The French Gardener
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The French Gardener
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Author : Santa Montefiore
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-11-21
The French Gardener written by Santa Montefiore and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-21 with Fiction categories.
A spellbinding novel about marriage, passion, loss, renewal, and the healing power of love from the number one bestselling author of Songs of Love and War. Married couple, Miranda and David, move out of London into a beautiful country house with an idyllic garden. But reality turns out to be very different from their bucolic dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in the family begins to come to the surface, isolating each family member in a bubble of resentment and loneliness. Then a mysterious Frenchman arrives on their doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he? When Miranda discovers his secret in the cottage by the garden, the whole family learns that a garden, like love itself, can restore the human spirit, not just season after season, but generation after generation. Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving, The French Gardener combines the savvy of contemporary women's fiction with an old fashioned sensibility steeped in the importance of family and the magical power of love.
The French Gardener
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Author : Santa Montefiore
language : en
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Release Date : 2009-06-02
The French Gardener written by Santa Montefiore and has been published by Simon & Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06-02 with Fiction categories.
A neglected garden. A cottage that holds a secret. A mysterious and handsome Frenchman. Prepare to be “spellbound by the sheer charm” (Daily Express, UK) of Santa Montefiore’s tender and powerful novel about passion, loss, and the healing power of love. It begins as Miranda and David Claybourne move into a country house with a once-beautiful garden. But reality turns out to be very different from their dream. Soon the latent unhappiness in the family begins to come to the surface, isolating each family member in a bubble of resentment and loneliness. Then an enigmatic Frenchman arrives on their doorstep. With the wisdom of nature, he slowly begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he? When Miranda reads about his past in a diary she finds in the cottage by the garden, the whole family learns that a garden, like love itself, can restore the human spirit, not just season after season, but generation after generation. Wise and winsome, poignant and powerfully moving, The French Gardener is a contemporary story told with an old-fashioned sensibility steeped in the importance of family and the magical power of love.
The Road To Le Tholonet
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Author : Monty Don
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2013-04-25
The Road To Le Tholonet written by Monty Don and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-25 with Gardening categories.
This is not a book about French Gardens. It is the story of a man travelling round France visiting a few selected French gardens on the way. Owners, intrigues, affairs, marriages, feuds, thwarted ambitions and desires, the largely unnamed ordinary gardeners, wars, plots and natural disasters run through every garden older than a generation or two and fill every corner of the grander historical ones. Families marry. Gardeners are poached. Political allegiances forged and shattered. The human trail crosses from garden to garden. They sit in their surrounding landscape, not as isolated islands but attached umbilically to it, sharing the geology, the weather, food, climate, local folklore, accent and cultural identity. Wines must be drunk and food tasted. Recipes found and compared. The perfect tarte-tartin pursued. None of these things can be ignored or separated from the shape and size of parterre, fountain, herbaceous border or pottager. So this is a book filled with stories and information, some of it about French gardens and gardening, but most of it about what makes France unlike anywhere else. From historical gardens like Versailles,Vaux le Vicomte and Courances to the kitchen gardens of the Michelin chef Alain Passard. There will be grand potagers like Villandry and La Prieure D'Orsan and allotments and back gardens spotted on the way. Monty also celebrates the obvious French associations of food and wine and finds gardens dedicated to vegetables, herbs and fruit. It is a book that any visitor to France, whether gardeners or not, will want to read both as a guide and an inspiration. It is a portal to get under the French cultural skin and to understand the country, in all its huge variety and disparity, a little better.
The Gardener Of Versailles
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Author : Alain Baraton
language : en
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Release Date : 2014-02-11
The Gardener Of Versailles written by Alain Baraton and has been published by Rizzoli Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-11 with Gardening categories.
An “eccentric and charming” love letter to Versailles Palace and its storied grounds, by the man who knows them best—for gardening lovers and Francophiles (New York Times) Tour Versailles’ 2,100 acres as its gardener-in-chief describes its fascinating history and his 40 years of living and working in the gardens. In Alain Baraton’s Versailles, every grove tells a story. As the gardener-in-chief, Baraton lives on its grounds, and since 1982 he has devoted his life to the gardens, orchards, and fields that were loved by France’s kings and queens as much as the palace itself. His memoir captures the essence of the connection between gardeners and the earth they tend, no matter how humble or grand. With the charm of a natural storyteller, Baraton weaves his own path as a gardener with the life of the Versailles grounds, and his role overseeing its team of 80 gardeners tending to 350,000 trees and 30 miles of walkways across 2,100 acres. He richly evokes this legendary place and the history it has witnessed but also its quieter side that he feels privileged to know: The same gardens that hosted the lavish lawn parties of Louis XIV and the momentous meeting between Marie Antoinette and the Cardinal de Rohan remain enchanted—private places where visitors try to get themselves locked in at night, lovers go looking for secluded hideaways, and elegant grandmothers secretly make cuttings to take back to their own gardens. A tremendous bestseller in France, The Gardener of Versailles gives an unprecedentedly intimate view of one of the grandest places on earth.
The French Garden A Diary And Manual Of Intensive Cultivation
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Author : C. D. McKay
language : en
Publisher: Theclassics.Us
Release Date : 2013-09
The French Garden A Diary And Manual Of Intensive Cultivation written by C. D. McKay and has been published by Theclassics.Us this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09 with categories.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... PRACTICAL MANUAL OF FRENCH GARDENING. CHAPTER I.--FRENCH AND ENGLISH GARDENERS. Seeing that the French garden is now really coming to stay with us, a book giving full cultural directions becomes a necessity, and it is hoped that the information contained in this book will be of practical use to those who are unacquainted with the methods employed by the French gardeners who send such large quantities of the early vegetables to England. It must be well understood that large French gardens are a mistake. A small one requires such an enormous amount of indefatigable and careful labour and attention that there can be no large ones. When the idea of growing early lettuces and other vegetables in England was first advocated it was poohpoohed. Gardeners said that the climate was so different to that of Paris that we should never be able to keep any of the plants during the winter. This has now been proved to be a fallacy, and the climate in some districts of England is even better than that of Paris, and the young plants of lettuces do not " fog " off to the same extent. The last few years have been extremely bad ones for the Parisian growers, as they have lost so many of their seedling lettuce plants, whereas here none have been lost. And when one knows that in Paris there are 360,000 lights and 2,160,000 bellglasses, one can understand what an opening there is here, and that it will require many scores of French gardens to supply our wants. The French gardens sell 13,500,000 francs' worth of their early produce per year. Why cannot we, with our huge city, containing the population of a country, supply ourselves? The French grow their lettuce under small " chassis," or frames, and also a large quantity under " cloches," or bellglasses, but it...
The French Garden A Diary And Manual Of Intensive Cultivation Or Market Gardening
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Author : C. D. McKay
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2013-04-16
The French Garden A Diary And Manual Of Intensive Cultivation Or Market Gardening written by C. D. McKay and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-16 with Gardening categories.
A comprehensive guide to the french art of market gardening - a treatise on intensive, year round cultivation for the domestic gardener.
The Art Of French Vegetable Gardening
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Author : Louisa Jones
language : en
Publisher: Artisan Publishers
Release Date : 1995
The Art Of French Vegetable Gardening written by Louisa Jones and has been published by Artisan Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Gardening categories.
Explains how to create different styles of decorative vegetable gardens, includes an extensive appendix with 80 classic French recipes for vegetables. Colour photos. Quarto.
The Cook And The Gardener
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Author : Amanda Hesser
language : en
Publisher: Absolute Press
Release Date : 2006
The Cook And The Gardener written by Amanda Hesser and has been published by Absolute Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Cooking (Fruit) categories.
A unique blend of stylish cookbook and earthy garden story, "The Cook and the Gardener" is a collection of 250 recipes derived from a centuries-old French kitchen garden. "A seasonal tribute to the symbiotic relationship between a chef and her provider of ingredients". -- "Austin Chronicle". 40 illustrations.
The Heirloom Gardener
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Author : John Forti
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-06-22
The Heirloom Gardener written by John Forti and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-22 with Gardening categories.
“Part essay collection, part gardening guide, The Heirloom Gardener encourages readers to embrace heirloom seeds and traditions, serving as a well-needed reminder to slow down and reconnect with nature.” —Modern Farmer Modern life is a cornucopia of technological wonders. But is something precious being lost? A tangible bond with our natural world—the deep satisfaction of connecting to the earth that was enjoyed by previous generations? In The Heirloom Gardener, John Forti celebrates gardening as a craft and shares the lore and traditional practices that link us with our environment and with each other. Charmingly illustrated and brimming with wisdom, this guide will inspire you to slow down, recharge, and reconnect.
The Market Gardener
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Author : Jean-Martin Fortier
language : en
Publisher: New Society Publisher
Release Date : 2014-03-01
The Market Gardener written by Jean-Martin Fortier and has been published by New Society Publisher this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-01 with Gardening categories.
Les Jardins de la Grelinette is a micro-farm located in eastern Quebec, just north of the American border. Growing on just 1.5 acres, owners Jean-Martin and Maude-Helène feed more than two hundred families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stands and supply their signature mesclun salad mix to dozens of local establishments. The secret of their success is the low-tech, high-yield production methods they’ve developed by focusing on growing better rather than growing bigger, making their operation more lucrative and viable in the process. The Market Gardener is a compendium of la Grelinette’s proven horticultural techniques and innovative growing methods. This complete guide is packed with practical information on: Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, all with negligible capital outlay Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools, appropriate machinery, and minimum tillage practices Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management, crop yields, harvest periods, and pricing approaches Inspired by the French intensive tradition of maraichage and by iconic American vegetable grower Eliot Coleman, author and farmer Jean-Martin shows by example how to start a market garden and make it both very productive and profitable. Making a living wage farming without big capital outlay or acreages may be closer than you think. Jean-Martin Fortier is a passionate advocate of strong local food systems and founder of Les Jardins de la Grelinette, an internationally recognized model for successful biointensive micro-farming.