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Miner Recs Episode 72 Now Available!
05.10.21
On this episode, Charlie, Liz, Elizabeth and Joel have a conversation about gardening. Along the way, they touch on subjects such as composting, soil conditions, container gardening, planting zones, protecting your crops against hungry squirrels and chipmunks, and a lot more!
Listen to their conversation in the player below:
And for further reading, place a hold on some of the excellent books that we have about horticulture:
You're no dummy, of course. But maybe you have some questions about how to get a compost started. Look no further than The Complete Idiot's Guide To Composting, which has easy-to-understand answers for all of your questions, from which organic matter is best to use in a compost to how to implement it in your garden.
As Elizabeth mentions in the episode, we have plenty of books about gardening in our kids' section, but readers of all ages can find useful information there. The Gardening Lab For Kids series by Renata Fossen Brown provides not just the basics for getting started in the garden, but creative and fun activities and experiments to help get anyone excited about growing things at home.
Another practical agricultural book for all ages is The Usborne Book of Growing Food, a colorfully illustrated book that demystifies the process of planting fruits and vegetables. It's particularly strong in describing the functions of various tools that are commonly used in gardening.