radicaledwardiv's review
5.0
Published in 1870, Charles Dudley Warner’s My Summer in a Garden is a must have for any gardener. We follow Charles and his cat Calvin in this humorous weekly account of his garden adventures. As an editor and writer Warner’s observations of gardening are timeless and is just as relevant today as it was 14o plus years ago. As an amateur gardener, Warner goes through garden woes such as pesky children, the neighbors chickens and the weeds that grow “as if the devil were in them” but he reminds us of the reason we garden. Gardening he says is the “philosophical occupation of contact with the earth and companionship with gently growing things.” Although we may have many sleepless nights worrying about what may happen day to day with our gardens, with patience and a watchful eye we will be wholly rewarded. After all it is the work that is put into our plot of land at the end of the day that is edifying.
the_dragon_starback's review
5.0
This was surprisingly amusing. The "extensive new Introduction" was amazingly boring, but the actual essays were usually honest, often philosophical, and always witty.
This was an excellent Little Free Library find.
This was an excellent Little Free Library find.
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