New 2023 Books Gift Guide

11/21/2023

Here are a few books newly published this year which you might want to consider at least for yourself, if not someone else. Maybe you can add your own in the comments section? It's a rather simple guide but I heartily recommend them all, so go explore and learn like never before. It's been a great book year!

Maureen Turner

12/2/2023 08:53:44 am

Great options for the reader! Thanks for providing these options all in one place!

James McGee

12/28/2023 01:08:50 pm

Since there are some thoughtful books included in your list with words like “purpose” and “changing world,” I have a question.

You cut the dead leaves and stems from your garden in March and rake to remove excess material every other year. Have you considered partially burning the dead stems and leaves you rake from your gardens in a backyard fire place and then applying the resulting biochar back into your plantings. Experts say biochar is like permanent compost and increases organic material in the soil for many hundreds (if not thousands) of years. Biochar is not only good for your garden plants, but sequesters carbon in the ground.

I simply burn my sedge/meadow prairie garden each year which leaves char to work its way into the soil. Many places don’t allow burning, but allow backyard fire pits/places. If dead stems and leaves were added to a fire pit in small quanities over time it would not bother the neighbors anymore than burning wood. By continually adding the dead leaves and stems the fuel could be prevented from burning much past the charring phase and then the fire could be quenched before the biochar started to combust thereby maximizing biochar production exceeding what is created when conducting a burn in a garden.

What are your thoughts?

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