Saturday, November 19, 2011

What a score...a discontinued book of Fruit Trees


I found one of these wonderful Harrowsmith Fruit Trees books on Amazon. It has been out of print for a long time. It has a ton of information, that I, a gardening newbie, am really happy to have. I am a HUGE fan of the old Harrowsmith magazines and books. I have a lot of cookbooks and my very favorite 'go to' cookbook is the first Harrowsmith Cookbook. Everything I've made from that book has turned out perfectly and all the recipes are short and simple. Harrowsmithhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I miss you so much.

6 comments:

Gardeningbren said...

Me too... I think they are just the best and I too have the original. It's not my go to anymore, but for many years it was.

There's a used bookshop near you where I found an absolute treasure from Storey publishing.

Erin said...

Hi Brenda. Could you give me the name of the book. I would love to get it. Was it in Tanners Books?

Jane and Chris said...

I intend reading my Harrowsmith stash of magazines over the winter. Bliss.
Jane x

Erin said...

Hi Jane...I had no idea anyone would know what Harrowsmith was. I guess that was silly. I forgot I'm in a gardening community now. :-). I need to get into the crawlspace and get them out. I bought a book from them in about 1980 called Raisng Chickens in your Backyard...and one on Beekeeping. I need to find those!

debsgarden said...

What a great find! My cousin was a librarian who sometimes gave me discontinued gardening books. It was like receiving unexpected treasure. I keep and read my books over and over again; now they are familiar old friends.

Erin said...

Hi Deb. You're right. Aren't garden books the best in the winter. Oops, I mean fall.