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Title: A Garden from a Hundred Packets of Seed by James Fenton ISBN: 0-374-16029-5 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 23 April, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Pleasant
Comment: This is a pleasant little book; basically a series of essays on the writer's one hundred favourite plants that can quite easily be purchased and grown from seed.
I enjoyed the personal approach to gardening and plants, and also the relaxed random-ness of it. The snobbery of design and planning, of garden bones and vistas, does not hold this writer in thrall. He knows and loves plants, and he wrote these essays about them.
In truth there isn't much substance here, but it makes a pleasing, quick read, and the book would make a nice little gift for a friend.
Rating: 4
Summary: Enjoyable approach to gardening annuals
Comment: James Fenton makes the case for annuals in your garden, which are typically overlooked in gardening writing that concentrates on perennials. This book, which lists 100 of the author's favorite plants to grow from seed, should be read with a plant encyclopedia at hand like as 'Sunset Western Garden', so that you can see what the plants look like and what their care requirements are. Many self-sowing varieties are included, which may convince those looking for a low-maintainence garden that annuals can play a part in it. Color and appeal is emphasized, much like what would have attracted you if you had a chance to garden as a child. The author's garden is in the south of England, which may limit whether his choices are appropriate for your climate.
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Title: Time and the Gardener: Writings on a Lifelong Passion (Concord Library) by Elisabeth Sheldon ISBN: 0807085561 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: An Introduction to English Poetry by James Fenton ISBN: 0374104646 Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux Pub. Date: 13 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Out in the Garden: Growing a Beautiful Life by Dean Riddle, Jeffrey Fulvimari ISBN: 0060188057 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 05 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Complete Far Side: 1980-1994 by Gary Larson, Steve Martin ISBN: 0740721135 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $135.00 |
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Title: A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson ISBN: 0767908171 Publisher: Broadway Books Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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