Parsnips in the Snow: Talks with Midwestern Gardeners
- ISBN-10
- 0877452695
- ISBN-13
- 9780877452690
- Pages
- 205
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Authors
- Mary Swander, Jane Anne Staw
Description
"Through conversations with twelve vastly different gardeners—among them a Trappist monk, a retired mailman, and an advertising copywrite—this enchanting volume captures the spirit of midwestern garderners. Illustrated throughout it is the wholesale dedication of midwesterners to their gardens—despite drought, heat, disabilities, and other challenges"--
