This is two posts in a row that have new books as their subject. I've been reading (and ordering) a lot of books lately.
I have many more books to bring you as well. In honor of our kiddos getting back to "hitting the books", how about a book week next week?
Anyone else want to play along? I was thinking about sharing a few of my current favorite books with a different category each day.
Monday - cookbooks
Tuesday - craft books
Wednesday - etc....
What do you think?
Today, I want to tell you about this little book above. I am in love with it. Enchanted by everything about it.
Rarely do I read a book cover to cover. I am a skimmer. And it is not unusual for me to put down a book for months only to finish it at a much later date.
But I knew From Orchards, Fields and Gardens was different from the moment I unwrapped it at the mailbox. I knew that night I needed to put the boys to bed early (we are starting school in a few weeks after all), pour myself a glass of wine and read.
So that is exactly what I did last Friday night.
Although it is a small book, I read every single work and did not move from my chair the entire evening.
Here is an official description of the book:
From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens: Art and Rememberings Celebrating Sustainable Agriculture and Good Food, a book curated, compiled and edited by Kerstin Svendsen. The book "features writing from 11 authors, and photos and illustrations from 21 artists". And what an amazing line up of artists and writers it is! It is abundantly clear Kerstin put her heart and soul into this project. She is also donating proceeds to the Seed Savers Exchange and to the American Farmland Trust.
You may recognize many of the artists and photographers included as I did.
But the thing I loved most is that the stories shared are all real accounts of how each author fell in love with gardening or farming or growing flowers on their balconies, etc. Most recall childhood memories of walking through their grandparent's gardens or visiting the market with their mother.
The book called me to remember similar stories of when I was a girl picking peaches at my grandparent's orchard or learning to snap green beans with my mother.
If you have any interest at all in sustainable agriculture or just pretty writings about gardens, you will enjoy this book.
You can order your copy here.