Dee Nash is the mother of two "20/30-Somethings". Her garden
writing has appeared in Organic Gardening, Fine Gardening, flower,
The Oklahoman, and the Oklahoma Horticultural Society's
Horticultural Horizons. She regularly contributes writing and
photography to Oklahoma Gardener. For three years she wrote for
Lowe's "Creative Ideas Team" blog, and she currently writes online
features for Fiskars Corporation and Proven Winners plants. She is
a member of the Garden Writers Association.
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If you know someone planting their first garden, buy them a copy of
this book. It matter not if they have a balcony or a larger
backyard growing space, it's all here: the how-tos, the whys, and
the whens. Dee lays it out in an easy going style. Along with the
book, wrap up a pair of your favorite garden gloves and a pack of
lettuce seeds, and you will have launched someone on a lifetime of
gardening. -Mary Ann Newcomer, the Dirt Diva and author of The
Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Mountain State
Think of Dee Nash as your favorite horticultural big sister. Pretty
soon, your thumb will be green and your salad bowl will be filled
with tasty greens you've grown yourself! -Debra Prinzing, author of
Slow Flowers and The 50 Mile Bouquet
If you're looking for a book that combines practical food growing
experience with innovation, humor, and country sense, look no
further. Dee Nash is an enthusiastic garden coach who provides the
basic know-how and the encouragement for young (and not-so-young)
wannabe gardeners to start growing their own food - Niki Jabbour,
author of The Year Round Vegetable Gardener and Groundbreaking Food
Gardens
Where was this book when I was a struggling young gardener? Dee
Nash writes with an ease, depth of knowledge and familiarity as
only a true, hands-in-the-soil gardener can. I am grateful that Dee
is sharing her passion with new generations of gardeners. Carpe
terra! - Sharon Lovejoy, author of Trowel & Error
You can't do better than Dee Nash for your personal gardening
coach; she's learned from the ground up and knows how to make it
fun and rewarding, whether you want to start small or jump right
into growing a bountiful harvest of food and flowers. -Nancy Ondra,
author of Grasses and The Perennial Care Manual
Dee Nash’s new book, The 20-30 Something Garden Guide (St. Lynn’s
Press $17.95) takes me back to those blissful and excited days when
I knew nothing, but plunged ahead anyway. Nash understands that a
young adult’s first forays into gardening are often constrained by
full time jobs and caring for young children. She successfully
introduces novice gardeners into the basics of gardening with
encouragement and some of the latest garden knowledge and
techniques. The 20-30 Something Garden Guide is divided into three
main sections that first take the gardener into a container garden,
and all the basic information about potting soil, garden soil,
fertilizers, watering, and bugs. Let it be known that Nash’s own
garden is organic. In addition to providing herself with healthy
food and beautiful flowers, she is determined to do her part in
supporting the natural world with its pollinators and other bugs,
good and bad. She also takes the gardener into the second and third
years of gardening, as knowledge and experience grow. Nash is an
engaging writer, with a conversational style. She is an excellent
coach, like the one she urges every new gardener, of any age, to
find. We all look for information and advice in different places. I
began with a subscription to Organic Gardening magazine. It was my
bible. Nash’s book will serve well as a bible for today’s new
gardener. . . If you want more advice from Dee Nash you can visit
her at her informative and inspiring blog www.reddirtramblings.com
and http://20-30somethinggardenguide.com where you’ll also be able
to link to the Dear Friend and Gardener virtual garden club where a
whole variety of gardener/bloggers (including me) will be writing
about their vegetable garden adventures this year.
*The 20-30 Something Garden Guide by Dee Nash*
The uplifting, encouraging tone is exactly what makes this
gardening book so special. As Dee writes in the book, “One of the
great disadvantages to being a gardener is perfectionism… I want to
help you think more about gardening as a process and not a series
of to-do lists. Let’s turn the idea of chores into a meditation
that benefits your entire life…” Beginning gardeners will
especially find this book helpful, but experienced gardeners will
still appreciate Dee’s horticultural knowledge and attention to
best practices.
*The 20/30 Something Garden Guide*
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