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Chloe #6: Green Thumb by Greg Tessier

February 23, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Chloe #6: Green Thumb by Greg Tessier is a compilation of two stories about growing up and being the best you that you can be. In story one, Chloe and her friends tackle the school project of creating a garden at their school. Chloe at first does not want to get “down and dirty” until one of her friends shows her own much fun it can be. And from there Chloe figures out ways to make her school and home greener. While it branches off […]

Gardening to Victory

Gardens for Victory by Jean Marie Putnam & Llyod C. Cosper

October 14, 2020 by Ale Leave a Comment

In a box my grandmother hadn’t opened for probably fifty years, she found a swath of old family documents, and in it was this book, Gardens for Victory, a comprehensive guide to teach Americans how to supplement their ration cards during World War II with sustainable gardening. We have no idea how the little pamphlet never got thrown away; the spine was very bent and the pages dog-eared, meaning my great-grandparents probably followed its instructions during the war for their own gardens. The fact that it had […]

Gardens in pots

Container Theme Gardens by Nancy J. Ondra

March 7, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’m not much of a gardener. I grew up with a garden in the back yard, but I think that because that was all in a very different climate than where I now live, that I no longer have a good grasp on the details of how to work with what when etc. I have managed a few things though, including several pots around my front steps. That’s why I was hoping that Container Theme Gardens would be something I could use in a the […]

My annoyance with Jefferson continues

Founding Gardners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation by Andrea Wulf

February 1, 2019 by Nyx Leave a Comment

What can the founding fathers’ gardens tell you about them and early America? According to Andrea Wulf everything! Taking what could be a dry topic, Wulf digs into the botanical side of history to show how the farms and gardens of each of the founding fathers were microcosms of how they wished to shape America. Washington, the reluctant general and post-war president, focuses on popularizing native species and developing a distinctly American farm. Jefferson loves the theory of planning an elaborate plantation but struggles with […]

Lazy Gardening Throughout Time

July 31, 2014 by Vylotte Leave a Comment

First published in 1961 when the author was in her late 70s, this book expounds on her philosophy that by constant heavy mulching, gardening can be mastered without weeds, without tilling, without “work.” Anyone who has ever walked in a forest or wooded area can tell that nature’s system of dropping organic material and letting it lie creates the most healthy and vibrant soils. Yet this idea of natural mulching and letting stuff rot where it falls was all but foreign in the 50s, when […]

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