Gardening Books read in 2019
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12wonderY
Not technically a gardening book, but a very useful reference for my ridgetop endeavors. Incredible Wild Edibles
I've got the other two Samual Thayer titles in my catalog, but I don't recall Nature's Garden. I may have added the title in error. I do have some Neltje Blanchan books, and she has a similar title.
I did read and review The Forager's Harvest in 2013, and approved of it then.
This book, published in 2017, gives room for some in-depth discussion of 36 edible plants, many which grow on my properties. So, I learned about fennel, which I noted has established itself in my raspberry bed. It also discusses pawpaw and persimmon in greater detail than I've seen elsewhere.
Thayer is also a poet of sorts; and a thinker. His Introduction starts: "The Earth's wish is to be clothed in greenery, from the crumbling pavement of Pittsburgh to the shaggy slopes of the Olympic Peninsula."
His essays at the front of the book on our attitudes toward plants are important reflections.
He touches on volume harvesting, which I've always wondered about. Great photos too, as well as clear warnings of look-alike plants.
And he offers an interesting recipe for fruit gel from bramble berries.
My only complaint is that the sections don't show which plant is under discussion with consistent page headings.
I've got the other two Samual Thayer titles in my catalog, but I don't recall Nature's Garden. I may have added the title in error. I do have some Neltje Blanchan books, and she has a similar title.
I did read and review The Forager's Harvest in 2013, and approved of it then.
This book, published in 2017, gives room for some in-depth discussion of 36 edible plants, many which grow on my properties. So, I learned about fennel, which I noted has established itself in my raspberry bed. It also discusses pawpaw and persimmon in greater detail than I've seen elsewhere.
Thayer is also a poet of sorts; and a thinker. His Introduction starts: "The Earth's wish is to be clothed in greenery, from the crumbling pavement of Pittsburgh to the shaggy slopes of the Olympic Peninsula."
His essays at the front of the book on our attitudes toward plants are important reflections.
He touches on volume harvesting, which I've always wondered about. Great photos too, as well as clear warnings of look-alike plants.
And he offers an interesting recipe for fruit gel from bramble berries.
My only complaint is that the sections don't show which plant is under discussion with consistent page headings.
2MarthaJeanne
I'm reading the opposite. 111 tödliche Pflanzen, die man kennen muss - 111 deadly plants you should know. Amazing how many quite common garden and house plants are poisonous.
32wonderY
>2 MarthaJeanne: Ha! I love the symmetry.
4MarthaJeanne
The book was fairly interesting to read, but it wasn't really well researched or presented. In many cases it turns out that the plants are only mildly poisonous, so not really 'Deadly' at all. Bottom line: Don't eat zucchini that seems really bitter. Don't feed the hedge cuttings of Thuja to your horses, and don't let your turtle eat clematis. Oh, and if you have a cat, either make sure it has a safe place to scratch and nibble, or be very careful what house plants you have. (Keeping the plants out of reach might work for children and dogs, but for cats?)
52wonderY
I can't recall now what made me go looking for my books by Neltje Blanchan now, but I've been trying to untangle the titles on her author page and put the related series in better order. She wasn't a scientist or a trained naturalist, but she surely influenced the field of nature conservation with her writings back at the turn of the last century. She was married to the publisher Frank Nelson Doubleday, and began writing articles in Country Life Magazine.
Mostly she focused on wild flowers and birds. I inherited one book from husband's family and it has a wonderful cover, but I'd never dipped into it.
This work was adapted to fit into a Nature series published by Doubleday, and I have that one as well.
The format of her books varies from color coded field guide to scientific groupings, but the facts are enlivened by her chatty descriptions.
In pursuit of clarity, I've ordered the few titles still in my public library system, checking out her bird books. One has been re-published as recently as 2000.
The quality of the art and photography in the books is uneven, but it's her conversations that are the draw.
Mostly she focused on wild flowers and birds. I inherited one book from husband's family and it has a wonderful cover, but I'd never dipped into it.
This work was adapted to fit into a Nature series published by Doubleday, and I have that one as well.
The format of her books varies from color coded field guide to scientific groupings, but the facts are enlivened by her chatty descriptions.
In pursuit of clarity, I've ordered the few titles still in my public library system, checking out her bird books. One has been re-published as recently as 2000.
The quality of the art and photography in the books is uneven, but it's her conversations that are the draw.
6perennialreader
>5 2wonderY: What a treasure!
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