"Modern gardening books tell us to ditch large row gardens in favor of small raised beds filled with lots of compost. Authors and teachers now argue that wide spacing is wasteful and tiny gardens are the wave of the future. Yet our ancestors knew how to garden in tough times, often without irrigation or big piles of compost. Their experience led them not to tiny plots, but to wide spacing and a meager use of resources--especially water! In a time...

An engaging illustrated guide for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and educators who want to help children explore the natural world through gardening.

In this fourth book of the My Weirdtastic School arc, Ella Mentry School starts a vegetable garden with one zany gardening instructor.

"The story of Michelle Obama and her time in the White House, where she led in the growth of a kitchen garden"--