Saturday 28 June 2008

The Companion Garden by Bob Flowerdew

An excellent book which does what it says on the tin, helps you plan your planting so you put plants that help each other together, for instance, marigolds with tomatoes which keep the whitefly off them, and garlic with carrots to hide their scent from carrotfly, meaning that you don't need to use chemicals.

Thursday 12 June 2008

The Pilot's Wife by Anita Shreve

An intensely beautiful book that reassures me that I've found another author who resonates with my soul.
AZ: "Marriage to a pilot has taught Kathryn to be ready for emergencies, but nothing prepared her for the news of her husband's fatal crash. Struggling through her grief, she confronts disturbing rumours and becomes torn between her impulse to protect her husband's memory and her desire for the truth."