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RECORD NUMBER: 25 OF 80Main Title | Grow the good life : why a vegetable garden will make you happy, healthy, wealthy, and wise / | |||||||||||
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Author | Owens, Michele. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Rodale, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2011 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 419860381 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9781605295893 (hardcover : alk. paper); 1605295892 (hardcover : alk. paper); 9781609614461 (pbk.); 1609614461 (pbk.) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Vegetable gardening ; Backyard gardens | |||||||||||
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Collation | xiv, 209 pages ; 23 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202) and index. |
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Contents Notes | Why don't Americans garden? -- Money : better than Berkshire Hathaway stock bought in '65 -- Flavor : if you haven't grown it, you haven't tasted it -- Health : eternal youth's not in a fountain, but in a garden -- The soil : why dirt isn't dirty -- Beauty : prettier than sod and shrubs any day -- The kids : what they'll take out of the garden -- The never-ending education : why you'll soon be as much of an expert as any expert -- Survival : how to stay adaptable in uncertain times -- Happiness : the best reason to garden. A lively, passionate argument for the backyard vegetable garden, drawing on science, history, and stories from the author's garden. Owens shows you how to fit a garden into your life-- and why it's worth the trouble. |