Cam Mather: 4 books

Like so many other city-dwellers, Cam and Michelle Mather longed for a simpler, quieter life in the country. When they found a century-old farmhouse on 150 acres of land that was in their price range, they jumped at the chance to make their move. The fact that the home was “off-grid” with no power...

As the news reports an endless array of chaotic events from summers of record-setting wildfires, floods, heat waves and droughts or winter polar vortexes, Hurricane Sandy convinced many that climate change is real and that catastrophic weather events are the new norm. Many people resolved to be better...

The news today is not good. We are experiencing a financial crisis that rivals the Great Depression, wild swings in energy prices signaling the end of cheap oil, food shortages and rising prices, water shortages all over the globe, and noticeable effects of climate change. It’s an easy time to be...

Many books make vegetable gardening look difficult, with charts and checklists and talk of trace minerals and hard-to-find soil supplements. Growing vegetables can seem intimidating. That’s why The All You Can Eat Gardening Handbook is such a breath of fresh air. It assures readers that there’s...