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Onward and Upward in the Garden
Katharine White began working at The New Yorker in 1925, the year of its founding, and was an editor there for thirty-four years, shaping the careers of such writers as John O'Hara, Vladimir Nabokov, and Jean Stafford. Throughout and beyond those years she was also a gardener. In 1958, when her job as editor was coming to a close, White wrote the first of a series of fourt...more
Paperback, 400 pages
Published
April 12th 2002
by Beacon Press
(first published 1979)
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As a gardener myself, in addition to being an avid fan of The New Yorker, this collection of articles (first published in The New Yorker in the late 1950's) is a dream come true. Katharine White, the wife of EB White and a famed editor in her own right, was a reader and collector of gardening catalogs which she poured over from her house in Maine during the snowy wintery housebound months in frozen Brookline. From these cataogs she made her seed and plant lists for the Spring and dreamed of gard...more
I've never met an opinionated gardener I like more than the late Katharine S. White. The essays in this book shaped me somewhat, to the extent that they helped me accept my own gardening prejudices and limitations. More than anything, though, they helped me to dream, to visualize perfection in my own little piece of sod. I've come close to that mark a couple of times, but not on the shady lot we now call home. This is a book for winter months, the times you'd like nothing better than to sink you...more
I skimmed this quickly, enjoying it as I did, despite being only a vicarious gardener.
The Introduction by her widower, E. B. White, added a lot to my reading experience.
These essays evoke a time and a way of living now gone. They also transported me, a lifelong Californian, to a Maine farm.
I found certain essays of particular interest, including those which touched on fragrances of flowers, dwarf fruit trees, and the work ethic (in and out of the garden).
The Introduction by her widower, E. B. White, added a lot to my reading experience.
These essays evoke a time and a way of living now gone. They also transported me, a lifelong Californian, to a Maine farm.
I found certain essays of particular interest, including those which touched on fragrances of flowers, dwarf fruit trees, and the work ethic (in and out of the garden).
Collection of pieces written by Katharine White wrote for The New Yorker. In 1958 she wrote the first of a series of fourteen garden pieces that appeared over the next twelve years. Married to E. B. White the intro is written by him. An essential book for gardeners and writers alike.
I really enjoyed this, but reading it all at once can be a little dull. It's easy to switch to another read in-between sections of this one.
A great book on gardening, and the love of planning your garden, even when the snow is on the ground.
This is a delightful critique of seed catalogs written by Katharine White, wife of E.B. White and one time editor of the New Yorker magazine. Each chapter ran as a piece in the New Yorker and the book was compiled by E.B. after Katharine's death.
Katharine's wit is very English, genteel, 50's and I found myself laughing aloud at least once per chapter. This is a book to savor over time. Read a few pages or a chapter when you need a respite, put it down, then come back to enjoy again.
Katharine's wit is very English, genteel, 50's and I found myself laughing aloud at least once per chapter. This is a book to savor over time. Read a few pages or a chapter when you need a respite, put it down, then come back to enjoy again.
I love this book! just the thing for thinking about spring gardening.....
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