If you’re feeling inspired by the change in seasons, check out these newer books about planting flowers, vegetables, and caring for house plants.

Veg Out: A Stress-Free Guide to Creating Your First Vegetable Garden by Heather Rodino

Gardening expert Heather Rodino teaches the basics of growing your own vegetables, such as how to choose the right plants for a climate and guarding the crop from hungry critters. Included are 30 profiles of beginner-friendly vegetables and herbs with detailed instructions on where to grow, when to harvest, as well as their sunlight, watering, and soil needs.

The Creative Vegetable Gardener by Kelly Smith Trimble

With The Creative Vegetable Gardener, lifestyle editor and master gardener Kelly Smith Trimble encourages readers to widen their focus, be playful, and imagine a vegetable garden that reflects their own unique aesthetic and offers a meditative sanctuary as well as a source of fresh, homegrown food.

Holistic Homesteading: A Guide to a Sustainable and Regenerative Lifestyle by Roxanne Ahern 

Ahern’s book guides new and seasoned homesteaders in improving personal and environmental health. The Happy Holistic Homestead is geared toward people who are interested in pursuing intentional lifestyles and organic farming methods. It is both for those who have access to land and those who are interested in retrofitting urban and suburban lifestyles and landscapes to shift towards sustainability. Learn about permaculture design, holistic nutrition, and sustainable farming in rural and urban settings.

100 Plants to Feed the Birds: Turn Your Home Garden into a Healthy Bird Habitat  by Laura Erickson

The growing group of bird enthusiasts who enjoy feeding and watching their feathered friends  will learn how they can expand their activity and help address the pressing issue of habitat loss. Readers will learn about plants they can add to their gardens and cultivate, such as early-season pussy willow and late-season asters, as well as wild plants to refrain from weeding out, like jewelweed and goldenrod.

The Unkillables: 40 Resilient House Plants for New Plant Parents by Jo Lambell

In The Unkillables, Jo Lambell shares her houseplant knowledge so that even the biggest plant serial killers can have an abundant indoor garden.

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