Garden Anywhere!

On Saturday afternoon Joel and I went to Powell's, filled our arms with as many books on vegetable gardening as we could hold, plopped them down on a table in the cafe, and started reading. And guess what? It turns out gardening (or at least getting started as a gardener) is not as difficult as we may have led ourselves to believe.

My favorite of all of the books we found is Garden Anywhere: How to Grow Gorgeous Container Gardens, Herb Gardens, Kitchen Gardens, and More - Without Spending a Fortune. The title says it all. The book includes lots of tips on how to make cool containers for gardening (out of wine crates and milk crates and olive oil tins) and really straightforward information for those of us who are just learning about sowing seeds, building compost bins, etc.

Alys Fowler (the author) is someone I would like to be friends with. In the section on scavenging for containers to grow plants in, she includes step by step instructions on how to get into a dumpster, and includes photos of her dumpster diving in a dress. Just my style.

So, if you're looking to learn how to garden and would like a nice lady to guide you through it, read this book.