Northeast Gardening: House cleaning and books., 0 by noknok

noknok wrote:
Hi Sempervirens et Al, et Pearl,
running out of books here. Reading "Teaching a stone to speak" by Annie Dillard again.
Her stark fresh talk falls well on the snow out there. Taking turns with Lee Reich, who
gardens 20 minutes from my place in the Hudson Valley, just checking on all that early stuff,
peas and cool weather veggies. Didn't know about William Alexander, do you know the name
of the town/area he lives in?

The only cook books I ever bought are Molly Katzen's, and my DD has snatched those.

I ended up reading a lot of Beverley Nichols, but can't seem to get through Henry Mitchell's
Essential Earthman though. So far, it seems to alternate between whiny, pontificating and
downright questionable (recommendations for Hall's Honeysuckle and English Ivy "can be
acquired simply pulling some up off the side of the road or a back alley").
It's something you DO, not write about ;o)
Did get "The Wild Braid" A Poet Reflects on a Century of Gardening by Stanley Kunitz, very sweet!

Meanwhile, seed packets are accumulating. I'm getting ready for the first batch of winter sowing.
My next door neighbors brought a bag of Brussel sprouts they HAD JUST PICKED after 3-degree
nights. They were delicious! Plus, we share the same deer and rabbit population, no fencing.
Sooo, I'm thinking a few brussel sprouts in with the gold yuccas, the Indigo Spires and the Tithonia.
They are really a very Dr. Seussy looking plant.
And WHITE Sunflowers this year, with the Shiso, Asparagus and Helenium Mardi Gras.

DD got me the latest spin-off on Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, The Furies (a graphic novel)
which I've now read at least eight times, can't wait for the ninth, exqisite!
Also the latest Gaiman short stories, Fragile things, oook, but no "American Gods" which just got
better with a second reading.

Any new recommendations on garden design? If not, I'll stick with this