Leaves, Roots & Fruit: A Step-by-Step Guide to Planting an Organic Kitchen Garden

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Eat what you sow in this step-by-step beginner's guide to creating an edible garden from scratch Have you woefully bought overpriced and wilted basil from a refrigerator shelf? Do you imagine a patch of life and color warming your empty kitchen windowsill? Have you tried gardening a time or two before, with only a well-watered swath of dirt to show for it months later? Nicole Johnsey Burke, author of Kitchen Garden Revival and founder of Gardenary, Inc., and Rooted Garden, Inc., offers a straightforward and easy-to-follow gardening system that is built for attainable success. Nicole guides beginning gardeners through the fundamentals of garden setup and design, plant selection, and the mechanics for plant growth, in a gradual stepladder of three categories of plants- Leaves, including sprouts, herbs, and leafy greens Roots, such as bulbs, tubers, and rhizomes Fruits and seeds By making gardening a step-by-step process where you build your skills and understanding of plants as you go, Nicole makes a potentially overwhelming process as simple as planting that first seed.

Nicole Johnsey Burke is the founder of Gardenary, Inc., and Rooted Garden, Inc., and the author of Kitchen Garden Revival. Her work has been featured in Southern Living, USA Today, Self, Modern Farmer, and Health. You can find her online at www.gardenary.com

* Required reading before any tomato plants are sold to anyone anywhere. Nicole taught me this concept years ago and I've never forgotten it. - Myquillyn Smith, New York Times best-selling author of Welcome Home * Nicole inspires us all to dive deeper into sustainability with her beautiful and functional kitchen garden process, full of details that could give anyone a strong foundation to become a lifelong gardener. - Jen Hansard, best-selling author of Simple Green Smoothies and Simple Green Meals * Leaves, Roots & Fruit simplifies the process of learning to garden in an easy-to-use format, and the photos are gorgeous. Highly recommend! - Lauren Liess, author of Feels Like Home, Down to Earth, and Habitat * The perfect book to help you add the habit of gardening into your everyday life-even if you've never thought to call yourself a 'gardener.' - Jessica Honegger, author of Imperfect Courage and host of the Going Scared Podcast * A relevant and relatable must-have for gardeners of all experience levels. Nicole serves as a knowledgeable yet engaging coach as she walks you through the ins and outs of how to create a personalized gardening system that works for YOU! - Ashlie Thomas, the Mocha Gardener and author of How to Become a Gardener * Nicole has demystified the process of basic backyard, small-scale gardening for food or flowers into a simple and easy-to-follow step system. She will take you by the hand and walk you through the steps in word and image, physically and intellectually, for you to beautifully and deliciously grow into the kitchen gardener you want to be! - Jennifer Jewell, creator and host of the award-winning public radio program and podcast, Cultivating Place * Gardeners of all levels-from the first-time small-space gardener to a gardener like me with experience and space-will find more success in their gardens after getting their hands on this book and implementing this easy-to-understand system. - Jill McSheehy, host of the Beginner's Garden podcast and author of Vegetable Gardening for Beginners