The Curious Gardener's Almanac: Centuries Of Practical Garden Wisdom

Celebrating the garden in all its splendid diversity and rich history: a collection of facts, curiousities, ancient wisdom and customs, tips and recipes.Over 1,000 entries of remarkable information about flowers, vegetables, fruits, trees, herbs, insects, birds, water, soil, tools, composts, climate, recipes, gardens and gardeners, myths, superstitions, biodynamics . . . In short, a collection as profuse and variegated as gardening itself.Woven into this wealth of knowledge are famous quotations, anecdotes, traditional sayings, lines of verse, and words of rural wisdom. The spirit and focus of the Almanac is British but the wider picture is international. Nothing dry or dull here, the presentation is as appealing as the content.