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My name is Lucy Mercer. I’m a writer, photographer, traveller, gardener and cook. Words are always with me, a phrase or sentence or paragraph continually working itself out in my brain’s endless stream of prose.

A Cook and Her Books is about sharing what I love to talk about: gardening, food and travel. I believe in creativity, connection and collaboration. Follow me here and on Facebook and Instagram for posts about what’s growing, what’s cooking and what’s going on.

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How to Control Weeds Without Using Chemicals

This story originally appeared in my local newspaper’s Master Gardener column. They’re the enemies of every gardener: weeds, the plants that don’t belong in our…

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Incrediball hydrangea in a one-gallon pot in a garden

How to Over-Summer New Plants

When you love plants like I do, people tend to give more of them to you. This is generally not a problem and is, in…

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Red Knockout rose planted in garden

Growing Roses in My Garden

I grow roses in my garden, but I don’t have what I think of as a “rose garden.” You know, the formal paths lined with…

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