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Second Nature: A Gardener's Education  by Michael Pollan, Grove Press, 2003, 320p, ISBN: 0802140114

This book isn't so much a "how-to" on gardening as it is a "how-to book" on thinking about gardening. It follows the course of the natural year, from spring through winter, as the author chronicles his growth as a gardener of a rocky valley in Connecticut.

Pollan's description of what is a green thumb reminded me how therapeutic gardening can be and why it cures depression. Michael's book makes me look at my roses in a totally different way. You will like this book if you tend to think in pictures and love the art and hard work of gardening. --- by Wei-chin Chang (11-7-2006)
 






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