This offers a comprehensive guide to creating a healthful lifestyle through the integration of gardening and cooking. As an accomplished cook and public-health professional, Moore-Pastides focuses on the Mediterranean diet, renowned for its flavor and health benefits, and aims to equip young adults, along with all culinary novices, with the knowledge to embrace healthy eating practices starting from the ground up. This is divided into two main sections: gardening and cooking. The gardening component provides essential information for aspiring organic gardeners, covering topics such as soil preparation, composting, watering, basic tool usage, and managing common gardening challenges. The content is rich with color photographs that encourage readers to explore a wider variety of crops beyond the usual tomatoes and cucumbers, enabling them to cultivate an exciting array of fruits and vegetables in various gardening setups like containers, raised beds, or traditional gardens. This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.(This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)