Gardening for the Homebrewer: Grow and Process s for Making , Wine, Gruit, Cider, Perry, and More

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Review ------ "Have just a balcony or a windowsill? No problem! A variety of recommendations will suit gardeners of all types, even ones with limited space." - "paperblog" "A perfect how-to gift for the potential home-brewer, there is an informative chapter on growing hops, malt and barley for "big ingredients." , however, "can be so much more," including gruit derived from combinations of various common s (yarrow, rosemary, horehound, and the like)." - "The Texas Gardener's " "Tweten and Teashon have a winner in this easy-to-use, appeallingly presented how-to book. Even if you don't want to try your hand at homebrewing quite yet, I recommend getting this book just for the photos, words, and information. It's a great way to while away some time when resting up from a hard day of gardening. Maybe even with a glass of purchased perry to sip while reading." - "Kitsap Sun" "This is the rare book that I have not seen before and wins extra points for originality ... The 3rd chapter on brewing s and other fermentables is a favorite. It starts off discussing the great obscure style of the "Gruit," a style pre-dating the use of hops in that used native s, spices, fruits, grains etc. to ferment, spice, bitter the . There are cool sections on popular Gruit s like Yarrow, wild Rosemary, Heather and more with a full breakdown on everything from the height, soil, growth habit, pruning, propagation, spacing, everything..." - "New School " "This introduction to the wide variety of s that can be used for fermentation or infusions will open up a whole new world for those DIYers that want to try their hand at growing their own." - "Detroit News" "Natural gifts for gardeners bring ideas for new growth. This book combines two of my passions: gardening and . It describes how to grow and use s in making not only , but also wine (both grape and fruit), ciders, perry (or pear cider) and liqueurs." - "Portland Press Herald Maine Gardener" "Gardening for the Homebrewer: Grow and Process s for Making , Wine, Gruit, Cider, Perry and More is a complete guide to getting started. The authors give down-to-earth advice on the tools and materials gardeners need to get going, including which s you'll need and how to grow the most productive garden." - "Fine Gardening: The Vegetable Gardener" "Gardening for the Homebrewer is their new release with a hefty chapter titled: Pity the Pear. The authors delve into the indignity of the pear, its lumping into the apple cider category, and their quest to place dignity where it's deserved..." - "Food and Beverage Magazine" "Gardening for the Homebrewer is a useful hands- on guide and I like how it includes so many little tidbits of information. Yes, there are lots of books and advice on gardening, but this book includes helpful tips on things not often covered in other gardening books, like proper cleaning of your freshly harvested food, knowing the right time to harvest, selecting a potting container, sorting and eliminating food items not fit for consumption, and so on. The book also contains its share of humor, which is not something found in the typical book on this subject." - "Great Now" "Gardening For The Homebrewer is a very accessible and easy-to-read book that can turn any home gardener into a home brewer in no time. There is a great deal of detailed information if that's what you want, even down to the specific varieties of s to be used, but even a novice should be able to proceed very quickly to experiment with and produce a variety of very interesting libations. Details intermixed with humor? How can you go wrong?" - "Toledoboomer" "This introduction to the wide variety of s that can be used for fermentation or infusions will open up a whole new world for those DIYers that want to try their hand at growing their own." - Detroit News "Natural gifts for gardeners bring ideas for new growth. This book combines two of my passions: gardening and . It describes how to grow and use s in making not only , but also wine (both grape and fruit), ciders, perry (or pear cider) and liqueurs." - Portland Press Herald Maine Gardener About the Author ---------------- WENDY TWETEN is an award-winning writer and speaker who lives and gardens (and occasionally imbibes) on the Kitsap Peninsula in the Puget Sound.Along with her alter-ego, Miss Snippy, she contributes to a number of national and regional publications and websites. She is a regular columnist for the Kitsap News Group family of publications, and her work as been featured in Gardening, Northwest Garden News, Master Gardener magazine, and Home by Design among others. She has won four Garden Writers' Association silver awards and two gold awards for her writing. Wendy's philosophy is simple: Design, color theory, and impressing the neighbors aside, the true function of a garden is to entertain the gardener. DEBBIE TEASHON is a freelance garden writer, author, and award-winning photographer based on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington. She has gardened most of her adult life and written about it for over two decades and her photography career spans four decades. Debbie's articles and photographs have appeared in magazines such as Fine Gardening, Master Gardeners, West Sound Home and Garden, Master Gardeners, and The Oregonian among others. As a swoman, she spends her time gardening, taking classes or researching s for articles and the online database she maintains on Rainy Side Gardeners (www.rainyside.com), a website to help gardeners in the Pacific Northwest.