Rebel Gardening by Alessandro Vitale
I've been following Alessandro, aka Spicy Moustache, on Tiktok since I've been on the app. His deep voice caught my attention first and his urban gardening tips and zero-waste attitude kept my attention.
Rebel Gardening should be considered the handbook for sustainable gardening. Alessandro teaches readers how to do everything necessary, including the reasons why it should be done that way. He teaches by example and shares his own successes and failures. I find him to be incredibly thorough in his explanations.
Rebel Gardening doesn't just give you one way to garden, the reader learns about multiple types of gardens that are typically considered non-traditional. This makes gardening accessible for those who want to garden regardless of where they live. Then, the book walks you through preparing and feeding the soil and choosing the seeds to maintaining the garden. Alessandro even steps into ways to preserve the vegetables in ways such as pickling, fermenting, and dehydrating.
Rebel Gardening isn't the type of book that you pick up in April before you start your garden for the year. This book is one that should be studied over the winter so that long-term garden plans can be made.
Rebel Gardening is filled with colorful pictures of Alessandro and his garden bounty as well as everything that the reader will need to get their garden, small or large, started and maintained. I highly recommend this book (and Alessandro's social media accounts) to anyone interested in gardening and reducing food waste in their home (or businesses such as restaurants).
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