Jeanne Nolan's new memoir, From the Ground Up, details the education of an organic gardener.
by Aimee Levitt
Jeanne Nolan's new book, From the Ground Up, is a rare and improbable thing: a gripping gardening memoir. That's not because of the author worrying whether her seeds will sprout, or if her crops will be damaged by a grasshopper plague—her seeds always sprout, and her domain isn't the harsh plains of Little House on the Prairie but rather the backyards and vacant lots of Chicago and its suburbs, where, if nothing grows, there's always Whole Foods.…[ Read more ]