tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12157091.post115564677363187841..comments2023-10-24T07:26:16.997-07:00Comments on Gardening While Intoxicated: More on garden readingEALhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12157091.post-1155825421865777672006-08-17T07:37:00.000-07:002006-08-17T07:37:00.000-07:00Gah! You'd think if I went through the bother to ...Gah! You'd think if I went through the bother to recommend a book, I'd'a gotten its title right: it is Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden (ISBN 0-375-75945-X). Enjoy. <BR/><BR/>--el.Elhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878724196098024140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12157091.post-1155778522626632082006-08-16T18:35:00.000-07:002006-08-16T18:35:00.000-07:00El, thanks for the suggestion! I have heard of her...El, thanks for the suggestion! I have heard of her, but had not read anything.EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12157091.post-1155668543112797972006-08-15T12:02:00.000-07:002006-08-15T12:02:00.000-07:00Yes, the magazines are pretty boring these days. ...Yes, the magazines are pretty boring these days. Even Gardens Illustrated has been toying with the bland. I really miss the old Mole column and the cranky wit about gardening idiots and plant nannyism. For laughs I reread chapters of Orchid Fever. I'd crab about how all the magazines seem geared to California gardens except that they keep me sane during the long Alaskan winter.Alaska Divahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03195622686981727015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12157091.post-1155661590222577232006-08-15T10:06:00.000-07:002006-08-15T10:06:00.000-07:00EAL, have you ever read Eleanor Perenyi's A Writer...EAL, have you ever read Eleanor Perenyi's A Writer in the Garden? I think you shall find what you are looking for in that collection of essays. She is fabulous, and sadly, this is the only book she ever wrote solely on the subject of gardening.<BR/><BR/>yours in the frayElhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14878724196098024140noreply@blogger.com