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"A stylish yet substantial introduction to growing edibles in small spaces." (Portland Monthly )
An inspiring book for those with a can-do spirit but not much gardening space. (Life on the Balcony blog )
A great book for beginners and for those of us who need winter eye candy. (Red Dirt Ramblings )
Inspiration for veggie patches on balconies, patios, and the tiniest of city plots complete this yummy and useful presentation. (Booklist )
A marvelous book that's entertaining, extremely useful, and lovely. I recommend it highly. (Garden Rant )
An invaluable resource for aspiring greenthumbed terrace farmers. (The Source Weekly )
I d recommend it to any new gardener of edibles, particularly one who has limited or no access to a plot of earth she can call her own. (Digging blog )
Full of wisdom and practical advice stands apart for its tone, which is both gentle and practical, and its many fascinating sidebars and offshoots. Easy to flip through and find something fun to read in a hurry. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel )
Particularly useful to those urban/suburban homes with very limited space. (Sustainable Horticulture )
Full of smart ideas for how to deal with a seemingly impossible growing situation. (ReadyMade )
A fine piece of informational, inspiring and winning work. (Horticulture )
"Creative and fresh." (Library Journal )
Beautiful, down-to-earth, completely enticing. (ReadyMade )
A nice book for a new gardener or an old one - to sift thorough as we wait for the gardening season. (Skippy's Vegetable Garden )
Bright, cheerful, and motivatingyou will wonder why anyone would ever hesitate to grow a few edibles even if they have only a fire escape or deck. (CommonWeeder.com )
Whether you've got a porch or just a windowsill, Heavy Petal blogger Andrea Bellamy has you coveredher Sugar Snaps and Strawberries is an accessible, comprehensive guide to small-space gardening. (Portland Mercury )
An inspiring book for those with a can-do spirit but not much gardening space. (Life on the Balcony blog )
A great book for beginners and for those of us who need winter eye candy. (Red Dirt Ramblings )
Inspiration for veggie patches on balconies, patios, and the tiniest of city plots complete this yummy and useful presentation. (Booklist )
A marvelous book that's entertaining, extremely useful, and lovely. I recommend it highly. (Garden Rant )
An invaluable resource for aspiring greenthumbed terrace farmers. (The Source Weekly )
I d recommend it to any new gardener of edibles, particularly one who has limited or no access to a plot of earth she can call her own. (Digging blog )
Full of wisdom and practical advice stands apart for its tone, which is both gentle and practical, and its many fascinating sidebars and offshoots. Easy to flip through and find something fun to read in a hurry. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel )
Particularly useful to those urban/suburban homes with very limited space. (Sustainable Horticulture )
Full of smart ideas for how to deal with a seemingly impossible growing situation. (ReadyMade )
A fine piece of informational, inspiring and winning work. (Horticulture )
"Creative and fresh." (Library Journal )
Beautiful, down-to-earth, completely enticing. (ReadyMade )
A nice book for a new gardener or an old one - to sift thorough as we wait for the gardening season. (Skippy's Vegetable Garden )
Bright, cheerful, and motivatingyou will wonder why anyone would ever hesitate to grow a few edibles even if they have only a fire escape or deck. (CommonWeeder.com )
Whether you've got a porch or just a windowsill, Heavy Petal blogger Andrea Bellamy has you coveredher Sugar Snaps and Strawberries is an accessible, comprehensive guide to small-space gardening. (Portland Mercury )
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Imagine savoring fresh-picked strawberries on a weekend morning, plucking plump figs from your mini-orchard to quarter and serve at a farm-to-table meal with friends, or harvesting and saut??ing the edible stalks of garlic bulbs. If the size of your space is bringing you back to reality, here s the best part: you don t need a big backyard to grow your own food. In fact, you don t need a yard at all. Andrea Bellamy, founder of the acclaimed blog Heavy Petal (HeavyPetal.ca), gives you the dirt on growing gorgeous organic food with very little square footage. Simple, straightforward, design and growing advice can help you transform just a snippet of space into a stylish and edible oasis. Bellamy goes beyond the surface and shows you how to create and maintain healthy soil, decide what and when to plant, sow seeds and harvest, and most importantly, enjoy the process. So go ahead, picture that tiny nook, corner, strip, porch, alley, balcony, or postage-stamp-sized yard overflowing with fingerling potatoes, fragrant herbs, sugar snap peas, French breakfast radishes, and scarlet runner beans. Armed with luscious photography, encouraging tips, and sophisticated designs, you re sure to be inspired to join the grow-your-own revolution.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A fantastic book for beginning urban gardeners,
This review is from: Sugar Snaps and Strawberries: Simple Solutions for Creating Your Own Small-Space Edible Garden (Paperback)
I had the great opportunity to stumble upon Andrea's stand at our local Trout Lake Farmers market. She had "seed bombs" on her table, and that intrigued my oldest daughter... That's how we got to check her book out. it's awesome!
Very well written and with loads of tips and tricks. So after checking it out, we bought it (spent the last of our market dollars on it, and well worth it !). We even got a little hand written note for my daughter :-) We have now created two small spaces where we can grow some food. And we are actively watching our tomatoes, rhubarb and salad growing. We even know how to remove the suckers from the tomato plants! So all this to say that it really is an inspirational book, written for everyone who wants to garden. Highly recommend it !
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Helping you get edible gardening right.,
This review is from: Sugar Snaps and Strawberries: Simple Solutions for Creating Your Own Small-Space Edible Garden (Paperback)
So many times you are left mid-growing season scratching your head wondering what happened to your vegetables. So anxious to get planting there's often little thought to such details as what to plant where, what soil to use, how to optimize your soil, deal with pests and keep your food edible (i.e. no chemicals). But who wants to read a boring textbook on gardening when the sun is shining and your empty garden is beaconing, "Plant me!"? Enter Sugar Snaps and Strawberries. Written in plain language in an engaging, fun and light voice, this book is a fantastic guide and terrific reference to getting gardening right. So much so that you might find yourself glued to the pages and putting off your crops until you reach the last page! Follow even some of the advice in here and you'll be guaranteed to get better yields, and do more eating of the food you grow. When you have limited space, as Andrea suggests, maximizing what you plant can still be very rewarding. Even if you have more room, everything still applies.
Full of wisdom and gorgeous photos, and packaged in an attractive design, this book is worth every penny. Actually, come to think of it, for the cost of a bag of Farmer's Market veggies, this is the best investment you will make in your garden and your future food supply.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous read for a first-time gardener,
This review is from: Sugar Snaps and Strawberries: Simple Solutions for Creating Your Own Small-Space Edible Garden (Paperback)
Sugar Snaps and Strawberries by Andrea Bellamy is a fantastic how-to for creating your own garden in a small space. As a first-time gardener, I found this book extremely easy to read (I finished it in one evening, but can forsee returning to it frequently over the coming months as I plan, plant and harvest my garden). The author's writing style and breadth of knowledge makes me trust her judgement completely. Not only does Andrea share her insights into edible gardening, she illustrates her examples with the most amazing photographs. With images of sugar snaps and strawberries dancing in my head, I'm off to sleep to dream of all the wonderful things I'll be growing and feasting on this coming year!
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