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

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The creator of Gardenary teaches readers how to create their own edible garden from scratch in this beginner's guide. Now in paperback. Learn how to grow and harvest your own fresh, organic food, no matter where you live. Founder of Gardenary, Inc Nicole Johnsey Burke provides you with clear instructions for how to set up, care for and harvest your own food, as well as insightful tips for every level of gardener. More than just providing the how-to, she gives you the know-how for a practical and intuitive gardening system that includes- Leaves - quick satisfaction from abundant harvests, most available and simplest to grow; includes salad greens and herbs Roots - underground harvests that require more tending and are built for endurance, longevity and a longer shelf life; includes tubers, bulbs and rhizomes Fruit - the most demanding and sweetest of all, requiring the most space, sunlight and consistent watering to blossom; includes beans, squash and tomatoes There's always a plant you can grow right where you are, right away - all you have to do is take it step by step.

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Required reading before any tomato plants are sold to anyone anywhere. Nicole taught me this concept years ago and Ive 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 lifeeven if youve 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 levelsfrom the first-time small-space gardener to a gardener like me with experience and spacewill 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 Beginners Garden podcast and author of Vegetable Gardening for Beginners

Author Bio

Nicole Johnsey Burke, the founder of Gardenary, Inc. and the author of Kitchen Garden Revival, is on a mission to bring back the kitchen garden and make it an ordinary part of life for everyone, no matter their level of gardening experience. Since starting her own kitchen garden business in 2015, Burke and her company have built hundreds of kitchen gardens, taught thousands of students to create their own through her online courses and Gardenary 365, and trained hundreds of garden consultants through the Garden Coach Society. Her work has been featured by Southern Living, This Old House, Modern Farmer, and the Garden Club of America. She believes kitchen gardens are a step that everyone can take to create positive change. To find more tips and tricks for building your own kitchen garden, visit her online at www.gardenary.com and download the Gardenary app from your favorite app store.