“Growing a garden is as much food for the soul as it is for the body.” p. 5
Whether you have been gardening for decades or this is your very first year, once the Christmas decor has been packed away (or maybe even before!) we find ourselves pulling out the garden seed catalogs, graph paper, and spreadsheets. It feels so good to look through pages and pages of colors (especially GREEN) in the middle of a white, cold January in Michigan.
We combat the lack of sunshine by dreaming of sun-filled summer days. We dog-ear catalog pages, circle plants in Sharpie marker, and wonder if we can find the space this year for just one more variety of tomatoes. And then we order ALL the packets of seeds that catch our eye, because they’re only a few dollars each right?
But Melissa K. Norris — homesteader, podcaster, and author of three books — makes the case in her newest book that ordering your seeds for the year should actually be the last step in planning your garden.
The Family Garden Plan: Grow a Year’s Worth of Sustainable and Healthy Food is a 222-page, full-color paperback book that I believe should have a place on every gardener’s shelf.
This review was first published on the Homesteaders of Michigan blog. Read the rest of my in-depth review there!
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