For someone new to gardening (like me), there are helpful hints and good basic information. Anyone already versed in gardening, however, will find the book too elementary. I liked some of the craft projects. And I really like the website.

Great book about gardening, particularly urban and organic gardening! The author’s passion for gardening just exudes from this book and inspires me to grow things and get my hands dirty! It is a very good lesson on what can and should be done; however, it doesn’t go into a great deal of specifics (but how can it, since it covers so much ground!)... you will need to do more homework to do what you are inspired to do. Fortunately there is a great list of resources in the back. You Grow Girl also contains a lot of garden-related projects (like making a gardening tool belt, making seed packets, and making herbal bath & body products. Highly recommended reading, especially right before spring!