Naomi Schillinger’s Best Gardening Book, Veg Street Review

Last Updated on February 16, 2022 by Real Men Sow

Every so often, you read a book that brings a big smile to your face.

Naomi Schillinger’s Veg Street is one such book. North London-based Naomi shares the story of how she went from growing her own fruit and veg in homemade raised beds, to setting up a community project that has inspired over a hundred of her neighbours to grow veg in front gardens and window boxes.

Naomi Schillinger: Veg Street Overview

Veg Street walks you through a year in the life of Naomi and her street, providing a month-by-month account of what to do when, including practical advice on sowing, planting, and harvesting, as well information on pots, planters, soil, and compost.

Veg Street Inspiration For Gardening

There are also monthly ‘One Pot Shop’ ideas to inspire you to experiment with different container growing ideas. Whether its salad in a colander or leeks in an old suitcase, there are ideas to enthuse everyone.

Veg Street is bristling with ideas, and you can’t fail to turn a page without finding one. The Simple But Brilliant Ideas section is particularly good, especially the ingenious paddling pool watering system.

Naomi Schillinger’s Advice: Involve Your Children In Gardening

There are plenty of suggestions for getting children involved too. Kids will love making the crockery plant labels and the wildflower ‘seed bombs’ – clay balls with seeds mixed in, which can be thrown into unloved greenspace. As it rains, the clay breaks down, and the seeds are dispersed to grow into wildflowers.

At the heart of Veg Street is the community. There is information on how to set your own group up, apply for funding and tips on keeping your community group ticking over, such as the very lovely sounding Cake Sunday.

All of this is brought to life by Naomi’s lively photos of the project’s members out and about in their front gardens, happily tending to plants and always smiling.

Gardener’s Must Read!

Veg Street isn’t a definitive manual for growing your own, but that’s not the point. The book is a celebration of communities coming together to enrich lives and surroundings in the simplest of ways. Veg Street is about fun; a bright, bubbly book demonstrating perfectly that life is better for those who grow vegetables.

For more information on Naomi’s street, see her blog at www.outofmyshed.co.uk, or follow Naomi on Twitter.

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Hello, I’m Pete and I’m currently based in the west of Scotland, in a small place called Rosneath, where I’m exploring my garden adventures. I personally started gardening around 6 years ago and initially, I started out by growing my favorite fruits and berries, such as strawberries, Raspberries & Gooseberries. Since then I’ve added a lot of vegetables and working closely with my neighbor, it’s been a lot of fun.

2 thoughts on “Naomi Schillinger’s Best Gardening Book, Veg Street Review”

  1. Hey Stacy.

    I’d definitely recommend the book. Its not too heavy, but still manages to offer excellent advice and good ideas.

    I really loved that the ideas are achievable.

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