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Category Archives: A Gardener’s Reading
The Fruit Gardener’s Bible
A Gardener’s Reading, 27 of 30 By Lewis Hill and Leonard Perry (Storey Publishing, 2011) I just received this book, so this is really more of a first impression than a full-fledged review, but I am eager to get into … Continue reading
The Way We Garden Now
A Gardener’s Reading, 26 of 30 By Katherine Whiteside (Clarkson Potter, 2007) I first read The Way We Garden Now when it came out in 2007, and almost immediately did one of the 41 projects in the book to create … Continue reading
Mrs. Greenthumbs
A Gardener’s Reading, 25 of 30 By Cassandra Danz (Three Rivers Press, 1993) Mrs. Greenthumbs: How I Turned a Boring Yard into A Glorious Garden and How You Can, Toois a march through the gardening year with a hilarious, opinionated … Continue reading
Back to the Books! You Grow, Girl
A Gardener’s Reading, 24 of 30 By Gayla Trail (Fireside, 2005) I can’t believe (well, yes I can) that my 30 book reviews planned for the holiday season stopped at 23. Life and laziness intervened, but I’m back at it … Continue reading
Deer Resistant Landscaping
A Gardener’s Reading, 23 of 30 Like many northern gardeners, I’ve battled critters pretty much as long as I’ve gardened. At my old house, the issue was raccoons, who had a cozy home in the storm sewer under our street. … Continue reading
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Tagged Deer-Resistant landscaping, Neil Soderstrom
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The Northern Heartland Kitchen
A Gardener’s Reading, 22 of 30 By Beth Dooley (University of Minnesota Press, 2011) I mentioned in an earlier review that I was hoping to get a copy of The Northern Heartland Kitchen, a new seasonal, local cookbook from the … Continue reading
Edible Gardening in the Midwest
A Gardener’s Reading, 21 of 30 By Colleen Vanderlinden and Alison Beck (Lone Pine Press, 2009) If you are scrambling for a last-minute gift for a young or would-be vegetable gardener, here’s an inexpensive, helpful option. Canada-based Lone Pine Press … Continue reading
Posted in A Gardener's Reading, Fruits and Vegetables
Tagged Colleen Vanderlinden, how-to grow, Inthegardeneonline, Midwest, vegetables
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A Quartet of Garden Memoirs
A Gardener’s Reading, 17-20 of 30 In this season of choir concerts and holiday musicales, I’ve been thinking about the many voices that sing of the importance of gardening – not just as a way to create beauty or grow … Continue reading
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Tagged garden essays, Jenna Woginrich, Kyle T. Kramer, Michelle Owens, Shannon Hayes
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The Writer in the Garden
A Gardener’s Reading, 16 of 30 Edited by Jane Garmey (Algonquin Books, 1999) Jane Garmey’s expansive collection of poems, essays and excerpts includes writers absolutely identified with a life in the dirt (Vita Sackville-West, Elizabeth Lawrence, Katharine S. White) as … Continue reading
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The Garden in Winter
A Gardener’s Reading, 15 of 30 By Suzy Bales (Rodale Press, 2007) Gardeners in the North are often told to console themselves through the long winter by planting a garden with “winter interest.” Give yourself something to look at during … Continue reading
Posted in A Gardener's Reading, Garden Design, Winter interest
Tagged Suzy Bales, The Garden in Winter
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