- Hardcover: 344 pages
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co; 1st edition (Mar 19 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0395785871
- ISBN-13: 978-0395785874
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 590 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,696,076 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
Home gardeners, cooks and nature lovers will savor this delightful account of the 1995 growing season in Iowa. Klaus, director of the nonfiction writing program at the University of Iowa, kept a daily record, March through November, of his large vegetable garden. Spring in Iowa City was unusually cold and wet; Klaus depended heavily on row covers to protect his young plants. Summer brought heat, drought and "critters"?squirrels, woodchucks, opossums and deer. Then, a bountiful harvest that extends to Thanksgiving. The book goes beyond tending a garden; Klaus interweaves personal details and concerns of his daily life: he writes about neighbors, his wife's probable recurring cancer, the last weeks leading to the death of his 20-year-old cat, generational conflicts in his department at the university and the meals he concocts from his vegetable bounty. Delectable.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Klaus, an experienced gardener and director of the nonfiction writing program at the University of Iowa, took a research leave in 1994 to write about his vegetable gardening activities in Iowa City from March through November. Explaining why he gardens, Klaus records daily not only the planting, tending, and harvesting of his garden but also the everyday human influences (family, colleagues, friends, pets) that often affect a gardener. For Klaus, vegetable gardening is part of a daily routine that links many experiences in the life of a writer, husband, and father. This thoughtful book is recommended for popular gardening collections.?Dale Luchsinger, Athens Area Technical Inst., Ga.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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An Enjoyable Read, Dec 23 2010
By JacksonsMom "knarlee1" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: My Vegetable Love: A Journal of a Growing Season (Paperback)
In this book, Carl Klaus keeps a daily journal during one growing season in his home garden in Iowa. In addition to gardening, he also touches upon his marriage, his wife's cancer, his impending retirement and his neighbors/community.As a reader who can't get enough information on gardening, I really appreciated this longtime gardener's bits of wisdom. I find it fascinating to read not only about what and how he plants, but the mouthwatering meals he and his wife cook from those plants.
I think his passages on retirement would resonate much more with someone facing that issue. I had a hard time relating to that part of the book.
Overall, I have really enjoyed this book and have made so many gardening notes all over it you can barely see the pages.
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Great Used Book from Amazon, Dec 23 2011
By Harold W. Wheeler - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: My Vegetable Love: A Journal of a Growing Season (Hardcover)
Quick shipping. Book arrived just as it was described. This was a great read especially for my wife and I as we are gardeners.
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Entertaining and full of the author's experiences, good and bad, Nov 6 2011
By Christeena Brubaker - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: My Vegetable Love: A Journal of a Growing Season (Hardcover)
This is a fun read by a dedicated gardener. It's a fun way to learn growing dos and dont's by someone who really knows.
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