To read the whole story, see the beautiful June issue of the magazine: http://www.appvoices.org/index.php?/site/voice_stories/june_august_2010_issue_in_downloadable_pdf/issues/583

Here’s a bit of the story by Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan: “Eat Your Yard! reads like a conversational guide, with recipes and growing tips interspersed with photographs of trees, shrubs, vines, herbs and flowers, including those in Chase’s own yard. Her garden is on a city lot of less than a tenth of an acre, plus her house. With a smaller yard like hers, with about 40 to 50 feet of space, it’s a matter of looking for mini climates and shady spots. She has a Callaway Crab crabapple tree in her yard, a sweeter crabapple she can eat off the branch.”

Read the complete review here: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/books/review/Gardening-t.html?ref=review

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Designer Chris McCurry and writer Nan Chase share the fascinating history of bark-covered structures, from earliest Native American times to the present. Learn about the green building material that is salvaged from commercial timber operations and becomes a heavy-duty exterior cladding; modern poplar bark shingles never needs stain or paint and can last 80 years.

This beautifully illustrated book includes ideas for exterior and interior applications that include furniture making with bark, specifications for designers and builders, and links to related green-building Web sites.

To preview and order a copy of Bark House Style visit the Publisher’s website.

Nan K. Chase has written the first new comprehensive history of Asheville, North Carolina, in a generation. Illustrated with dozens of historic photographs, this book describes how a special American city built its distinctive architectural heritage.

Once part of an early American livestock route, Asheville became a noted resort town in the early 1800’s. Later, as a Gilded Age boom town, Asheville attracted big-spending magnates who liked building. Their triumphs and tragedies make for some great reading.

Use this book as background before visiting the ever-hip city of Asheville.

To preview and order a copy of  Asheville: A History visit the Publisher’s website.