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Monday, June 17, 2019

Seeded and Sodded

A wonderful wrap up on her gardening trilogy. This short book of gardening vignettes, letters, short stories, and secret messages is wonderful. It's a quick read and easy to put down and pick back up (while you tend to your gardening of course). This trilogy is the perfect gift for any gardener in your life; it's witty, cute, inspiring, and endearing. And it will motivate you to work in your garden like never before!

Sunday, April 7, 2019

Potted and Pruned

I ADORED this book. Anyone who knows me, knows that I don't exactly have a green thumb. I mean, hell, we have the world's smallest yard and by default the world's smallest garden. That being said, the past few years John and I have really enjoyed getting a vegetable garden going (cherry tomatoes are the best part of summer) and I even keep a few plants inside year round (not too many because cats are demons). Even if I didn't have a garden though, I think I would have enjoyed this book. It was quick and humorous and I read it in one sitting. Written as a collection of short vignettes, essays, thoughts, and letters; Potted and Pruned is a reaffirmation of the love, joy, frustration, and comedy that can be found in gardening. It made me laugh out loud on several occasions and it made me inspired to go out and start working on this summer's vegetable patch. A small enjoyable book that gardeners will keep coming back to. I can't wait to read the next two in the series!