The Gardener's Gripe Book
by Abby Adams
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Author: Abby AdamsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1995-01-05
ISBN: 156305647X
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
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Book Review: Funny and practical too
Summary: 5 Stars
For those who like a little humor with their labor, Abby Adams' wry tone strikes just the right note. With chapters titled "From Eve to Martha Stewart," Tree$" and "Enemies List," this self-proclaimed non-expert takes her reader through the anxieties and triumphs of taking a garden from seed to harvest, peppering her own hard won advice with extensive quotes (many hilarious) from the "experts."
She explores the question of lawns, quotes an Englishman on perennials ("A perennial is a plant, that, had it not died, would have returned the following year") shares what she's learned about soil ? "Good soil is like good looks ? something you're born with."
This is an enjoyable, readable little book which also happens to be packed with good advice and even better quotations. Perfect after a long day's hard gardening.
Summary of The Gardener's Gripe Book
Filled with quotes and ironic observations, a humorous viewpoint by a veteran gardener tells the truth about this popular "leisure" activity--gardeners should never trust the experts, nothing looks like it does in catalogs, and Mother Nature always wins. Original.Perennials behaving like annuals, dead and gone after just one season. Neighbors' tomatoes that always come in a week earlier than yours. Fickleness, hard work and ethical dilemmas (you've live-trapped the woodchuck -- now what?). It's gardening, Abby Adams loves it, and in a book as perceptive as it is funny she shares a lifetime's obsessions with its mysterious ways.
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