An Ecology of EnchantmentAn Ecology of Enchantment
a Year in a Country Garden
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Book, 1998
Current format, Book, 1998, 1st ed, All copies in use.Book, 1998
Current format, Book, 1998, 1st ed, All copies in use. Offered in 0 more formatsFor the past 36 years, Des Kennedy and his family have lived largely outside their hand-built house in intimate contact with the Earth ? its creatures, its changing seasons, and its weather patterns. In this charming book’s 52 chapters, Kennedy brings readers deep into his garden, week by week, from winter’s dormancy to summer’s splendor. With his trademark self-effacing humor, the author captures the essence of the gardening experience, exploring his triumphs, failures, mishaps, and occasional magic. Undaunted by setbacks and lusting for the perfect garden, Kennedy takes readers with him on a gardening journey rich with insights and adventures. The effects of devastating snow storms; the slow-food cuisine of rutabagas, parsnips, and carrots; the gardener's inalienable right to dress in rags; the outlandish behaviour and florid oratory induced by flowering poppies ? these and scores of other topics meander through the book's gardening year alternately informing, inspiring, and amusing.
In this tenth-anniversary edition of An Ecology of Enchantment, Des Kennedy carries the reader, week by week, through a full year in the garden he shares with his partner, Sandy. With his trademark self-effacing wit, Kennedy captures the essence of the gardening experience beginning in winter dormancy, awakening to new life in spring, swelling into summer lushness, then declining into melancholy with the season of dying-away. Undaunted by setbacks and lusting habitually for the perfect garden, he takes you along with him on a gardening journey rich with insights and adventures.--
For the past 36 years, Des Kennedy and his family have lived largely outside their hand-built house in intimate contact with the Earth its creatures, its changing seasons, and its weather patterns. In this charming book’s 52 chapters, Kennedy brings readers deep into his garden, week by week, from winter’s dormancy to summer’s splendor. With his trademark self-effacing humor, the author captures the essence of the gardening experience, exploring his triumphs, failures, mishaps, and occasional magic. Undaunted by setbacks and lusting for the perfect garden, Kennedy takes readers with him on a gardening journey rich with insights and adventures. The effects of devastating snow storms; the slow-food cuisine of rutabagas, parsnips, and carrots; the gardener's inalienable right to dress in rags; the outlandish behaviour and florid oratory induced by flowering poppies these and scores of other topics meander through the book's gardening year alternately informing, inspiring, and amusing.
In this tenth-anniversary edition of An Ecology of Enchantment, Des Kennedy carries the reader, week by week, through a full year in the garden he shares with his partner, Sandy. With his trademark self-effacing wit, Kennedy captures the essence of the gardening experience beginning in winter dormancy, awakening to new life in spring, swelling into summer lushness, then declining into melancholy with the season of dying-away. Undaunted by setbacks and lusting habitually for the perfect garden, he takes you along with him on a gardening journey rich with insights and adventures.--
For the past 36 years, Des Kennedy and his family have lived largely outside their hand-built house in intimate contact with the Earth its creatures, its changing seasons, and its weather patterns. In this charming book’s 52 chapters, Kennedy brings readers deep into his garden, week by week, from winter’s dormancy to summer’s splendor. With his trademark self-effacing humor, the author captures the essence of the gardening experience, exploring his triumphs, failures, mishaps, and occasional magic. Undaunted by setbacks and lusting for the perfect garden, Kennedy takes readers with him on a gardening journey rich with insights and adventures. The effects of devastating snow storms; the slow-food cuisine of rutabagas, parsnips, and carrots; the gardener's inalienable right to dress in rags; the outlandish behaviour and florid oratory induced by flowering poppies these and scores of other topics meander through the book's gardening year alternately informing, inspiring, and amusing.
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