The Self-Sufficiency Garden: Feed your family and save money” by Huw Richards and Sam Cooper. Penquin Random House. 2024. by Josephine Norton What this book lacks in pizzazz it certainly makes up for in comprehensiveness. There are not any glossy colour photographs but instead lots of grids, timetables, layouts, and plans. The book opens with a chapter defining and illustrating the principles…
Book Review by Josephine Norton – “A Northern Gardeners Guide to Native Plants and Pollinators” by Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla. Illustrated by Ann Sanderson. Island Press 2023. At first glance I thought this book would include the Canadian zone 5 but it is an American published book so deals only with the native plants from the northeastern states. However,…
“R.H.S. How to Grow Plants for Free: Creating new plants from cuttings, seeds, and more” by Simon Akeroyd. Publisher, Mitchell Beasley London U.K 2024. This lovely little book is the perfect introduction to increasing the number of plants in your garden easily and cheaply and for free by propagating them yourself. It demystifies the art of grafting, taking cuttings, dividing,…
“Veg in One Bed” by Huw Richards 2019. “Sustainable Gardening: Grow a greener low maintenance garden with fewer resources” by Vincent A. Simeone 2021 “Low Maintenance Essential Know How and Expert Advice for Gardening Success.” Zia Allaway 2022 “The Autopilot Garden. A Guide to Hands Off Gardening” by Marion Luke. 2019. All books are available from Ottawa Public Library.…