Parsnips in the snow
Subtitle: talks with Midwestern gardeners
By: Jane Anne Staw and Mary Swander.
Contributors: Staw, Jane Anne.; Swander, Mary.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: A Bur oak original
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: Gardening.; Gardening -- Middle West.
Description: "Through conversations with twelve vastly different gardeners—among them a Trappist monk, a retired mailman, and an advertising copywrite—this enchanting volume captures the spirit of midwestern garderners. Illustrated throughout it is the wholesale dedication of midwesterners to their gardens—despite drought, heat, disabilities, and other challenges"--