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Book Reviews of Deep in the Green : An Exploration of Country Pleasures

Deep in the Green : An Exploration of Country Pleasures
Deep in the Green An Exploration of Country Pleasures
Author: Anne Raver
ISBN-13: 9780679767985
ISBN-10: 0679767983
Publication Date: 4/30/1996
Pages: 300
Rating:
  • Currently 4.4/5 Stars.
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4.4 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed Deep in the Green : An Exploration of Country Pleasures on + 49 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Enjoyable essays about gardening and life. I especially enjoyed the essays about Raver's visits back to the farm where she spent her childhood. Many of the essays also contain gardening tips. The book makes for pleasant and quick reading.
bamboochik avatar reviewed Deep in the Green : An Exploration of Country Pleasures on + 54 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
An Exploration of Country Pleasures.*** All I can say if you are a gardener and love to read Essay Type books by other fellow gardeners like I do then you are going to LOVE this book! It is one of my all time favorites and difficult for me to pass on, but I've re-read it so many times that I have it memorized so pass it on, I will.
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Helpful Score: 2
I loved this book. The earthy way she writes is wonderful. Great book for the garden book reader!
reviewed Deep in the Green : An Exploration of Country Pleasures on + 15 more book reviews
In this collection of brief essays on nature, life, and occasionally gardening, the garden columnist of the New York Times ranges widely, musing on the life of the sea turtle and the dangers of chemical pest control, how weeding the vegetable patch can lead to planning a rose arbor, and the satisfaction of mowing a lawn with a hand mower. Many essays are autobiographical, ranging in setting from Long Island to Brooklyn to the family farm in Maryland as Raver explores the challenge of gardening wherever she lives with her dog, Molly, and her cat, Mrs. Grey. Raver is at her best when she describes how, against her principles, she used chemical sprays on her father's roses in order to bring blooms to his hospital bedside. For all whose minds roam while they are on their knees in the garden.