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Spring Notebook:
Garden Hearth Traditions Home by Carolyne
Roehm, Melissa Davis
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- Spiral-bound: 138 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.94 x 11.35 x 9.31
- Publisher: HarperCollins; ISBN:
0060194537; Spiral edition (April 4, 2000)
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Combining lovely
scrapbook pages with a wealth of inspiration, recipes, and design
suggestions, the Spring Notebook from Carolyne Roehm is the last
seasonal title in her series.
With a gorgeous matte
cover disguising a practical spiral binding, you can refer to this
frequently, and for years to come, without affecting its sturdiness one
bit.
Separate areas focus on individual types of blooms--all the spring
classics are here, including daffodils, tulips, pansies, and
peonies.
Discussion is mainly about the arranging and choosing of plants--for
details on such practicalities as pest control or bulb rot, look
elsewhere.
Even a few favorite seasonal edibles are addressed--recipes for
rhubarb, strawberries, and asparagus will have your mouth watering, and
most, such as simple Rhubarb Bread, are straightforward and without a lot
of extra steps. In all sections, the photographs are lush and
light-filled, and seem evenly mixed between close-ups full of incredible
detail and larger shots that provide a sense of a plant's overall effect
in a garden.
Detailed lists of possible plant choices are given for each
category, limited to the author's favorites from her own gardens--with
3,000 tulips in the world to choose from, you'll be glad for the restraint
Roehm shows in including only 62.
A delightful way of containing all of spring's bounty into one book,
this scrapbook will provide you with one special place for keeping your
ideas, notes, and memories of the season. --Jill Lightner
Book
Description
A spring scrapbook of gardening methods, recipes, and tabletop designs.
Hands-on workbook format with pockets for
clippings and graph paper for plans.
Tips on Easter and Mother's Day festivities
and decorating ideas with pages for notes.
Full-color instructions to create magnificent
spring bouquets.
How to make over the vegetable garden into
potager.
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