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Put ’em Up: a book review

September 28, 2010 by Andrea Bellamy 1 Comment

It was midsummer. Both my garden and local farmer’s markets were overflowing with succulent fruits and vegetables. Yet even as I enjoyed the bounty of the season, I felt anxious. How many more days would we have together? The peaches would be done in a week. The cherries were already long gone. And in a […]

Filed Under: Resources, Veggies & Edibles Tagged With: book review, canning, food preserving

Giveaway: Home Outside by Julie Moir Messervy

March 15, 2009 by Andrea Bellamy 76 Comments

Let’s start the week off with a giveaway, shall we? I have one copy of Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love, by Julie Moir Messervy to give to a lucky reader. In Home Outside, award-winning landscape designer Julie Moir Messervy demystifies the art and practice of landscape design. By introducing an easy, tangible yet […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: book review, contest, Garden Design, Home Outside, Julie Moir Messervy

Book review: Second Nature by Michael Pollan

March 6, 2008 by Andrea Bellamy 19 Comments

I read Second Nature: a gardener’s education by Michael Pollan (who has been getting lots of press lately for The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food) for the February-March 2008 selection of the Garden Blogger’s Bookclub, hosted by Carol of May Dreams Gardens. I thoroughly enjoyed Pollan’s writing – so much so that I […]

Filed Under: Inspiration Tagged With: book review, garden bloggers book club, michael pollan, second nature

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