Posted by Melody on Friday, Feb 5, 2016
The next Project Green Second Sunday Forum is on Valentine’s Day—Sunday, February 14, 2016. Jonathan Poulton will present on Daylillies—Past, Present, and Future. If you can't wait until then to get your garden on, but also don't want to go out into the cold, visit the ICPL Zinio collection, where you can look through 18 different home and garden digital magazines.
Magazines are perfect for the weekend where you get to kick back a little more. Our gardening magazines include Country Garden, Better Homes & Gardens, Grit, and Successful Farming.
The January issue of Rodale’s Organic Life features the article “Grow from Scratch,” which includes a guide to growing plants from seeds and lovely illustrations.
ICPL has more than 150 digital magazines. They are available 24/7 through your computer or mobile device. After you log in with your Iowa City library card and password, you can check one out and flip through page by page just like a regular magazine. Reading magazines lets you kick back and relax, and enjoy big beautiful photographs and creative infographics.
Have questions about how to use our Zinio digital magazine collection? Ask a Librarian!
About the Author
I've been at the library for more than 10 years now, and I still find joy when choosing the best books for our readers. My current reading journey is taking me book by book through different genres. I'm challenging myself to find books that are enough outside my wheelhouse that I'd pass them by on first glance. The genre I'm looking forward to... more
I just got into this series and am glad to see it's available on hoopla. The all-aware algorithms kept recommending these books to me but I didn't like the cross-stitch style covers, and I don't normally pick up books that take place in the South. But when you're looking for a new book at 11pm at night, all you want is a good story to listen to as you drift off to sleep. Penny Reid's Truth or Beard is the first book in the Winston Brothers series, and boy did it catch my attention immediately! This is a book where the twist happens right off the bat, and the story itself unravels the unexpected memories from the past and hopes for the future. This series has its steamy moments but is pretty wholesome overall. It also features ability-diverse characters (particularly, OCD and autism-like behaviors) that Reid treats with tremendous care. Penny Reid's first novel was released by a small publisher back in 2014. From what I found on the web, writing is not her full-time job, but she has launched her own small publishing firm, SmartyPants Romance, where other authors are allowed to publish novels set in the "Pennyverse," which takes place in an area of Tennessee that abuts the Great Smoky Mountain National Forest. SmartyPants Romance lives up to its name. The books feature intelligent characters with wit and depth. Definitely recommend getting into these books! -Melody