Julie Thompson-Adolf, Author
My Story
Julie Thompson-Adolf is an obsessive organic gardener, local food lover, nature nut, bird nerd, book lover, and writer. She is the author of Starting & Saving Seeds: Grow the Perfect Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Garden (Cool Springs Press, 2018) and writes for dozens of horticulture clients, such as National Garden Bureau, Bonnie Plants, and Proven Winners, for her day job. Her writing and gardens have been featured in national, regional, and local publications.
Along with garden writing, Julie worked as a public relations exec for an ad agency, a travel writer for an online publication, a marketing manager for a business book publisher, the chief articles writer/editor for the South Carolina Department of Travel and Tourism’s magazine, Smiles, and a garden editor for Southern Living and The Spruce.
Currently, Julie is revising her first novel.
Books
Starting and Saving Seeds
Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year’s garden even better.
Creating dinner from food you’ve grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure of starting plants from seeds, tending them, planting them in your garden, harvesting their fruits, and enjoying a delicious meal or bouquet. But that’s not the end of the journey. Embrace the full plant cycle and save the best seeds for next year’s garden. It’s time to celebrate: you’re self-sufficient! You’ve grown your own garden from seed to seed.
With Starting & Saving Seeds, you’ll find the tools you need to become a seed starting and saving champion. Author and gardening expert Julie Thompson-Adolf walks you through every step of the journey, making the entire process a joy. You’ll find hints to encourage stubborn seeds to germinate, lists of varieties to add to your garden, charts for quick growing reference, and simple DIY projects to aid your seed starting and saving adventure. Extensive plant entries cover all the most popular vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. Get started with tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and melons—or chamomile, cosmos, sweet peas, and poppies. The step-by-step directions and beautiful photography make growing and saving seeds a pleasure.
Whether you’re an experienced gardener new to seed starting or a brand-new grower, you’ll soon have healthy, productive, beautiful plants to fill your garden with goodness.
Available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Bookshop.org