Kitchen Garden Living: Seasonal Growing and Eating from a Beautiful, Bountiful Food Garden

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Bailey Van Tassel

Kitchen Garden Living

Seasonal Growing and Eating from a Beautiful, Bountiful Food Garden

Bailey Van Tassel

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Cool Springs Press
07 January 2025

Self-sufficiency; Gardening: growing fruit & vegetables; Organic gardening

Build a wholesome life focused on the seasonality of the food you grow with this chic and savvy guide to creating, tending, and sharing the goodness of a kitchen garden.

While kitchen gardening brings freshness and flavor to your dinner plate, it's no longer just about growing food. Kitchen gardening is also a lifestyle choice. It's a unique way to show the world your commitment to the health of your family and your planet, reduce your food miles, and take control of what you feed your family. A one-of-a-kind kitchen garden is also anopportunity to show off your personal style and create a peaceful escape from the busyness of today's world. It's a chance to disconnect from the hustle and reconnect to what matters most-food, family, and your connection to the natural world.

In Kitchen Garden Living, author and Kitchen Garden Society founder Bailey Van Tassel guides you through the process of establishing a kitchen garden of your own, helping you with all of the necessary steps to get your new garden started and holding your hand all the way through to the harvest and beyond. Organized by chapters titled Plan, Grow, Tend, Make, Gather, Connect, and Inspire, the projects and lessons found here aredesigned to help you succeed, no matter the size or location of your kitchen garden.

Includes inspiration for: Finding your preferred garden styleDesigning and laying out the bedsLiving and eating seasonallyCaring for the garden while also caring for yourselfPreparing and preserving the harvestGetting family involvedAnd so much more With this inspiring and supportive book as your guide, bring value to your family and your community in ways you never thought possible.

By: Bailey Van Tassel
Imprint: Cool Springs Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 889g
ISBN: 9780760388990
ISBN 10: 0760388997
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 07 January 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction Chapter 1 SEASONS Chapter 2 PLAN Chapter 3 GROW Chapter 4 TEND Chapter 5 MAKE Chapter 6 GATHER Chapter 7 CONNECT Chapter 8 INSPIRE Conclusion Acknowledgments About the Author Index

Bailey Van Tassel (@baileyvantassel) is founder of The Kitchen Garden Society and host of The Garden Culture podcast. She shares her gardening skills online, as well as her personal story of growing up on a farm and yet ending up reluctantly in suburbia. Determined to bloom where she is planted, Bailey focuses on kitchen gardening and cut flowers, showcasing how you can grow in any amount of space with a limited amount of time. She gardens with her three young children beside her, believing that living seasonally and staying grounded to the natural world is vitally important to creating a meaningful life no matter where you are.

Reviews for Kitchen Garden Living: Seasonal Growing and Eating from a Beautiful, Bountiful Food Garden

“Kitchen Garden Living is a wonderful book, filled with all the inspiration and knowledge you need to start living in-tune with nature and make the most of every growing season."" * Willow Crossley, the UK’s ‘Queen of Flowers’, author of The Art of Handmade Living and The Wild Jour * ""Some of the standouts from this book include: planning a garden, developing a water plan, consideration of raised beds vs in ground planting, offering a list of flowers that are perfect to combine with edible plants, 10 great garden jobs for kids, natural approaches to preventing and controlling pests, edible flowers, keeping a garden journal, how to plant seeds, and label plants."" -- Barbara Keer * Splash Magazines *