I was quite pleased to recently purchase a copy of Roy Hennessey's 1961-62 Rose Catalog after reading about it a few days ago in a book of letters between the writers Eudora Welty and William …
Hennessy leads to the search for Houdyshel
Knock Out Rose, I don't think Hennessey would approve I found Roy Hennessey unexpectedly the other evening while reading What There is to Say We Have Said: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and …
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Summer Reading – The Squabbling Garden
The Squabbling Garden, 1934 I love summertime reading. Every summer, I think I'll discover some new-to-me old garden writer. I live for that possibility. I search for old garden books in …
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Do you have a theme for your garden this year?
Requisite photo of a garden-y thing Do you have a theme for your garden this year? I've been reading Sissinghurst: Vita Sackville-West and the Creation of a Garden by Vita Sackville-West and Sarah …
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“In the soft, warm bosom of a decaying compost heap…”
I almost didn't see the box tucked behind the flower pot by the front door. Who knows, it may have been there for a couple of days. But I did finally see it. Inside was my new-to-me copy of The …
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Book Review: The Writer’s Garden
Cold weather is heading this way and the activity in the garden is starting to slow down a bit. And though I still need to plant a few bulbs, clean up most of the vegetable garden, cut back all the …
