Monday, March 19, 2012

Heirloom Gardener - Spring 2012

If you haven't already seen it, Heirloom Gardener is a fantastic magazine with quality articles that are very different from many other mainstream gardening magazines. This Spring 2012 issue includes articles about hardcore composting, botanical wisdom, heirloom plants of medieval Cyprus (Really, where else could you read an article like that?!), and smack in the middle, my article about the 8 Best Asian Vegetables to Grow.

When the issue came out, I asked my parents what they would have picked if they had to choose the 8 best. My mother said, "Snow peas. White people like snow peas". I had to explain that the article was not about 8 vegetables that white people like, but was intended to be an introduction to lesser known vegetables that all people might like to learn about. There are so many different Asian vegetables I could have chosen, but for this article, I tried to include a selection of vegetables that were either really yummy, really different, or really cool in some way. All of the vegetables I chose are easy to grow in most zones and I included ideas for cooking each one, along with 2 complete, simple recipes.

Nuff said. You can pick up this magazine at many stores including Whole Foods or Barnes and Noble, or you can visit the Heirloom Gardener Magazine website and buy a back issue or subscribe. If you do read the article, I'd love your feedback!!



7 comments:

  1. Cool! And congratulations. I will look for the issue.

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  2. Congratulations! I love gardening magazines (of course!) - I'll be looking for this one!

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  3. Love this magazine! Just bought a subscription earlier this year =) Congrats!

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  4. Congratulation! I shall head off to the website !

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  5. Congratulation! Popular gardening magazine here are Burke's Backyard and ABC gardening.

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  6. Hi Wendy, I checked out the mag website and they said they were the only heirloom gardening mag in the US. I'll see if I can get it in any libraries here, but I'm doubtful. I sometimes buy veggies at a market in a Vietnamese part of town, and I notice they have these helpful posters naming and illustrating different Asian veggies. I think they are starting to catch on. I have the advantage of having an Asian daughter in law (Burmese) so I have a personal coach. Congrats on your continuing publishing success. cheers, cm

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  7. I going to have to hit Whole Foods or Barnes & Noble. So exciting to get published. Kind of a secret dream of mine as well. Congratulations. Just so cool.

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