Garden Primer

The Garden Primer

This is a wonderful resource book for any level of gardener. Our friends in Maine shared this title with us recently, and it's definitely one of those go-to kind of books. Our friends said that their copy is a bit worn looking as they tend to drag it right out to the garden and read the specific instructions when they're planting or transplanting. They follow her advice to the letter! This author, Barbara Damrosch, and her husband Eliot Coleman (also a gardening author and authority), are from Maine. Recently they were the key speakers at a yearly gathering at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, IA. Oh, it would have been great to be there!

Must Have Canning and Freezing Guide

Ball Blue Book of Preserving

This is an indispensable guide book for canning or freezing your garden goodies. It's full of all the basic recipes, but also a number of very adventurous combinations of ingredients to keep things interesting in your kitchen! This has the Bread and Butter recipe that I use every year, and a number of jam and jelly stand-bys that we enjoy at our house. It's tried and true for sure! Click the link or the picture to purchase one for yourself.