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New blog

We have started a new site dedicated to Easy Edibles and have therefore moved the blog posts about vegetable gardening to easyedibles.com. Here we give news of the doings of Alice Greene & Co., its authors and others associated in the development and marketing of our books.

Sheri starts a new growing season

Easy Edibles author Sheri Repucci started a new growing season last week with talks at three libraries in Michigan and Ohio. Sheri spoke about her background in gardening, her early start, the joys and challenges of different vegetables, including the importance of good soil and how to test and

Sheri Repucci at Writers on the River

Easy Edibles author Sheri Repucci will be at the “Writers on the River” event in Monroe County this weekend. I won’t be able to make it, but I hope that you will be able to join Sheri and 29 other authors at this year’s event, selling and signing their

Barnes and Noble update

We had the opportunity to visit a few Barnes and Noble stores recently and discovered they were filing Easy Edibles under “Local” (well, “Michigan” here in Michigan). We checked with the buyer and she is going to arrange for it to be shelved with the other gardening books. So

Barnes and Noble

Easy Edibles is now available from Barnes and Noble online and should be available from your local store any day now.

Sheri Repucci at Matthaei plant sale

Just a reminder that Sheri will be signing copies of Easy Edibles during the plant sale Sunday out at Matthaei Botanical Garden. See the events page for details. If you go, post your photos at the Easy Edibles Facebook page.

Easy Edibles author Sheri Repucci in Midland, Michigan

This is a great time to visit the Dow Gardens in Midland, MI, while the butterflies are in “full bloom”. And Sheri will be there Saturday to sign copies of her book, Easy Edibles. Then the following Tuesday (April 13th) the Midland County Master Gardener Association have invited Sheri

More books on the way

We’re happy to say that the enthusiasm for Easy Edibles has prompted us to do another, larger print run in time for spring gardening – thank you, everyone, for your support.

Local Food Summit in Ann Arbor

The second annual Local Food Summit doubled its attendance from last year. Most of the discussion in the morning focused on how to achieve the goal of 10% of local food purchase dollars going for the purchase of locally grown food. We were one of many local groups and

Easy Edibles Out and About

We’re fortunate to have a community that is very supportive of local gardeners and local food, and that support seems to be growing all the time. Easy Edibles has been welcomed into many retail businesses in and around Ann Arbor. The main library purchased two copies immediately, and there