As part of the series of interviews I started last week, today I have asked Linda Woodrow to tell me about how she gardens and the advice she gives to someone who wants to get started with growing their own. Linda blogs over at The Witches Kitchen . She says " out of the witches kitchen should come food that is healthy, tasty, local, seasonal, ethical, green, and sustainable ", although she also acknowledges that this is almost impossible to achieve, but absolutely worth trying! Linda writes from decades of experience with food gardening and food preparation and has also published a book called "The Permaculture Home Garden", which I reviewed recently , and highly recommend to anyone thinking about starting or already started with food growing, it has some excellent advice for all levels of gardeners and all sizes of garden. Linda Woodrow Farmer Liz: Tell me about your garden and climate. Linda Woodrow: My garden these days is small an...
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A while ago I posted my first post about permaculture , explaining how I had just really worked out what it was and how excited I was to find out more. A couple of people recommended Linda Woodrow's book "The permaculture home garden". I have been following Linda's excellent blog ( The Witches Kitchen ), but I had no idea that she had also written a book, so I decided to find out more. When I emailed Linda to ask the best place to buy it, she offered to send me a copy, I was SO excited, this was the first ever free thing I have received as a result of this blog. The book arrived a few days later and I couldn't wait to start reading it. Before I opened it though, I had a moment of trepidation. What if I didn't like the book? Would I be able to write an honest review? Or would I have to resort to faint praise? I read the first sentence and realised that I need not worry, I loved the book, every wise word! Thanks Linda! Linda's bo...