The Family Garden Plan: Grow a Year's Worth of Sustainable and Healthy Food

by Melissa K. Norris

Overview

Live a Bountiful Life

Do something good for your family by learning how to plant a garden that will yield healthy, wholesome food throughout the year.

Melissa K. Norris, fifth generation homesteader and host of the popular Pioneering Today podcast, will walk you through each step of the process, from planning your food crops and garden space to harvesting and preserving the food you grow. Even intermediate to experienced gardeners will discover dozens of new ideas.

More than just practical advice, you’ll learn how gardening can contribute to a sustainable lifestyle and give you a sense of accomplishment, peace of mind, and overall joy.

Make the Family Garden Plan your “grow-to” guide for good eating and greater well-being for you and your loved ones.      
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736977623
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	01/07/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	584,418
File size:	151 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Melissa K. Norris inspires people’s faith and pioneer roots with old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom featured in her books, podcast, and blog. She is the author of The Made-from-Scratch Life and Hand Made. Melissa lives with her husband and two children in their own little house in the big woods in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. When she’s not wrangling chickens and cattle, you can find her stuffing Mason jars with homegrown food and playing with flour and sugar in the kitchen.
 

Melissa K. Norris inspires people’s faith and pioneer roots with old-fashioned skill sets and wisdom featured in her books, podcast, and blog. Melissa lives with her husband and two children in their own little house in the big woods in the foothills of the North Cascade Mountains. When she’s not wrangling chickens and cattle, you can find her stuffing Mason jars with homegrown food and playing with flour and sugar in the kitchen.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

1 Planning Your Food Crops 9

2 Planning Your Garden Space 29

3 Choosing Your Plant Variety and Seeds 53

4 Getting the Garden in the Ground 73

5 Caring for Your Garden 101

6 Bringing in the Harvest 125

7 Perennials: Plant Once, Harvest for Years 147

8 Herbs and Edible Flowers 177

9 Advanced Topics 195

Conclusion 219