MH has spent the last twelve years designing and tending a beautiful 12-acre garden – not his own, but the property of an elderly widow. More rough greenman than elegant plantsman, his account of a year in that garden is full of unexpected pleasures and turns.
Seed to Dust: A Gardener’s Story
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