The Gardener's Gripe Book
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Book Overview
Perennials that behave like annuals, gone within a year or two. Lettuce that bolts right when you're in the mood for a salad. Deer, hedgehogs, slugs, and bugs. And then, all the know-it-alls who tell you how easy it is. Gardening may be America's most popular leisure activity, but it is also the most frustrating, aggravating, and time-consuming-by no means the simple idyll-with-dirt sold by gardening gurus. As lifelong gardener Abby Adams points out in her tongue-in-cheek book, you can't trust the experts, nothing looks like it does in magazines and catalogs, trends change more often than hemlines, and Mother Nature always wins. Literate, funny, studded with quotes and ironic observations, here is a series of honest takes on dozens of subjects that all gardeners will relate to.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:156305647X
ISBN13:9781563056475
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Workman Publishing
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 7.0"
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
Fun and Informative!
Published by Laura Burns , 9 years ago
This is a really fun read. It's very humorous and extremely informative. There are some chapters where I thought she ran on a little too much about the minor things, but I think that overall this is a wonderful book! Really gets you in the gardening mood!
Funny and practical too
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 20 years ago
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.
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