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Countertop Gardens: Easily Grow Kitchen Edibles Indoors for Year-Round Enjoyment

by Shelley Levis (Cool Springs Press, 2018)

With the cooler weather bringing Canadians indoors, it’s a relief to know we can still enjoy fresh fare using just our kitchen window. In , Shelley Levis shares her tips for growing indoors year-round. A passionate horticulturist, Levis is also a contributor to a variety of publications where she offers her thoughts and tips on growing and garden design. Here, she focuses her attention on growing indoors, and it turns out there’s a range of countertop garden methods to explore. In the book, Levis shares her tips on growing basics, reviews countertop growing devices, and shows you how to create your own DIY systems and containers. There’s also a chapter on troubleshooting, when things don’t go as expected. An easy-to-follow guide—that also happens to be gorgeous to look at!—for growing novices and those hoping to create their edible gardens inside.