Wednesday, March 21, 2012

A Weed by Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants We Don\'t Plant

A Weed by Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants We Don\'t Plant

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A Weed by Any Other Name: The Virtues of a Messy Lawn, or Learning to Love the Plants We Don't Plant

2009 | 216 | ISBN: 0807085529 | PDF | 6 Mb

Is that a weed? This question, asked by anyone who has ever gardened or mowed a lawn, does not have an easy answer. After all, a weed, as suburban mother and professional weed scientist Nancy Gift reminds readers, is simply a plant out of place. In A Weed by Any Other Name, Gift offers a personal, unapologetic defense of clovers, dandelions, plantains, and more, chronicling her experience with these "enemy" plants season by season. ...

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