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Bezig met laden... Bloom & Blossom: The Reader's Guide to Gardeningdoor Mary Swander
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. My partner snabbed this book for me from a bargain rack, knowing that the combination of reading and gardening might be right up my alley. And it is a quick, pleasant, thought provoking read, with snippets of this and that. I read it straight through, rather than jumping about, cautioned by the editor's preface that she had constructed her book with care. So it moves from memories of childhood to how to eat. Curiously, for a book with this sort of title and flowers on the cover, all the essays are focused on food plants. Well, there are feminist rifts about why women were delegated to the frivolous floral, herbal edges (and the dull labor) of gardening, but otherwise it is all about what fills the belly. And of course the soul. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"An invigorating gathering of fiction, poetry, and essays that reveals the powerful appeal of one of America's most enduring passions - gardening." "Poet, scholar, and gardener Mary Swander juxtaposes excerpts from early American settlers with nineteenth century classics and the work of prominent twentieth century writers to offer new perspectives on the seductive pleasure of coaxing flowers, fruits, and vegetables from the earth." "Scratch a gardener and underneath you're likely to find an individual whose love of plants was instilled at an early age, often by a beloved figure from childhood. Somehow the act of planting and harvesting connects us to the past and nourishes our sense of self, even as it gives us a better sense of our place in the natural world. How is this so? What can we learn from the past, from our Native American predecessors - and what new ideas can we bring to the future of working the land? What can we do to preserve the uncultivated wilderness? In a collection as fresh and vital as the subject it investigates, Bloom & Blossom delves into the emotional, social, and ecological implications of our passion for nurturing the fruits of the earth."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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