The winter solstice is almost upon us, so it's dark, cold, and if you're here in the rainy part of the Pacific Northwest, wet. My socks get soggy if I even think of going outside, so I'm turning my thoughts to indoor pursuits--like reading. Fortunately, NPR just posted 2009's Crop of Great Gardening Books - how very timely. All of these look interesting, but my first choice is the last one on the list, Amy Stewart's Wicked Plants.
I've often thought of designing a garden containing nothing but poisonous plants, so this one is right up my alley.
Anyone else out there in blog-land have some favorite gardening books to recommend? 'Tis the season for some armchair gardening.
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4 comments:
I got that one as a Christmas gift for my mom -- and read it first, of course. Highly recommend it. Extremely funny and fascinating!!
Do you understand German? There is a blog from a Sofa-Gardener (something like armchair gardener)
http://sofagaertnerin.blogpsot.com
where a lot of (English) Armchair Gardening Books are recommended.
Happy holidays!
Greenreader
Thanks, Greenreader. Unfortunately, I don't read German. BTW, the link you posted goes to a Bible site.
A Bible Site? Maybe you can try only the word "sofagaertnerin" on google and you will find the blog.
On the bottom of each article is a reference to the book bespoken with author, title, publisher and date of publ., so you can find a lot of interesting english books (romance, garden mysteries, children books etc.)
Best, Greenreader
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