Old Wives' Lore for Gardeners
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eponine38
of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 8/5/2013
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
eponine38 of Winchester, Massachusetts USA on 8/5/2013 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
3 journalers for this copy...
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Did you know that banana skins, laid just below the surface of the soil, have long been said to be beneficial for roses, and that horticulturists now approve the practice? Or that mulching strawberries with pine needles will improve their flavor? Or that hollyhocks thrive on beer? Maureen and Bridget Boland have been collecting garden wisdom for many years, both from "old wives" and from books ancient and modern. In this charming little volume, they pass on the best of their store of useful and curious information.
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Though not a gardener, I enjoyed these little tidbits of information and especially the authors' sense of humor.
Did you know that banana skins, laid just below the surface of the soil, have long been said to be beneficial for roses, and that horticulturists now approve the practice? Or that mulching strawberries with pine needles will improve their flavor? Or that hollyhocks thrive on beer? Maureen and Bridget Boland have been collecting garden wisdom for many years, both from "old wives" and from books ancient and modern. In this charming little volume, they pass on the best of their store of useful and curious information.
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Though not a gardener, I enjoyed these little tidbits of information and especially the authors' sense of humor.
Given to GoryDetails during our release trip to Boston. Hope you enjoy it!
Released for 2014 4 Elements challenge.
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Released for 2014 4 Elements challenge.
DEAR FINDER,
Welcome to BookCrossing!
Please make a journal entry so we know this book has found a new home.You don't need to join BookCrossing and you can remain completely anonymous. However, we encourage you to join so that you can follow this book's future travels. (You’ll receive an email anytime someone makes a journal entry). It's fun, free, and confidential. If you decide to join, consider listing eponine38 as referring you.
Take your time reading the book, and after you finish, please make another journal entry to record your thoughts about it. This book is now yours, and you can keep it if you choose, though we would love for you to share it. If you pass it along, please make a release note to let others know where you left it “in the wild”, or a journal entry if you gave/sent it to a known person.
I hope you enjoy the book!
Thanks so much! The book looks charming and funny, a good combination!
Later: Lots of fun here, with some interesting garden lore, occasional useful hints and tips, and many chuckles - I really enjoyed the authors' tone. Their discovery of the value of burying fat next to rosebushes really intrigued me - and I laughed aloud when they described that this method didn't work as well in the country, where the foxes promptly dug up the fat. And I made a note of one suggestion: to lay an old bicycle-tire inner-tube near the catmint, so that neighborhood cats will think it's a snake and keep their distance. [I don't know if that would work, though; some of my cats actively hunted snakes, with great delight; I may stick to my own technique, placing a wire mesh container over the catmint so that the cats can only nibble on the shoots that grow through the mesh.]
There are some delightfully gruesome anecdotes in among the more benign ones, and an overall chatty-and-sometimes-snarky tone that I really enjoyed!
Later: Lots of fun here, with some interesting garden lore, occasional useful hints and tips, and many chuckles - I really enjoyed the authors' tone. Their discovery of the value of burying fat next to rosebushes really intrigued me - and I laughed aloud when they described that this method didn't work as well in the country, where the foxes promptly dug up the fat. And I made a note of one suggestion: to lay an old bicycle-tire inner-tube near the catmint, so that neighborhood cats will think it's a snake and keep their distance. [I don't know if that would work, though; some of my cats actively hunted snakes, with great delight; I may stick to my own technique, placing a wire mesh container over the catmint so that the cats can only nibble on the shoots that grow through the mesh.]
There are some delightfully gruesome anecdotes in among the more benign ones, and an overall chatty-and-sometimes-snarky tone that I really enjoyed!
This book will soon be on its way to BCer varykino in Canada, for participating in the April Showers/May Flowers release challenge. Hope you enjoy the book!
The book arrived yesterday. This is the summer I plan to redo my garden and this little book is going to help!
Journal Entry 6 by varykino at Les Serres Dauphinais St Hubert in Longueuil, Québec Canada on Monday, May 18, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (5/18/2015 UTC) at Les Serres Dauphinais St Hubert in Longueuil, Québec Canada
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on a bench near shade plants
