Gardening Pleasures
Just in time for the major start of the gardening season a
couple of fabulous Canadian Gardening books came to my house.
Published by Lone Pine Gardening they are colorful, concise and
useful for Canadian gardeners. Having myself a stack of books of
that genre I truly appreciate a reference that is geared to
Canadian conditions only, like
New Canadian Perennials
for Canada by Don Williamson, who has over 20 such books to
his credit. The publisher seems to have worked out a specific
concept that works and is sticking to it, because here is
another book of, you guessed it,
New Annuals for Canada;
this one written by
talented Rob Sproule.
The books are printed on nice and heavy paper so the many color
photos come to full effect and create enthusiasm by just leafing
through them. The list price is only $21.95, but if you go to
Cosco you might find them at a much lower price: I did. I saw a
whole stack of these lovely and practical books there and found
there were other titles on the subject as well. I could not
resist and picked up The
Canadian Edible Garden and
Herb Gardening for Canada
for only $13.99 each. These two books are written by two ladies,
Alison Beck and Laura Peters. They are done in the same fabulous
easy to use style.
 Finally a series of concise gardening books for Canada. I highly
recommend them. You will enjoy your garden a lot more, even if
you are a novice gardener. Since so many people are now aware of
the importance of eating well, growing your own food has become
quite fashionable. If there are children in the household it
might be a good way of introducing them to the concept of
healthy food, where it comes from and how to prepare it at the
same time.
Come to think of it: they make a great Mother’s or Father’s Day
gift too!
Until next time
Sybille Forster-Rentmeister
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