{"id":990,"date":"2025-06-28T09:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T16:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=990"},"modified":"2026-10-18T08:54:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:54:05","slug":"ruth-stout","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/ruth-stout\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruth Stout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-442 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ruth-Stout-sepia.jpg?resize=263%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ruth-Stout-sepia.jpg?resize=263%2C300&amp;ssl=1 263w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ruth-Stout-sepia.jpg?resize=768%2C877&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ruth-Stout-sepia.jpg?resize=897%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 897w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Ruth-Stout-sepia.jpg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/>Ruth Stout (1884-1980) was everyone&#8217;s favorite gardener and lovable eccentric, and we&#8217;re delighted to have republished four of her books:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/gardening_without_work\/\">Gardening Without Work<\/a> (in regular and <big>large-print<\/big> editions). Her most famous book, all about no-work, no-dig, no-chemicals deep-mulch gardening.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/other-books\/company_coming_ruth_stout\/\">Company Coming<\/a>, a book of anecdotes revolving around her many eccentric and famous visitors and her even more eccentric ways of dealing with them.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/other-books\/if-you-would-be-happy\/\">If You Would be Happy<\/a>, a charming guide to contentedness.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/its-a-womans-world\/\">It&#8217;s a Woman&#8217;s World<\/a>, more of the above but with an emphasis on women&#8217;s issues and how to make them non-issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I could say more, but my pages for the individual books say\u00a0it better.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ncp-book-grid\" style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;justify-content:center;column-gap:24px;max-width:420px;margin:0 auto;\">\n<style>.ncp-book{text-align:center;float:right;clear:right;margin:.375em 0 1.75em 1.75em;}.ncp-book--left{float:left;clear:left;margin:.375em 1.75em 1.75em 0;}.ncp-book--center{float:none;clear:both;margin:1.5em auto;}.ncp-book--none{float:none;margin:1.5em 0;}.entry-content .ncp-book a{box-shadow:none;text-decoration:none;}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__cover{display:block;margin:0 0 .6em;}.ncp-book img{display:block;max-width:100%;height:auto;margin:0 auto;box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0,0,0,.25);}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__btn{display:inline-block;padding:.618em 1em;border-radius:3px;background:#1b4411;color:#fff;font:700 13pt\/1 Montserrat,sans-serif;letter-spacing:.046875em;text-transform:uppercase;white-space:nowrap;}.entry-content .ncp-book a.ncp-book__btn:hover{background:#003300;color:#fff;}@media (max-width:599px){.ncp-book,.ncp-book--left{float:none;clear:both;margin:1.5em auto;}}<\/style><div class=\"ncp-book ncp-book--none\" style=\"width:190px;max-width:100%\"><a class=\"ncp-book__cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/gardening-without-work\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/gardening-without-work-cover.jpg?fit=689%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gardening Without Work book cover\" width=\"140\" height=\"208\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><a class=\"ncp-book__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/gardening-without-work\/\" aria-label=\"Get the Book: Gardening Without Work\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"ncp-book ncp-book--none\" style=\"width:190px;max-width:100%\"><a class=\"ncp-book__cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/company-coming\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/company-coming-cover.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Company Coming book cover\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><a class=\"ncp-book__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/company-coming\/\" aria-label=\"Get the Book: Company Coming\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"ncp-book ncp-book--none\" style=\"width:190px;max-width:100%\"><a class=\"ncp-book__cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/if-you-would-be-happy\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/if-you-would-be-happy-cover.jpg?fit=666%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"If You Would Be Happy book cover\" width=\"140\" height=\"215\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><a class=\"ncp-book__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/if-you-would-be-happy\/\" aria-label=\"Get the Book: If You Would Be Happy\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"ncp-book ncp-book--none\" style=\"width:190px;max-width:100%\"><a class=\"ncp-book__cover\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/its-a-womans-world\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/its-a-womans-world-cover.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It\u2019s a Woman\u2019s World book cover\" width=\"140\" height=\"210\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"><\/a><a class=\"ncp-book__btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nortoncreekpress.com\/wordpress\/product\/its-a-womans-world\/\" aria-label=\"Get the Book: It\u2019s a Woman\u2019s World\">Get the Book<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Stout (1884-1980) was everyone&#8217;s favorite gardener and lovable eccentric, and we&#8217;re delighted to have republished four of her books: Gardening Without Work (in regular and large-print editions). 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