Posted on February 7, 2020
by John Jeavons
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It’s winter here in the northern hemisphere, and farmers and gardeners everywhere are dreaming and planning about what to plant in the spring and summer! While all gardens have their challenges, those who grow food and flowers in warm and/or arid climates need a… Continue Reading “What to Read Now: Warm Climate Gardening”
Category: about farming, books, crops, farming, farming/gardening, fruits, GROW THE EARTH, interesting practices, plants, practical guides, sustainability, sustainable practices, unusual techniques, vegetables, warm climate, water conservation, water conservationTags: arid, Barbara Pleasant, book, dry, gardening, how-to, humid, warm climate, warm climate gardening
Posted on August 27, 2018
by John Jeavons
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John Keats famously called Autumn the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness” and I couldn’t agree with him more. Just when the summer seems like it will last forever, the turn of the seasons begins to make itself known in a subtle change of… Continue Reading “Keeping the Harvest”
Category: about crops, books, farming/gardening, food security, fruits, GROW THE EARTH, harvesting, My favorite things, practical guides, Preserving food, vegetablesTags: d'agen plums, food storage, french plums, gretchen mead, Harvest, keeping the harvest, nancy chioffi, story books, Trees of Antiquity
Posted on July 18, 2018
by John Jeavons
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This 3-book series Lost Crops of Africa (Volumes I, II and III on Grains, Vegetables, and Fruits, published in 1996, 2006 and 2008, respectively) is a treasure for us all, but especially for the African continent, with the hope it presents of growing food… Continue Reading “Lost Crops of Africa”
Category: about crops, Africa, books, crops, ethnobotany, farming/gardening, food security, fruits, grains, GROW THE EARTH, native plants, vegetablesTags: Africa, books, crops, food security, native plants
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