The 5-Minute Gardener

The five-minute daily format finally made gardening feel doable between work and dinner, and the seasonal seed-starting advice for my kitchen windowsill actually worked. I've read plenty of gardening books that just sit on the shelf, but this one I keep picking back up.

I've actually kept up with it for three weeks now, which says a lot. The 5-minute-a-day format fits perfectly into my morning coffee routine, and the year-round approach means I'm not just gardening in spring. Finally something that works for someone with a black thumb and a busy schedule.

The 5-minute daily format actually stuck with me, which is saying something since I usually abandon gardening books by chapter two. I keep it on the kitchen counter and do one small task with my coffee — took me three weeks just to get my herbs past the seedling stage, and they're still going.