Little Farm in the Garden

A Practical Mini-Guide to Raising Selected Fruits and Vegetables Homestead-Style

By: Susan Colleen Browne

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Interested in growing fruits and vegetables without chemicals? Here’s a friendly, down-to-earth little guide for starting and maintaining a thriving food garden, from the author of the award-winning memoir, Little Farm in the Foothills!

In Little Farm in the Garden, Susan Colleen Browne shares the evolution of her own homestead garden with warmth and humor. Whether you’re starting with one container, a small plot, or dedicated garden beds, this handy booklet covers the basic nuts-and-bolts of raising great-tasting food, including selecting your crops, growing food without herbicides and pesticides, and creating healthy soil.

If you've read Susan's Little Farm memoirs, this guide can be a helpful addition to the homesteading experiences she's shared in her books. But Little Farm in the Garden also works as a stand-alone manual for simple ways to approach creating your own food supply, focusing on easy-to-grow vegetables, herbs, and fruit, and building a balanced, pollinator-friendly garden for the long-term.

You’ll discover the pleasure of watching the bees and hummingbirds enjoy your garden, and the sense of accomplishment from raising your own food!! Wherever you are in your gardening journey, Little Farm in the Garden offers a lively, heartfelt approach for gardeners, nature-lovers, and dreamers of all ages...

Now Available: #5 of the Series! Little Farm for the Holidays: Celebrating the Christmas Season Homestead-Style is a cozy, inspiring little read to bring more light and cheer to your Christmas!

If you like chickens, try Little Farm in the Henhouse: A True-Life Tale of Hen-Keeping Homestead Style... Book 4 of the Little Farm series shares the story of the joys and challenges of keeping a backyard flock of laying hens--with tips and techniques for healthy, happy chickens!


Susan Colleen Browne is a graduate of the College of the Environment, Western Washington University. An avid gardener, she weaves her love of Ireland and her passion for country living into her warmhearted Irish Village of Ballydara series. Susan is a community college instructor, and runs a little homestead with her husband John in the Pacific Northwest, USA. When she isn’t wrangling chickens or tending vegetable beds, she’s working on her next book!