Gardener's Year (Capek Karel)(Paperback)

This very entertaining volume with its delightfully humorous pictures should be read by all gardeners. -- Nature
Mr. Čapek writes with sympathy, understanding, and humor. -- The New York Times
Has a mellowness and a charm that give it a high place in the humorous literature of gardening ... will delight the amateur gardener, and indeed everyone else. -- Saturday Review
The creator of this book is best known internationally as the author of R.U.R., the science-fiction play that introduced the term robot to the world. Karel Čapek's satiric gifts take a different turn in this impishly comic book, which recounts the trials, labors, joys, and meditations of the amateur gardener.
Rather than a how-to book, Čapek's volume offers a lighthearted mock-treatise on the pains and rewards of tending a small and resistant garden plot. From
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