Comments on: My Favorite Gardening Book

By: Alissa Mendes

Alissa Mendes — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 05:07:29 +0000

So exciting to have some new book recommendations! Thanks for the Goodman excerpt. I think I love him. Here’s another one for reciprocity… Michael Perry’s Truck, A Love Story, followed up by Coop. He says all he wanted to do was get his old truck running and grow a few vegetables, but it’s broadminded and lovely and funny and oh, so much more.

By: Donna B

Donna B — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:23:52 +0000

Just have to say that I read “French Dirt” earlier this month while visiting a friend in South West France. It was a long-awaited trip and what a joy to find this book on the night stand. I also loved Amy Stewart’s “From the Ground Up”.

Donna B

By: Willi

Willi — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:55:58 +0000

I’m so glad to hear that you guys also like French Dirt! And thanks for the book recommendations. Theresa–The Cook and The Gardener is on the top of my list to read and Tori, Four Tenths of An Acre sounds like a real treat. I also really like Amy Stewart. Her book the Earthmoved is a great read about earthworms of all things.

By: Willie Atkinson

Willie Atkinson — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:32:58 +0000

I read French Dirt several years ago, and enjoyed living vicariously through Mr Goodman’s chronicles of his experiences in the south of France. It’s one of my favorite books, gardening or otherwise. Good choice!

By: Theresa/GardenFreshLiving

Theresa/GardenFreshLiving — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:23:01 +0000

What a fabulous post! I can’t wait to get a copy of French Dirt. I have been looking for the next book to devour over the winter months as I am just finishing up Four Tenths of an Acre (as Tori mentioned above, it is a great book too).

One of my all time favorite gardening books is: From the Ground Up by Amy Stewart. She is an excellent writer and also includes a lot of humor in her writing. (which all gardeners need)

If you are looking for a book that combines our love of gardening with our love of food, you might want to read The Cook and the Gardener: A year of recipes and writings from the French countryside by Amanda Hesser. The author relates the story of her year in France as the cook at a seventeenth century chateau in Burgandy. She had to work closely with a grouchy old gardener there who provided all her produce. It is mostly a cookbook with interesting tidbits of garden related stories as she spent time in his garden.

Thanks again for the recommendation on French Dirt. I can’t wait to get started!

By: Tori

Tori — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:28:16 +0000

Thank you for the recommendations, can’t wait to read them. In the spirit of reciprocity, here’s one of my favorites:

Four Tenths of an Acre: Reflections on a Gardening Life by Laurie Lisle

http://www.amazon.com/Four-Tenths-Acre-Reflections-Gardening/dp/1400061679/ref=wl_it_dp?ie=UTF8&coliid=I197COD1GE3032&colid=1UFBD8A9AYB9H

By: Paula Panich

Paula Panich — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:26:49 +0000

French Dirt is brilliant, beautifully written, and character-driven. I’ve read it many times — and I’ll read it again. It holds its own in any nonfiction category. And Richard Goodman, I love that James Beard cookbook too.

By: Cece Noll

Cece Noll — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 23:06:58 +0000

I thought French Dirt was a wonderful book, one that I treasure among my favorite garden books as well. Another one I really liked was Michael Pollan’s Second Nature, an earlier work by the now famous food guru.

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:35:10 +0000

I also loved French Dirt….and will now read The Essential Earthman.

Thanks for Digginfood….I enjoy it. Happy Winter!

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 05:16:27 +0000

Yay! This is such a great post. I’m really looking forward to checking all of these out