If you are a dabbler in dirt, and a reader, as I am, you might have a surplus of garden books stacked around the walls of your home. I am lucky enough to have an extra room where I keep odds and ends of furniture and stack upon stack of books. My grandmother’s china cabinet resides in the room, filled with, you guessed it, books. She would not be unhappy about this use of her cabinet. When I walk through her home in my memory I see rooms filled with books in every possible space. I am so glad I take after her in this aspect of my life, books have always been one of my chief pleasures.

I am enjoying the timeless garden essays of Anne Raver, NY Times Gardening Columnist, in a book titled, “Deep in the Green.”  Each short essay touches the gardener’s heart within me. This is a perfect book to read to escape the final doldrums of a long winter. Even before I begin to read the chapters I am smiling, how can I not with titles like: “The Poop on Crickets,” “If Geese Could Drive,” and “My Invisible Garden.” The book is available on Amazon, hardcover or Kindle edition.

A sampling of Anne Raver’s NY Times Gardening Column can be found here:

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