diff --git a/src/garden/.gitignore b/src/garden/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d19fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/garden/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.html
diff --git a/src/garden/Makefile b/src/garden/Makefile
index b77f908..1f28d56 100644
--- a/src/garden/Makefile
+++ b/src/garden/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-html: feed.py Makefile
+py = feed.py books.py
+md = rss.md book-collecting.md gardens.md
+html = $(md:%.md=%.html)
+
+site: Makefile $(md) $(py)
 	mkdir html
-	cp feed.py Makefile html
-	cp *.md html
+	python md2html.py $(md)
+	cp $(html) $(py) Makefile html
 
 clean-html:
 	[[ -d html ]] && rm -r html
+	rm $(pages_html)
 
 .PHONY: clean-html
 
diff --git a/src/garden/md2html.py b/src/garden/md2html.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40b1610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/garden/md2html.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import markdown
+
+def print_usage():
+    print(f"usage: python {sys.argv[0]} PATHS")
+    print("")
+    print("\t\PATHS\tpaths of input markdown files")
+
+if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+    print_usage()
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+paths = sys.argv[1:]
+
+bad_paths = [p for p in paths if not p.endswith(".md")]
+if len(bad_paths) != 0:
+    for p in bad_paths:
+        print(f"Not a markdown file: {p}")
+
+    exit(1)
+
+def write_html(src : str):
+    with open(src) as md:
+        dest = src.replace(".md", ".html")
+        with open(dest, "w") as html:
+            print(f"{src} -> {dest}")
+            html.write(markdown.markdown(md.read()))
+
+for p in paths:
+    write_html(p)