In one sentence, You Grow Girl by Gayla Trail provides you with easy to read information and projects to get you started in the world of container gardening.
The book is written in a conversational tone, as if the author was your knowledgeable, friendly, next door neighbor, who noticed that you’ve taken an interest in growing a few things on your balcony. You won’t be bored with overly detailed information nor overwhelmed with a two mile laundry list of things you “must” do to have a successful garden. Gayla’s advice is pared down to the essentials and she gives you enough information without over doing it.
The book is broken down in to five sections: Plan, Plant, Grow, Bounty and Chill. As the chapter titles suggest, Gayla starts off with advice about assessing your available gardening space and how to take advantage of it. She then proceeds with information about growing plants and helping them do their best. The last two chapters cover what to do with the bounty and what to do when winter comes a knockin’.
While much of the book is written with the beginner in mind, more experienced gardeners can still get something out of the book. Besides enjoying the sassy/quirky illustrations, there are a number of projects in the book that are more more interesting than your normal gardening book fare. For example, there is a recipe to make a hand salve and instructions to make a gardener’s tool apron, among others.
I defintely reccommend this book. And if you still need more convincing, how many books have you seen on Amazon that have had 22 reviews and every single one is a 5-star review?
