Now that you’ve mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up where beginning gardening books leave off, with in-depth profiles of the 55 most popular crops — including beans, beets, squash, tomatoes, and much more — to keep your pantry stocked throughout the year. In-depth profiles highlight how many plants to grow of each crop for a year’s worth of eating, and which storage methods work best for specific varieties. Author Barbara Pleasant culls tips from decades of her own gardening experience and from growers across North America to offer planting, care, and harvesting refreshers for every region and each vegetable.
Author: Barbara Pleasant
Format: Paperback
Mason Jar Lunches features 50 pretty, portable packed lunches, including delicious soups, salads, and pastas. Packing your lunch is one of the best ways to eat healthy and save money. But preparing and packing a lunch isn’t always easy. Mason jars are the perfect solution: They’re durable, adorable, and keep your food sealed and fresh. Packed with full-color photos of each recipe, this book is as gorgeous as the layered lunches themselves. Mason Jar Lunches goes beyond the popular mason jar salad recipes to include a variety of hot and cold meals.
Author: JESSICA HARLAN
Format: Paperback
There are detailed illustrated construction guides for making four different kinds of root cellars that are functional and attractive. It also includes must-know information on how to choose, store and manage a supply of fruits, vegetables, nuts and preserves.
Author: S. Maxwell and J. MacKenzie
Format: Paperback
Root cellaring isn’t just for off-the-grid types or farmers with large gardens. Storing food makes good sense, both financially and environmentally. And root cellars can easily fit anywhere. In this intelligent, convincing book, authors Jennifer Megyesi and Geoff Hansen show how to make them part of every reader’s life.
Author: JENNIFER MEGYESI
Format: Paperback