Book Review: Little Seasons Spring Seeds
Karen Meyers Mirka Hokkanen explores the coming of spring and the lifecycle of seeds in her book, Little Seasons Spring Seeds. Written for children ages 2-6, the author shows the great diversity…
Book Review: Complete Guide to Growing and Cultivating Herbs & Spices
Linda Gray’s book, Complete Guide to Growing and Cultivating Herbs & Spices, is a comprehensive look at cultivating and utilizing a wide variety of plants that provide flavorful additions to…
Book Review: What a Bee Knows
What a Bee Knows, by Stephen Buchmann, is a guide to understand the complexities of bee behavior. As a pollination ecologist, the author has extensive experience with bees and the…
Book Review: The Complete Beer Course
This revised, updated and expanded second edition of The Complete Beer Course by Joshua M. Bernstein, reflects the many changes in the craft beer industry since 2013 when the first…
Book Review: DIY Guide to Ponds, Fountains, Rain Gardens & Water Features (Revised Editiion)
This comprehensive up-dated edition provides information on all the aspects of designing and installing home garden water features such as ponds, rain gardens and various moving water features such as…
Book Review: When will it be Spring?
Catherine Walters’ book, When Will it be Spring, is the charming story of a mother bear and her cub looking forward to spring as they get ready to hibernate. Written…
Book Review: Soil: The Story of A Black Mother’s Garden
Soil: The Story of A Black Mother’ Garden, by author and poet Camille T. Dungy, is a memoir of the author’s 7 year effort to establish a pollinator garden in…
Book Review: Cooking with Mushrooms
Andrea Gentl’s book, Cooking with Mushrooms, is a guide to the culinary world of mushrooms. The author is award-winning food and travel photographer and combines her artistic and culinary talents…
Book Review: At Home with Nature
Why do people love their lawns, or or keep them in spite of their high maintenance, expense and monotanous appearance. In his book, At Home with Nature, author, architect, and…
Book Review: Katya’s Book of Mushrooms
Katya’s Book of Mushrooms, by Katya Arnold, is an introduction to mushrooms aimed at children 10-14 years old. It is not a a field guided intended for use in identifying…