders, the dream is to
make the most of your land by working with it, not against it.
From capturing
water and building strong soil to helping your animals live their best lives,
The Sustainable Homestead is about making your homestead stronger by achieving
synergy between what can seem like different parts.
In this book, new and veteran homesteaders alike can find detailed information
to use this year, this month, even this week!
Angela has spent more than a decade building and
strengthening her small acreage homestead and shares the lessons through
chapters covering site selection, soil, growing, animals, the role of the
homesteader, and much more.
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4. The Elegant and Edible Garden
Stylish and celebratory, The Elegant and Edible
Garden takes food growing to a higher plane, presenting a vision for creating a
garden space where food and flowers grow side by side.
You’ll flatten the
learning curve for designing a beautiful, edible garden by sharing common-sense
tips and inspiration and ideas from Linda’s own personal experience of starting
a garden from scratch, while still allowing your style and personality to
shine.
“This is a book about capturing the romance, the
artistry, and the experiential nature of a garden and garden living."
5. Tiny +Wild
Meadows don’t have to be big to make a difference and
the perks of creating one, even on a small scale, are many. Tiny but mighty
meadows help mitigate climate change, foster biodiversity, sequester carbon,
and calm the senses.
With as little as a few square feet of space, you can
create a beautiful, naturalistic planting that supports a diversity of plants,
pollinators, and a plethora of other living things, not to mention its visual
appeal to human eyes.
Author and landscape designer Graham Laird Gardner helps
you find inspiration in natural spaces so you can successfully site, design,
plant, and care for your own small-scale meadow.
Whether you live in the city or in suburbia, perfect places for mini-meadows
are everywhere: a small corner of the yard, flanking the front walk, around
your mailbox, that little area between the house and driveway, tucked next to
the front stoop, in the center of your vegetable garden and so many other
places.
The plant lists and charts in Tiny + Wild share the best plants to include in
your micro prairie, and Graham offers plenty of practical advice on planting
your meadow from seed, transplants, or mature plants, depending on your budget,
the site, and your timeline.
Plus, learn how to care for your wildflower
planting, including tips for watering, plant care, and weed management.
Discover how small spaces can make a big difference in Tiny & Wild.
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"The Elegant and Edible Garden" is a vision of the very best things a garden can offer: food, beauty, connection, and a place to breathe.
It's a book about designing a garden that is distinctly yours, using edibles as ornamentals, with lots of pictures for inspiration and emulation. If I did it, so can you.
ciao! fabiana
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