Anne's Reviews > Second Nature: A Gardener's Education

"Writing and gardening, these two ways of rendering the world in rows, have a great deal in common" (5). How could you not love this book? It was published in 1991, and you can see in it the makings of America's current food supply/cultural nutrition expert.

Despite his best efforts Pollan sometimes gets a little cerebral, a little obscure (Chapter 10), but you've got be lenient with a man who can convincingly describe his fully-grown squash in terms of infinite grace.

I confess that the rose which garners his fullest disdain (Dolly Parton) is currently growing, if not thriving, in my backyard. So I have a lot to learn about gardening.