Kitchen Garden Living: Seasonal Growing and Eating from a Beautiful, Bountiful Food Garden

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Build a wholesome life focused on the seasonality of the food you grow with this chic and savvy guide to creating, tending, and sharing the goodness of a kitchen garden.

While kitchen gardening brings freshness and flavor to your dinner plate, it's no longer just about growing food. Kitchen gardening is also a lifestyle choice. It's a unique way to show the world your commitment to the health of your family and your planet, reduce your food miles, and take control of what you feed your family. A one-of-a-kind kitchen garden is also anopportunity to show off your personal style and create a peaceful escape from the busyness of today's world. It's a chance to disconnect from the hustle and reconnect to what matters most-food, family, and your connection to the natural world.

In Kitchen Garden Living, author and Kitchen Garden Society founder Bailey Van Tassel guides you through the process of establishing a kitchen garden of your own, helping you with all of the necessary steps to get your new garden started and holding your hand all the way through to the harvest and beyond. Organized by chapters titled Plan, Grow, Tend, Make, Gather, Connect, and Inspire, the projects and lessons found here aredesigned to help you succeed, no matter the size or location of your kitchen garden.

Includes inspiration for:
Finding your preferred garden styleDesigning and laying out the bedsLiving and eating seasonallyCaring for the garden while also caring for yourselfPreparing and preserving the harvestGetting family involvedAnd so much more
With this inspiring and supportive book as your guide, bring value to your family and your community in ways you never thought possible.

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Kitchen Garden Living is a wonderful book, filled with all the inspiration and knowledge you need to start living in-tune with nature and make the most of every growing season."

Author Bio

Bailey Van Tassel (@baileyvantassel) is founder of The Kitchen Garden Society and host of The Garden Culture podcast. She shares her gardening skills online, as well as her personal story of growing up on a farm and yet ending up reluctantly in suburbia. Determined to bloom where she is planted, Bailey focuses on kitchen gardening and cut flowers, showcasing how you can grow in any amount of space with a limited amount of time. She gardens with her three young children beside her, believing that living seasonally and staying grounded to the natural world is vitally important to creating a meaningful life no matter where you are.