Reddit reviews The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener: How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live

Yes, big time! I really like doing nice things for people and apparently I'm really good at gift giving. Most of my family doesn't buy themselves nice things so I like to be able to do that for them.


Not going to talk about any gifts this year (family is also internet savvy) but my favourite from last year was giving this book to my step grandfather. He doesn't like having a lot of stuff so he's a bit hard to shop for... We live in Canada and he's really into gardening so I thought that was a neat book and apparently its his bible now, so that felt really good.


I also did a series of watercolour/ink paintings and gave one to each family member I was giving a normal gift to, plus I mailed a couple to relatives that I don't get to see very often and don't exchange gifts with (my great grandparents and great aunt) and they both framed them and that felt really good, because I know they all appreciated them. One of my regular giftees is my 4 year old niece. I gave her a painting in a frame with a toy and a cool pair of pants (she really likes my sense of style so I like buying her clothes) and she got REALLY excited about the painting, totally ignored the toy, and put the painting on her bedside table. It was pretty adorable.


I have a few really thoughtful gifts that I'm really excited to give this year too. But alas, I cannot talk about them.

I just read a fascinating book about winter gardening by a woman in Nova Scotia! Would definitely recommend it. I was pretty surprised what you can harvest, even under 3 feet of snow, with simple techniques like deep mulching and cold frames. https://www.amazon.com/Year-Round-Vegetable-Gardener-Matter-Where/dp/1603425683