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The Essential Earthman Henry Mitchell on Gardening (1981) (L73c9) Indiana University Press HC
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This guide features practical advice about 300 varieties of plants, as well as on lawns, trees and vegetables. It also contains unconventional observations on the practice of gardening.
Review: This first collection of Henry Mitchell's garden columns was one of those instant classics, a book which quickly earned a permanent place on thousands of bedside tables. Though written for the Washington Post, these tales of the city garden travel well, and after reading a single page--any page--you'll realize why. Many gardeners quote Mitchell's line, "It is a great joy the day we discover that we can learn things without actually having to make the mistakes ourselves." He regales us with his mistakes, recording the frustration caused by stubbornly planting where his beloved dogs insisted on sleeping or by thoughtless activity ("I speared a superb lily bulb today"), hoping we will profit from his own gardening mishaps. We can and do, but we profit just as much by his company as his advice, which is so clearly the fruit of long and direct experience.
ISBN: 0253174368
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 244
Book Condition: Good
Defects:
Dust Jacket: Good
Copyright: 1981 by Henry Mitchell
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Edition:
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Review: This first collection of Henry Mitchell's garden columns was one of those instant classics, a book which quickly earned a permanent place on thousands of bedside tables. Though written for the Washington Post, these tales of the city garden travel well, and after reading a single page--any page--you'll realize why. Many gardeners quote Mitchell's line, "It is a great joy the day we discover that we can learn things without actually having to make the mistakes ourselves." He regales us with his mistakes, recording the frustration caused by stubbornly planting where his beloved dogs insisted on sleeping or by thoughtless activity ("I speared a superb lily bulb today"), hoping we will profit from his own gardening mishaps. We can and do, but we profit just as much by his company as his advice, which is so clearly the fruit of long and direct experience.
ISBN: 0253174368
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 244
Book Condition: Good
Defects:
Dust Jacket: Good
Copyright: 1981 by Henry Mitchell
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Edition:
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