Grocery Gardening includes garden planning, planting, preparing, preserving and nutritional information for each of the more than twenty selected edibles. In addition to tips on when to harvest home grown vegetables, the authors offer advice on how to select the freshest produce at the local market, and select complementary ingredients to combine with your home-grown edibles. Jean Ann Van Krevelen, together with her team of food and gardening experts and their community of readers, encourage gardeners and non-gardeners alike to plan meals based on what is in season. Whether you buy local or grow your own, the recipes will delight your family with seasonal freshness. Also included is a chapter on preserving your harvest, with tips for freezing, drying, canning and preserving. Colorful, cheeky and easy to navigate(...)each garden-fresh ingredient is accompanied by four recipes, variety recommendations and fun pointers... --Allysa Ford, Minneapolis Star Tribune ...a new book that takes you from the seed packets to the canning jars, was written by four women who have only ever met on Twitter.(...)Garden Variety readers! I have seen the future of publishing, and this is it! --Susan Reimer, The Baltimore Sun ..."Grocery Gardening: Planting, Preparing and Preserving Food" is one-stop-shopping for new gardeners joining the grow-your-own initiative and for experienced gardeners in need of inspiration. --Melody Parker, WCF Courier Think of Grocery Gardening like a substitute gardening grandma. An extra hip, fun-loving grandma who shows you how to start an organic food garden but never gets mad at you for not wiping your muddy shoes. --Kate Bryant, Portland Monthly It should come as no surprise that Grocery Gardening is as hip as a cookbook gets. (...) The book is witty and relevant, and like a good meal, leaves the reader sated. --Lynn Felici-Gallant, Coastal Home Magazine Do you want to eat fresh, local foods affordably? Have you thought about starting your own garden but are overwhelmed by all of the options? Grocery Gardening can help! Full of wit and wisdom, the Grocery Gardening Girls share favorite gardening tips, tried and true recipes and easy preserving methods. Look inside to find: Planting Preparing and preserving information for more than 25 herbs, fruits and vegetables - Advice on how to select the freshest produce at your local market - A helpful chapter on preserving the harvest, with tips for freezing, drying, canning, and preserving - Easy delicious recipes that highlight the season's freshest produce Grocery Gardening is the only book you will need this season. It contains all the information a home gardener requires to take their edibles from seed to table. But the learning doesn't end there; the authors have a well-established social media presence with podcasts, blogs, Facebook profiles, Twitter followers and video/photo sharing sites. Readers can connect with the authors and each other to bring gardening discussions to life. Jean Ann Van Krevelen is one of the most influential gardening communicators in the country. Through various blogs, Facebook pages, websites, and through her enormous list of Twitter followers, Jean Ann inspires, educates, and challenges tens of thousands of gardeners each month. Amanda Thomsen is garden designer, master gardener and plantswoman who communicates her somewhat to gardeners across the country as a contributing editor and writer for Horticulture Magazine's website and blogs. She is also one of the most powerful communicators in gardening social media.Robin Wedewer is a writer, prolific cook and in demand garden speaker who educates gardeners on how best to create a productive garden that is also pleasing to the eye. She is the national garden columnist for Examiner.com and an influential blogger and communicator. Teresa O'Connor is a Master Gardener and garden writer who reaches thousands of gardeners through her writing at Gardening How-To Magazine and the National Home Gardening Club website. Used Book in Good Condition