More winter reading and book giveaway!
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 28 F
Low 14 F
It is hard to believe that this is the scene yet again on a Sunday morning! The birds are fighting for food and the snow is flying. At least it is my weekend off so there is no driving to be done. Time once again to catch up on reading and enjoying some books. The second book in Jack Staub’s series is 75 Remarkable Fruits for your Garden. It is also wonderfully bound and illustrated and contains fruit for all regions of the country. Is there one of us alive who has not eaten an orange and reveled in its’ sweet sticky flavor? If you can’t grow oranges due to your climate you can, at least, enjoy a bit of history concerning the orange and this little poem by Tom Lehrer:
“Eating an orange
While making love
Makes for bizarre
enjoyment thereof.”
The sensory stickiness of this brought a smile to my face. Of course not all is so ‘earthy’ but as with all the books in this series, the information is fun and informative. It is an easy read with memorable chapters. You can always click on the above picture to enlarge it to read the text. If you wish to enter to win a copy of this book provided by the publisher, Gibbs Smith, just leave a comment at the end of this post and in it, mention your favorite fruit. The winner will be drawn after midnight Friday the 23rd and notified next weekend. Feel free to leave your own little fruit passion poem or not. Either way, you will be entered in this book drawing and let me thank you in advance. You will enjoy this book!
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My favourite fruit…mmmm, let me think. Cranberries? Blueberries? Peaches? I love all of those but I guess my absolute favourite fruit in the universe is apples. Heritage apples, new apples, wild crossbred I dunno what they are but they taste awesome apples…good thing I live in the Annapolis Valley isn’t it? (I buy fresh apples at my favourite farm market weekly; this week’s apple is Jonagold…)
These are just the most charming books!
Favorite fruit? It’s a toss-up between peaches and strawberries, and since I can grow strawberries, they might win out. 
Hey Layanee, Birds fighting for food and orange juice in the bed! NE sure is getting spiced up!
My favorite fruit…a perfect pear. It has to be perfectly ripe and served with a nice cheese.
Winter is relentless up there! Keep warm. Gail
I was going to say a pear too, but I think I am really a citrus lover. Plus, citrus trees have heavenly blossoms; I defy the flowers of any other fruit trees to smell better.
Favorite citrus? The mineola, perhaps, or the blood orange.
January 19th, 2009 at 2:19 pm
My favorite fruit: Straw berries!!! Thanks for the giveaway.