From the ground up : the story of a first garden

Summary: Presents a chronicle of the author's attempts to create a garden in the yard of the modest seaside cottage where she and her husband lived in Santa Cruz, California.

Item details

ISBN: 1565122402 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781565122406 (hardcover)
Physical Description: print
261 pages ; 19 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, [2001]
Copyright: ©2001

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Planting the seed -- [pt. 1.] Breaking ground : First garden ; Weeds ; Neighbors ; Cats ; Dirt ; First harvest ; Seeds ; Compost ; Oranges and roses ; Manual labor -- [pt. 2.] A growing season : Tourists ; Insects, good and bad ; Houseplants ; Clearing a path ; First visitor ; Tomatoes ; Basil ; Surplus produce ; Fall migration -- Starting over -- Letter to the next gardener at 118 Buena Vista.

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Genre:

Anecdotes.

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