Wednesday 11 June 2008

Blog Book Reviews

I was sent this link to an interesting piece on blog book reviews by Flange member Alex

2 comments:

Esther Montgomery said...

EVERY MAN HIS OWN GARDENER - JOHN HALSHAM - 1904

Enjoyable for 'dipping' in and for a sustained read.

Interesting spotlight on a moment in gardening history:-

Information - how to construct a hotbed.

Opinion - that half the troubles of gardeners are caused by gamekeepers.

Advice - check on wind direction before sweeping leaves.

Warnings - don't use 'The Abomination that goes by the name of "London Manure," the mixture of sweepings of streets and mews with all sorts of dusthole garbage . . . a percentage of old clothes, dead cats and dogs, and crockery . . . '

Apprehension - how will the chemical deposits from newly introduced motor cars affect gardening?

Folk names - 'Devils Guts' for the roots of bindweed and ground elder.

And women - encouraged to garden (at last!). (Though they may find digging heavy clay a bit of a challenge.)

If you can get it - you'll love it.

Esther

VP said...

That looks fantastic Esther!

I wonder if there's a noticeable sales spike after Emmat's and my reviews of JAS' book?