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"The most soul-satisfying gardening book in years." -- New York Times (March 1982, reviewing the 1981 cloth edition from IU Press). "Genuinely a classic..." -- Los Angeles Times (on the occasion of Houghton Mifflin's paperback edition, which came out in 1994). "Is there anyone alive with the... read more

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First Sentence

One. As I write this, on June 29, it's about time for another summer storm to smash the garden to pieces, though it may hold off until the phlox, tomatoes, daylilies, and zinnias are in full sway.

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  1. Henry Mitchell (Author)

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