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Henry Mitchell was to gardening what Izaak Walton was to fishing. "The Essential Earthman" is a collection of the best of his long-running column for the ...Show synopsisHenry Mitchell was to gardening what Izaak Walton was to fishing. "The Essential Earthman" is a collection of the best of his long-running column for the "Washington Post". Although he offered invaluable tips for novice as well as seasoned gardeners, at the heart of his essays were piquant observations: on keeping records; the role of trees in gardens (they don't belong there); how a gardener should weather the winter; on shrubs, bulbs, and fragrant flowers and about observation itself. Here's one example: Marigolds gain enormously in impact when used as sparingly as ultimatums. Henry Mitchell came to his subject with reverence, passion, humor, and a contagious enthusiasm tempered only by his sober knowledge of human frailty. "The Essential Earthman" is for all who love gardening even those who only dream of doing it.Hide synopsis
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(This review was originally written for The Garden Bloggers' Book club)
Okay, I'm late posting my thoughts on Henry Mitchell's "The Essential Earthman". I'm juggling a few projects right now plus (eek!) I haven't even finished reading it. I'm almost done, so I can safely post a few comments.
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Henry Mitchell wrote The Washington Post's gardening column for many years. I still miss him every Sunday. He wrote just about the loveliest prose around. This book gets five stars because it contains my favorite essay of all time, "Of Toads and Bronze Dogs." There is not a wasted word in it.
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This collection of articles by Mitchell brims with insight, humor, and plenty of wit. I am not a gardener by any measure, but Mitchell's descriptions of plants and experiences were moving and hilarious. His prose is intelligent and varied without being dense. I'd recommend this book to anyone.
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A collection of Henry Mitchell's gardening columns for the Washington Post. His witty pragmatism in the face of the slings and arrows of fortune is reassuring and often hilarious. This is not so much an aspirational Martha Stewart-esque read, as a conspiratorial one. He consoles, rejoices, chides, ...
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