false 57536 6 In his articles and in best-selling books such as <i>The Botany of Desire</i>, Michael Pollan has established himself as one of our most important and beloved writers on modern man's place in the natural world. A new literary classic, <i>Second Nature</i> has become a manifesto not just for gardeners but for environmentalists everywhere. Chosen by the American Horticultural Society as one of the seventy-five greatest books ever written about gardening, <i>Second Nature</i> captures the rhythms of our everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation. With chapters ranging from a reconsideration of the Great American Lawn, a dispatch from one man's war with a woodchuck, to an essay about the sexual politics of roses, Pollan has created a passionate and eloquent argument for reconceiving our relationship with nature. 834609 1991 Second Nature: A Gardener's Education total:779|5:236|4:307|3:190|2:42|1:4| 779 3066 1776 149 3 4 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 12:16:54 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 10:33:48 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 13:23:36 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 01 19:59:21 -0700 2008
Excellent writing style. For example, he entertainingly describes "the loaths...more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Mar 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 17:28:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 17:30:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 06:46:02 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 20 07:00:32 -0800 2009 Second Nature, with invasive plants... I guess living in Connecticut he's never seen kudzu up close and personal? Anyway, Second Nature is about gardening, and th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 17:11:51 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 11:09:14 -0700 2009 real vegetable garden and given that my current author obsession is Michael Pollan, it only makes sense that I had to read this book.

I'm not really a 'gardening' guy, but I want to be...I also was well aware from reading Pollan's previ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 08:39:19 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 11:35:13 -0700 2009
The book follows Pollan's own thoughts and musings on gardening in America. The m...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu May 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 09:22:15 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 08:21:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 05:04:45 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 06:21:10 -0800 2008 The Omnivore's Dilemma. He starts off with stories of childhood experiences relating to gardening and quickly moves on to topics such as the angst of the suburban lawn, the ethics of compo...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Apr 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 01 15:11:41 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 11 09:51:52 -0700 2009 3 1 true false Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Apr 04 22:20:11 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 09:43:26 -0700 2007 very heavy book about gardening - history, philosophy, ethics. Especially liked the bits about letting nature do it's thing versus our inevitable effect we have on nature. To weed or not to weed ~ ]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 10:43:26 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 20:31:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 05:11:25 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 05:11:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 05:29:13 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 20:24:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:33:18 -0800 2009 Sun May 31 19:34:30 -0700 2009 Second Nature by accident. As I was shelving the book, a force came over me demanding that I scan the pages. I did so and placed the book on the shelf, but then, minutes later, I was compelled to pick it up again. Something attracted me. Reading an entire book about ga...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 19:04:08 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 05:09:18 -0800 2008
I found the book interesting, entertaining, and challenging...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 03:48:29 -0700 2008 Sun May 18 04:13:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 19:35:10 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 09 22:41:11 -0700 2008 Pollan peppers the book wit...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 23 21:34:23 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 31 15:40:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 28 16:40:49 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 20 16:04:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Apr 25 22:02:04 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 07:49:17 -0700 2007 more...]]>