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Post by braided-rug on Jul 3, 2007 18:34:00 GMT 10
What are you reading this month?
I have just finished Irish Chain by Earlene Fowler.
I am now reading Promise of the Valley by Jane Peart. I have also started A Change of Heart by Philip Gulley.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 3, 2007 21:19:57 GMT 10
Where willows grow / Sawyer, Kim Vogel.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 16, 2007 11:44:54 GMT 10
The last book was very nice.
Now I am reading Dove in the Window by Earlene Fowler.
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rosebee
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Post by rosebee on Jul 19, 2007 18:29:17 GMT 10
I finally finished reading Barbara Kingsolver's "Small Wonder" last month, and have since been reading a lot of gardening/farming books.
Earthworms in NZ (Amy Stewart)
Rodale Institue's Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening
Biodynamic Farming in NZ
and currently:
"Stolen Harvest: the hijacking of the global food supply" by Vandana Shiva
- which highlights a lot of problems in third world countries such as India, where the people and their farms have been exploited to the point of no return (poverty, habitat loss). The writer encourages people to support small, local, sustainable farmers and reduce our dependence on overseas markets for luxury items. I don't want to use canola or soybean oil anymore, or ever eat shrimp unless I know exactly what seashore farmer it has come from (and that the farm is sustainable)!
Some online books I've skimmed:
(links are too long to put here) Search on Google Books:
Radical Simplicity: Jim Merkel
Rural Renaissance (Lisa Kivirist, John Duane Ivanko)
They only have samples of the books here, but enough to get a good idea of the content and ideas in each book.
Hope you all find something of interest here!
Rosebee
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Post by violet on Jul 19, 2007 19:14:31 GMT 10
I'm reading "Oak" as mentioned elsewhere - amazing, but I don't think I'll finish it as it has to go back to work tomorrow.
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times by Steve Solomon is the other book I'm half way through. It's about veggie gardening by a very experienced gardener, and is a great read.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 19, 2007 20:00:46 GMT 10
I am back to reading Japanese gardening books again.
The art of Japanese gardens :/HOUSE/GARDEN Gustafson, Herb L.
Japanese gardens in a weekend / Ketchell, Robert.
Enhance your garden with Japanese plants : Glattstein, Judy, 1942-
I have a part of my garden in this style. If I move house I will be able to continue this style and take my statue.
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Post by braided-rug on Jul 25, 2007 10:05:18 GMT 10
Kansas Troubles by Earlene Fowler.
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