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What is One Man's Garden about?
"Gardeners trapped inside on a rainy day need only two things to get by—a cup of chocolate in their left hand and One Man's Garden in their right." — Southern Living This "wonderful" essay collection from the former Washington Post columnist and author of The Essential Earthman ( Horticulture ) offers a harvest of sharp observations and humorous adventures gathered during a year in the garden—along with much down-to-earth advice. "A year's worth of wry observations about the peculiarities and pleasures of gardening . . . His book, designed primarily for small town gardens of less than a quarter-acre, and written from the relatively balmy perspective of Washington, D.C. (climatic zone 5), is the perfect makings of a winter read for those planning next year's garden. Mitchell's chatty style is entertaining as well as informative . . . Water gardeners in particular will enjoy Mitchell's obsession with water lilies, other aquatic plants and fish." — Publishers Weekly "An experienced gardener/environmentalist who mixes solid gardening information along with the right blend of humor and human interest." — Library Journal "Every page is filled with his irascible, wholly unpretentiou
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Henry Mitchell
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780395957691
- Category
- humor
- Subjects
- Gardening, Agriculture, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.32 / 5 (100 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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