![]() ![]() ![]() Charm, sense of humor, and infectious passion for cultivating food permeate the book. Hopp, her husband, and Camille Kingsolver, their oldest daughter. Kingsolver Farm, SpringĪnimal, Vegetable, Miracle is memoir, journalism, and recipe book all combined with accounts from Barbara Kingsolver, Steven L. It was so satisfying to see small scraps of paper, avocado skins, and all kinds of things be disintegrated into dirt before our eyes. We had already begun the work when we started composting a couple months beforehand. I had grown herbs in pots, and he had some potted tomato plants. Our First TomatoĬhris and I had little to no experience with a vegetable garden. Her book inspired me to explore the conditions from which my food comes, the many miles it may have traveled to reach me, and steps I could make to reduce my footprint and ultimately eat fresher, more delicious food. In the book, Kingsolver documents her family’s journey of growing and raising their own food for a full year. ![]() ![]() I wouldn’t say that my boyfriend Chris and I had the idea to start a garden because of Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, but I did finish reading it in the spring, the opportune time for a push to start the garden. So this will be a two-fold blog post–both book review and personal reflection of growing our first garden. It coincided with my reading, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver which greatly shaped the way I think about food. This spring I grew my first backyard garden. ![]()
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