Seasons of Joy: Lessons from the Garden offers dozens of short essays that find joy in the everyday life of the garden, pets and wildlife at Seven Oaks, Jeanne’s farm in Virginia. Spring features essays extolling the beauty of plants, the joys of discovery in the country; summer details the author’s struggles against bugs and heat, with memories of childhood interspersed with gardening essays. Fall offers a glimpse at the first tentative steps into preserving the harvest and the awe at rising before dawn and watching a meteor shower in the black velvet sky of a country night. Winter offers country charms too, from harvesting mistletoe with a shotgun to memories of Christmas past. Essays are taken from Jeanne’s blog, Seven Oaks, with new stories added.
90 pages, paperback (black and white photos) or E book (color photos)
ISBN: 978-0-557-63619-8
$15.99 paperback
$7.99 E book
Available December 2010 from Lulu.com and Amazon.com
