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Dear Reader,
I'm at peace when I'm working in my garden, weeding, planting, and greeting the blooms that have opened up overnight. Tending to my flower gardens has taught me about how to move through the happy and sad times in my life. Author Tara Austen Weaver shares some of that same peace and discovery in her new book, Orchard House.
Orchard House: How a Neglected Garden Taught One Family to Grow...
Peeling paint, stained floors, vined-over windows, a neglected and wild garden--Tara Austen Weaver can't get the Seattle real-estate listing out of her head. Any sane person would've seen the abandoned property for what it was: a ramshackle half-acre filled with dead grass, blackberry vines, and trouble. But Tara sees potential and promise--not only for the edible bounty the garden could yield for her family, but for the personal renewal she and her mother might reap along the way.
Tara, who's a trained master gardener and certified permaculture designer, does a stunning job exploring the nourishing, complicated and sometimes painful facets of the mother-daughter bond set in the most surprising of places--a backyard garden. With her experience and expertise, Tara's story is one that will resonate with the masses. Fun fact: In the summer, Orchard House produces 70% of the food Tara eats. One year, she ambitiously decided to grow her family's Thanksgiving Day feast--pumpkins, cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts, mashed potatoes (most of the family is vegetarian, so no need for turkey); it's a tradition they now repeat every year, planting the seeds each March for a fall harvest.
Don't miss reading this book. I have three copies of Orchard House to give away to lucky readers. To enter the giveaway, Go to: http://www.emailbookclub.com/photo/giveaway.html
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Suzanne Beecher
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