Seed to dust : a gardener's story /
Hamer, Marc,
Seed to dust : a gardener's story / Marc Hamer ; illustrations by Jonathan Ashworth. - xi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
January. White ; Beginnings ; Peppered moth -- February. Returning ; Ice ; Jasmine ; Another gardener ; climbing hydrangea ; A story ; Cyclops ; Code-breaker ; Wood pigeon ; The old north ; "I'm here, are you there?" ; She needs a stick -- March. Grass sprouts, trees bud ; Cosmos ; March frost ; Pruning roses ; Snow ; Peonies ; Potatoes rattle in a pan ; Cherry buds appear ; The middle way ; Sparrows begin to nest ; Bees ; Daffodils ; Narcissus: are you there? ; Minotaur -- April. Distant thunder ; A vase of cherries ; Dahlias ; Girlish ; Love is ... ; The window cleaner ; Tulpen ; Swifts arrive ; Song ; World sings ; A broken heart ; Mouse ; Mowing in the rain ; Floating islands -- May. Peonies bloom ; Gulls rip grass ; Holy thorn ; Mercedes ; An endless stream of days; Fossils ; Night scents ; Burning books ; Sun! ; Heart ; Maybug ; Rain, no rain -- June. A dumb labourer visits ; A new path ; Cold returns ; Solstice ; In your garden ; A round of applause ; Aphids -- July. Stoics ; Wabi-sabi ; Pelargoniums ; Flying ants day ; Swifts leave ; Pine cones ; Carp ; Green flames -- August. Cofiwch Dryweryn (Coffee-ookh Drewehrin) ; Umbellifers ; Fountain ; Cats and dogs ; Distant sounds ; Pond scum ; Laurels ; A break ; Gathering seeds -- September. The Waste Land ; 'Go, go, go, said the bird' ; The many-forking path ; Colchicums ; Scything the meadow ; Autumn equinox -- October. Go now, bonnie boy ; October mist ; Birthday ; Whisky ; Molecatcher ; Our Lady of Flowers ; Apples ; First snow -- November. Hop-tu-naa ; Frost ; Anemone to Zantedeschia ; The great riddle of the self ; Haiku ; Gipsies ; The lily gardens ; Lifting dahlias ; Leaving -- December. We barely spoke, I tell myself ... Back to work ; The floating world ; Home ; Flowers.
Any garden belongs to everyone who sees it - it is like a book and everybody who visits it will find different things. Marc Hamer has designed and nurtured 12 acres of garden for over two decades. In Seed to Dust, Marc Hamer paints a beautiful portrait of the garden that "belongs to everyone." He describes a year in his life as a country gardener, with each chapter named for the month he's in. As he works, he muses on the unusual folklores of his beloved plants. He observes the creatures who scurry and hide from his blade or rake. And he reflects on his own life: living homeless as a young man, his loving relationship with his wife and children, and-now-feeling the effects of old age on body and mind.
1787302067 9781787302068
GBC0H1415 bnb
019998736 Uk
Hamer, Marc.
Gardening.
Seed to dust : a gardener's story / Marc Hamer ; illustrations by Jonathan Ashworth. - xi, 397 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
January. White ; Beginnings ; Peppered moth -- February. Returning ; Ice ; Jasmine ; Another gardener ; climbing hydrangea ; A story ; Cyclops ; Code-breaker ; Wood pigeon ; The old north ; "I'm here, are you there?" ; She needs a stick -- March. Grass sprouts, trees bud ; Cosmos ; March frost ; Pruning roses ; Snow ; Peonies ; Potatoes rattle in a pan ; Cherry buds appear ; The middle way ; Sparrows begin to nest ; Bees ; Daffodils ; Narcissus: are you there? ; Minotaur -- April. Distant thunder ; A vase of cherries ; Dahlias ; Girlish ; Love is ... ; The window cleaner ; Tulpen ; Swifts arrive ; Song ; World sings ; A broken heart ; Mouse ; Mowing in the rain ; Floating islands -- May. Peonies bloom ; Gulls rip grass ; Holy thorn ; Mercedes ; An endless stream of days; Fossils ; Night scents ; Burning books ; Sun! ; Heart ; Maybug ; Rain, no rain -- June. A dumb labourer visits ; A new path ; Cold returns ; Solstice ; In your garden ; A round of applause ; Aphids -- July. Stoics ; Wabi-sabi ; Pelargoniums ; Flying ants day ; Swifts leave ; Pine cones ; Carp ; Green flames -- August. Cofiwch Dryweryn (Coffee-ookh Drewehrin) ; Umbellifers ; Fountain ; Cats and dogs ; Distant sounds ; Pond scum ; Laurels ; A break ; Gathering seeds -- September. The Waste Land ; 'Go, go, go, said the bird' ; The many-forking path ; Colchicums ; Scything the meadow ; Autumn equinox -- October. Go now, bonnie boy ; October mist ; Birthday ; Whisky ; Molecatcher ; Our Lady of Flowers ; Apples ; First snow -- November. Hop-tu-naa ; Frost ; Anemone to Zantedeschia ; The great riddle of the self ; Haiku ; Gipsies ; The lily gardens ; Lifting dahlias ; Leaving -- December. We barely spoke, I tell myself ... Back to work ; The floating world ; Home ; Flowers.
Any garden belongs to everyone who sees it - it is like a book and everybody who visits it will find different things. Marc Hamer has designed and nurtured 12 acres of garden for over two decades. In Seed to Dust, Marc Hamer paints a beautiful portrait of the garden that "belongs to everyone." He describes a year in his life as a country gardener, with each chapter named for the month he's in. As he works, he muses on the unusual folklores of his beloved plants. He observes the creatures who scurry and hide from his blade or rake. And he reflects on his own life: living homeless as a young man, his loving relationship with his wife and children, and-now-feeling the effects of old age on body and mind.
1787302067 9781787302068
GBC0H1415 bnb
019998736 Uk
Hamer, Marc.
Gardening.