Your Chance to Obtain a Copy of The Heirloom Life Gardener by Jere & Emilee Gettle is here.
The Heirloom Life Gardener captures the story of two people who have built their life around saving seeds. Photo credit Hyperion Books.
On Friday December 23rd, I am giving away a copy of The Heirloom Life Gardener: The Baker Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally by Jere and Emilee Gettle. This garden book was published by Hyperion in 2011.
Those of my readers who want a chance to win, here is how it will happen. Leave a comment on the blog post between now and midnight of December 23, 2011, MST (Arizona does not observe daylight saving time.) Only one entry per person will be counted. The contest is open to residents in the United States and Canada; the lucky winner will have to provide me with their name and mailing address once chosen. I will email the winner on December 23rd.
If you know someone interested in saving seeds, growing your own food from heirloom plants or reading stories on where heirlooms come from, this garden book is worth trying for. My review on The Heirloom Life Gardener: The Baker Creek Way of Growing Your Own Food Easily and Naturally will give you enough information to peak your interest to stay gardening.
The Gettles grow their food near the Missouri Ozarks from heirloom seeds they have saved. Photo credit Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company.
Good luck to all, and do not forget to leave a comment.
I only have a small garden, but this book would be a great birthday present for my 65th birthday on 12/23.
One of my friends has gone wild over growing heirloom tomatoes.
I read your review, Chris, and it sounds like this book has something to interest everyone who likes anything about plants.
Thanks for opening the draw to Canadians as well as Americans. That was nice of you.
For people who are particular about the “genetics” of their seeds, then saving seeds from plants that we know are good is becoming more important than ever before. Monsanto has seeds on the market without any impartial or long term studies done and from preliminary reports, these are not loking good for our health.
By saving seeds that we “know where they come from” we can feel better with what gets put on our plate!
Ditto on what Jill said – thanks for letting us Canadians enter too!!!
While I don’t currently have a garden, our city has lots of public green space and a no-pesticide by-law. I’ve already learned to recognize a few tasty local plants, but would love to branch out my knowledge until I can once again get my hands into the dirt.
also, I’ve been growing trees from organic seeds – in another 8 years (if global warming continues), I will have citrus, custard apples, cherries and peaches. Or maybe I should just move to the Oakanagan Valley. =)
thanks for sharing – it’s a generous offer.
This might just have to be my next plant project – if I were to win this book!
I am thinking of starting my own garden next summer, and most certainly don’t want to use any GMO seeds. This book would be something that would be very helpful to get me started out right!
Would love to have a copy of this book-love their seeds and beautiful catalogues. Thank you for this offer and your interesting information and beautiful pictures.I work nights and am allowed to be on my computer for free time.I love learning new things about gardening and am so excited this time of year waiting for the seed catalogues to come.So much to see and learn-thank you for your contribution!
I’d love to have this book because I would use it all the time. I live on a farm, grow my own organic food, have some honey bees, chickens, and sheep. I don’t know how to save many seeds, but I do save some like green beans and Marafax beans, and potatoes. My organic farm is my life.
Oh, Yes! please enter me for the book.
I hope I’m not too late. This heirloom gardening book looks lovely!
I don’t have a garden of my own at the moment (I don’t have a yard, but I’m hoping to start a garden if I can find some space), but I grew up with a big one and if I won this would be a great book to share with my parents.
This book sounds great. I’ve started integrating heirloom seeds into my garden and would love more references on the subject. Great blog, Chris. Love the pics.
Patti, I do hope your tomatoes and poateots are doing okay. We are losing ours right and left to blight here in the soggy Catskills.
However, as you and Mel said, the loss of the tomato and potato crop can be converted into extra space for cool season crops. So there is still plenty to eat!I look forward to the videos of putting food up!