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Grow Your Own Food, Lady Muck Style: The Adventures and Antics of a Fun-Loving Gardener. Plus Great Tips on Growing Fruit and Vegetables
'Gloriously funny' - Kitchen Garden Magazine
'The Bridget Jones of gardening. Very entertaining' - RS Magazine
'Wonderfully witty. Will inspire beginners while reminding seasoned gardeners why they fell in love with their plots in the first place' - National Allotment Society Magazine
★ In this laugh-out-loud collection of light-hearted gardening tales - which first appeared as magazine articles – Catherine (aka Lady Muck) takes you on a joyous journey of the ups and downs of growing your own food.
★ Packed with practical growing tips and advice - as well as amusing anecdotes and endearing characters - this beautifully illustrated book will inspire beginners while reminding seasoned gardeners why they fell in love with growing in the first place.
★ This isn’t just a gardening book. It’s also an inspiring story and celebration of resilience. Catherine got into growing her own food as a therapy after severe illness left her disabled for many years. However, with the help of her family, she started to recover and turned to gardening - finding strength, joy and purpose in nurturing plants. And it was fun.
★ Lady Muck is the lovable gardening character she created to share that fun. To show that growing food doesn’t have to be difficult or dull - and to share her love and knowledge of all things green with others.
What You’ll Find
★ This wonderfully witty and beautifully illustrated book contains over 20 chapters featuring Lady Muck, her digger in crime, Lord Muck, and other entertaining characters. Each chapter contains story-specific, tried-and-tested advice to show you how to grow edible plants in the space you have available – from gardens, balconies, backyards, and allotments to patios, windowsills, and containers.
★ From vegetables and herbs to fruits and microgreens! From kid-friendly gardening tips to creating your own cocktail herb bar and botanical gin garden! This book will inspire beginners while reminding seasoned gardeners why they fell in love with growing in the first place.
The perfect gift set for any gardener or food lover
★ Plus check out the other books in the Lady Muck Style Series - a beautiful Gardening Planner & Journal and a super Gardener's Big Puzzle Book - Ideal gardening gifts for all occasions - birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, Mother's day, Father's day, Christmas stocking fillers...
Buy now and discover the wonderful world of Lady Muck Style!
'The Bridget Jones of gardening. Very entertaining' - RS Magazine
'Wonderfully witty. Will inspire beginners while reminding seasoned gardeners why they fell in love with their plots in the first place' - National Allotment Society Magazine
★ In this laugh-out-loud collection of light-hearted gardening tales - which first appeared as magazine articles – Catherine (aka Lady Muck) takes you on a joyous journey of the ups and downs of growing your own food.
★ Packed with practical growing tips and advice - as well as amusing anecdotes and endearing characters - this beautifully illustrated book will inspire beginners while reminding seasoned gardeners why they fell in love with growing in the first place.
★ This isn’t just a gardening book. It’s also an inspiring story and celebration of resilience. Catherine got into growing her own food as a therapy after severe illness left her disabled for many years. However, with the help of her family, she started to recover and turned to gardening - finding strength, joy and purpose in nurturing plants. And it was fun.
★ Lady Muck is the lovable gardening character she created to share that fun. To show that growing food doesn’t have to be difficult or dull - and to share her love and knowledge of all things green with others.
What You’ll Find
★ This wonderfully witty and beautifully illustrated book contains over 20 chapters featuring Lady Muck, her digger in crime, Lord Muck, and other entertaining characters. Each chapter contains story-specific, tried-and-tested advice to show you how to grow edible plants in the space you have available – from gardens, balconies, backyards, and allotments to patios, windowsills, and containers.
★ From vegetables and herbs to fruits and microgreens! From kid-friendly gardening tips to creating your own cocktail herb bar and botanical gin garden! This book will inspire beginners while reminding seasoned gardeners why they fell in love with growing in the first place.
The perfect gift set for any gardener or food lover
★ Plus check out the other books in the Lady Muck Style Series - a beautiful Gardening Planner & Journal and a super Gardener's Big Puzzle Book - Ideal gardening gifts for all occasions - birthdays, Christmas, anniversaries, Mother's day, Father's day, Christmas stocking fillers...
Buy now and discover the wonderful world of Lady Muck Style!
108 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 14, 2024
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December 2, 2024
3.5 stars
Grow Your Own Food: Lady Muck Style is a non-fiction beginners’ guide to gardening.
Written by magazine columnist Lady Muck, the book is split into twenty-two coffee break length chapters that reflect the gardening, and often drink-themed, adventures of Lord and Lady Muck of Muck Manor. All penned in mind for those who are brand new to gardening or who enjoy a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour.
There are plenty of colour illustrations to compliment the writing and coming in at just under 100 pages, this length and style make it a fun book or an unusual gift idea.
Grow Your Own Food: Lady Muck Style is a non-fiction beginners’ guide to gardening.
Written by magazine columnist Lady Muck, the book is split into twenty-two coffee break length chapters that reflect the gardening, and often drink-themed, adventures of Lord and Lady Muck of Muck Manor. All penned in mind for those who are brand new to gardening or who enjoy a bit of tongue-in-cheek humour.
There are plenty of colour illustrations to compliment the writing and coming in at just under 100 pages, this length and style make it a fun book or an unusual gift idea.
November 22, 2024
This is not your usual gardening book.
This is a wonderfully funny read, following Lady Muck as she navigates the world of growing your own food. Full of unique and funny characters, the book provides easy follow advice and amusing anedotes in equal measure. Highlighting her successes and failures in equal measure along with some hilarious naive assumptions she made when first starting out, this book makes for a great read and might even inspire me to get back out on the veggie plot.
I loved it.
This is a wonderfully funny read, following Lady Muck as she navigates the world of growing your own food. Full of unique and funny characters, the book provides easy follow advice and amusing anedotes in equal measure. Highlighting her successes and failures in equal measure along with some hilarious naive assumptions she made when first starting out, this book makes for a great read and might even inspire me to get back out on the veggie plot.
I loved it.
November 21, 2024
A really fun read!
Bought this for my best friend. She loved it! It’s beautifully illustrated inside - very funny stories - and great growing tips for beginner gardeners & seasoned pros alike.
I’m a keen food gardener but my foodie friend wasn’t - until she read this book. Now she can’t wait for spring & to have a go - she’s especially excited at growing her very own cocktail herb bar (chapter 1) using Lady Muck’s tips. She passed the book on to me to have a read - I enjoyed it too - made me chuckle :). Recommended.
Bought this for my best friend. She loved it! It’s beautifully illustrated inside - very funny stories - and great growing tips for beginner gardeners & seasoned pros alike.
I’m a keen food gardener but my foodie friend wasn’t - until she read this book. Now she can’t wait for spring & to have a go - she’s especially excited at growing her very own cocktail herb bar (chapter 1) using Lady Muck’s tips. She passed the book on to me to have a read - I enjoyed it too - made me chuckle :). Recommended.
January 28, 2025
A practical and charming guide that makes gardening feel approachable and fun. The tips are straightforward, the humor keeps it light, and the encouragement to embrace the messy, rewarding process of growing your own food is inspiring. A great pick for beginners or anyone looking to reconnect with nature.
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