{"product_id":"grow-the-good-life-why-a-vegetable-garden-will-make-you-happy-healthy-wealthy-and-wise-9781609614461","title":"Grow the Good Life: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michele Owens\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rodale Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rodale Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Vegetables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lively, passionate argument for the backyard vegetable garden, drawing on science, history, and stories from the author's garden. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOur parents saw supermarkets and processed foods as the height of convenience. But nothing is more convenient than grocery shopping in the backyard. A vegetable garden offers the best defense against rising food prices, the most environmentally sound way to eat, and better exercise than any gym. It will turn anyone into a wonderful cook, since nothing tastes more vibrant than homegrown. And it can take less time every week than a trip to the supermarket. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e Grow the Good Life, \u003c\/i\u003e Michele Owens, an amateur gardener for almost two decades, makes an entertaining and persuasive case for vegetable gardens. She starts with two simple but radical ideas: Growing food on a small scale is easy, and it is absurdly rewarding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith her wry, funny, and accessible approach, Owens helps beginning gardeners overcome obstacles that keep them from planting a few seedlings every spring. She explains why dirt isn't dirty; the health benefits of growing one's own food; and that vegetable gardens are not antithetical to the frantic pace of modern life, but simple and undemanding if intelligently managed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrow the Good Life\u003c\/i\u003e is not just another how-to. Instead, it will teach you the true fundamentals of vegetable growing: how to fit a garden into your life and why it's worth the trouble.","brand":"Rodale Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45354702635159,"sku":"9781609614461","price":742.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781609614461.webp?v=1767669952","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/grow-the-good-life-why-a-vegetable-garden-will-make-you-happy-healthy-wealthy-and-wise-9781609614461","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}