More musings on gardening, nature, soil, growing food, and sitting and staring from some of the best gardeners and nature writers.

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Unrivalled gardening wisdom from Britain’s favourite garden writer is one that I keep referring to. It is a great one to listen to and as he talks, Monty Don is right beside you in the garden, challenging norms and sharing his advice based on years of experience. Month-by-month, Monty reveals the jobs he does in his own garden, that he hopes are relevant to you.

Discover Monty’s thoughts and musings on nature, seasons, colour, design, pests, flowering shrubs, containers, and much more.

Gardener Huw Richards and chef Sam Cooper bridge the gap between the garden and kitchen, profiling the growing and cooking of 70 crops. They have now published their second book together - How to Grow Food.

This is a super-practical companion for all kitchen gardeners, each crop has no-nonsense growing information on spacing, sowing, and harvesting, accompanied by delicious and simple recipes for food made well.

Whether you have containers on a balcony or acres of land, easy guides show the number of plants you can grow per square meter and the approximate harvest per plant so you can easily work out how many plants to grow and expected yield. There are also suggestions for the best varieties to grow for resilience and flavor.

Recipes are easily adapted depending on how much you harvest and range from dishes to eat right away.

So if you’re motivated by food and flavor, both of their books have everything you need to grow, harvest, store, and cook the tastiest fresh produce.

Here is one of my recent favorites that I have listened to twice. From the authors of This Is Happiness and Her Name Is Rose, it is a memoir of life in rural Ireland and a meditation on the power, beauty, and importance of the natural world.

In 2019 Niall and Christine decided to document a year of living in their garden and in their small corner of a rapidly changing world. Proceeding month-by-month through the year, this is the story of a garden in all its many splendors and a couple who have made their life observing its wonders.