Grow the Good Life: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

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Michele Owens

Grow the Good Life

Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Michele Owens

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Rodale Books
05 June 2012

Gardening: plants

A lively, passionate argument for the backyard vegetable garden, drawing on science, history, and stories from the author's garden. Our parents saw supermarkets and processed foods as the height of convenience. But nothing is more convenient than grocery shopping in the backyard. A vegetable garden offers the best defense against rising food prices, the most environmentally sound way to eat, and better exercise than any gym. It will turn anyone into a wonderful cook, since nothing tastes more vibrant than homegrown. And it can take less time every week than a trip to the supermarket. InGrow the Good Life,Michele Owens, an amateur gardener for almost two decades, makes an entertaining and persuasive case for vegetable gardens. She starts with two simple but radical ideas- Growing food on a small scale is easy, and it is absurdly rewarding. With her wry, funny, and accessible approach, Owens helps beginning gardeners overcome obstacles that keep them from planting a few seedlings every spring. She explains why dirt isn't dirty; the health benefits of growing one's own food; and that vegetable gardens are not antithetical to the frantic pace of modern life, but simple and undemanding if intelligently managed. Grow the Good Lifeis not just another how-to. Instead, it will teach you the true fundamentals of vegetable growing- how to fit a garden into your life and why it's worth the trouble.

By: Michele Owens
Imprint: Rodale Books
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 207mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9781609614461
ISBN 10: 1609614461
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 05 June 2012
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

MICHELE OWENS is a cofounder of Garden Rant, one of the most popular and influential gardening blogs. She lives in Saratoga Springs and Salem, NY.

Reviews for Grow the Good Life: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

Breezy, cantankerous and funny . . . O wens's warm, enthusiastic, bossy-boots tone will make you want to swipe your credit card in soil. New York Times Book Review Every once in a while, it's good for the human spirit to bump into someone whose passions are undeniable, even indefatigable. Owens . . . is that indefatigably passionate someone. Chicago Tribune