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'A treasure trove of delightful stories, filled with wit, wisdom, and know-how for all gardens—a rare horticultural treat.'—Carl H. Klaus, author of My Vegetable Love and Weathering Winter Amy Stewart had a simple dream. She yearned for a garden filled with colorful jumbles of vegetables and flowers. After she and her husband finished graduate school, they pulled up their Texas roots and headed west to Santa Cruz, California. With little money in their pockets, they rented a modest seaside bungalow with a small backyard. It wasn't much—a twelve-hundred-square-foot patch of land with a couple of fruit trees, and a lot of dirt. A good place to start. From the Ground Up is Stewart's quirky, humorous chronicle of the blossoms and weeds in her first garden and the lessons she's learned the hard way. From planting seeds her great-grandmother sends to battling snails, gophers, and aphids, Stewart takes us on a tour of four seasons in her coastal garden. Confessing her sins and delighting in small triumphs, she dishes the dirt for both the novice and the experienced gardener. Along the way, she brings her quintessential California beach town to life—complete with harbor seals, monarch butt

Author

Stewart, Amy

Publisher

Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9781565127418

Subjects

Gardening, Agriculture, Crafts & Hobbies

Rating

4.01 / 5 (547 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14