Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make, and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live

Name: Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make, and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live
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ISBN: 9781934620106

✍️ Jasko, Robyn

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📚 EDITORIAL REVIEW

“Grab this if you are a city dweller or beginner wanting to grow your own food without a sprawling yard. It will disappoint anyone seeking an advanced, heavy-duty farming manual or complex culinary recipes.

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Jasko, Robyn

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🏛 Microcosm Publishing 📅 2012 📔 Paperback ISBN: 9781934620106

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📝 Description: Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make, and Store Food, No Matter Where You Live

A simple DIY guide to growing, storing, and making your own food, no matter where you live. An ideal companion to Raleigh Briggs' DIY guide Make Your Place, Jasko and Biggs' debut book will turn you into a healthy, happy farmer even if you live in a big city skyrise. Built around eight comprehensive sections (Know, Start, Grow, Plant, Plan, Make, Eat, and Store), this wonderful 128-page guide walks you through all the steps of successfully nurturing a crop of delicious, healthy vegetables. Everyone from the base beginner to the seasoned farmhand will find something for them in these pages. (The recipe section alone is enough to keep you comin' back to this gem for years!) Narrated in a friendly, helpful tone by Jasko and buoyed by Biggs's great illustrations, this book is the definition of awesomely useful. Super, super, SUPER inspiring. Grow your own everything!

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Robyn Jasko deliver a exceptionally inspiring and friendly DIY manual, vividly brought to life by Biggs's distinct illustrations. Its practical eight-part structure makes navigating crop cultivation, food storage, and cooking remarkably simple. However, readers seeking exhaustive academic botany, complex agricultural science, or advanced culinary techniques may find this concise 128-page overview overly simplified. The material focuses on approachable, beginner-friendly instructions rather than deeply technical manuals. It is not suited for experienced agrarian commercial growers who already possess extensive agricultural setups and require specialized industrial methods. Nevertheless, for urbanites and novice gardeners wanting a charming, useful primer on growing their own food anywhere, this delightful handbook serves as a wonderfully inspiring resource.

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⭐ eatbookfamily.com editorial review Editorial rating 4.6/5

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Grab this if you are a city dweller or beginner wanting to grow your own food without a sprawling yard. It will disappoint anyone seeking an advanced, heavy-duty farming manual or complex culinary recipes.

Reader rating

4.6

Based on 1 reviews

Eatbook Family editorial team

Robyn Jasko deliver a exceptionally inspiring and friendly DIY manual, vividly brought to life by Biggs's distinct illustrations. Its practical eight-part structure makes navigating crop cultivation, food storage, and cooking remarkably simple. However, readers seeking exhaustive academic botany, complex agricultural science, or advanced culinary techniques may find this concise 128-page overview overly simplified. The material focuses on approachable, beginner-friendly instructions rather than deeply technical manuals. It is not suited for experienced agrarian commercial growers who already possess extensive agricultural setups and require specialized industrial methods. Nevertheless, for urbanites and novice gardeners wanting a charming, useful primer on growing their own food anywhere, this delightful handbook serves as a wonderfully inspiring resource.

❓ Frequently asked questions

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Yes, the book is designed for everyday growers and home cooks, focusing on accessible DIY projects you can tackle anywhere.

📖 Who should read this

📜 Historical context

Rooted in the modern urban homesteading movement, this guide embraces the DIY tradition of producing your own food in limited spaces like apartments and high-rises. It focuses on practical self-sufficiency, teaching you how to nurture crops and make kitchen staples regardless of your geography.