My 4-year-old nephew, Louie, loves to observe and explore his surroundings. He’s a city kid through and through, so many of the observations he’s stockpiled reflect his Brooklyn upbringing: he can rattle off which subway lines run express, corrects his parents about bus routes, and … Read More

Our flagship series of books on animal husbandry — Storey’s Guides to Raising — was born in 1975, during the Back to the Land movement. It began with a book on raising poultry, another on dairy goats, and a … Read More

There’s a saying among herbalists that the plant you need most will present itself to you when you need it. To be honest, when I first heard this, I was skeptical. Really? Plants just know when I need them and appear out of nowhere? No … Read More

In today’s crowded digital world, nothing captures the eye quite like video. But when you have an information-packed how-to book as your starting point, how do you go about translating the page to the screen? And how do you make sure that what you capture … Read More

October gardens in our part of the country are a mix of determined plants that flourish in dwindling daylight and cooler temperatures, and fading flowers, shriveled and darkened. The fall season means that some of us are already thinking of spring. We’re busy planting garlic … Read More

I’ve learned many things in my work as a book publicist at Storey — weird and wonderful things. You can make clothing out of SCOBYs, foraged sumac makes an excellent cocktail ingredient, some farms are less … Read More

We’ve been lucky in New England this month (so far, anyway). We’ve managed to escape a particularly destructive hurricane season that’s hit the South hard, and we’re not buried under a thick cloud of smoke from nearby wildfires like many parts of the West.

I didn’t grow up in a house where we canned our own food. For my parents (both city kids from Philadelphia, raised in the ’40s and ’50s) fresh vegetables and the fruits were few and far between. Summers brought some New Jersey tomatoes and corn, … Read More

I don’t know when, precisely, this happened, but we’ve turned a corner toward fall in our little corner of the world. Day length is lessening, mornings feel autumnal, and there are a few grand maples I pass every day that are very clearly turning

You might not yet be aware of this phenomenon, but there are an awful lot days in a year. The number of days has stayed the same, but now, there are the other days to think about. There are serious days and