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 this week with some new and old books, including You Grow Girl, and, with any luck, we’ll hit 30 by…
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I’m not sure which is more disconcerting–that I spent 15 minutes outside today wearing only a cardigan and was comfortable doing it, or that I found an unusual number of signs of life in the garden. Just a reminder: It’s Minnesota and it’s January. Yet, today when I pulled aside some leaves I found this Salvia sending up several new…
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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. At my current house, we’ve dealt with mice, pocket gophers, and most recently moles and beavers. Unlike many northern gardeners,…
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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 University of Minnesota. Well, lo and behold, in the most recent batch of books I picked up from the Minnesota…
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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 edible gardener, here’s an inexpensive, helpful option. Canada-based Lone Pine Press publishes a plethora of nonfiction books on everything from sports trivia to ghosts. Generally speaking, Lone Pine books are broad…
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