Mother Earth News Premium: Guide To Starting A Garden

The Mother Earth News Premium: Guide to Starting a Garden is a season-by-season guide to planning, planting, and harvesting a thriving garden.

Gardening is a year-round job, and this issue covers the work for every season.

At a glance

• Format: Premium print issue
• Publisher: Mother Earth News
• Topics: Garden planning, seed starting, seasonal care, preserving

Best for

• Beginning gardeners
• Readers planning a first plot
• Container and small-space growers
• Anyone preserving a harvest
• A gift for a new gardener

What's inside

The first section walks through starting a garden, including overcoming challenges, starting seeds indoors, and choosing tools, followed by the best tips for each season, plus articles on preserving fresh food, starting a quick no-dig food garden with 25 crops, and container gardening with vegetables and herbs.

About Mother Earth News

Mother Earth News is a long-running publisher covering homesteading, organic gardening, and sustainable living, offering practical self-reliance guidance for modern readers.