How to Become a Gardener

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A growing number of people are facing issues with food security, whether from the lack of grocery stores in what’s known as food deserts or trouble keeping up with rising costs, leading many to take matters into their own hands. For food security advocates such as Ashlie Thomas (known online as The Mocha Gardener), part of the solution starts with cultivating a sense of autonomy in safeguarding your basic nutrition. All it takes is the willingness to get a little dirt under your fingernails and dig in.

Thomas encourages readers to nurture a sense of respect for nature and the community by growing their own crops. She walks them step-by-step through the practical ins and outs of gardening, from seed starting to harvesting, and lays out the personal challenges she has encountered and the lessons she has learned in the act of gardening itself. The garden grows you as much as you grow it.

Softcover, 336 pages, 2022.