Louise Riotte, whose popular books on companion planting Carrots Love Tomatoes and Roses Love Garlic have sold many thousands of copies, shares some of her vast knowledge of North American gardening in this 220 page book. She starts by paying tribute to the native people who taught settlers enough about growing crops to enable them to survive and she also mentions some of the well-known early farmers and gardeners, such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Quincey Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
The author has arranged her material chronologically throughout the year, but instead of naming the first chapter "January" she has chosen to use the native American name "Wolf Moon". Each month, or moon, is named for the natural events that could be relied upon - Strawberry Moon in June, Hunter's Moon in October and Cold Moon in December. In each chapter you will find gardening tales, gardening lore and gardening advice appropriate to the time of year. In January she tells the reader (among other things) about early seedsmen, about almanacs, about forcing blooms and about planting by the moon. She wraps up the month with a recipe for Oklahoma Pecan pie, made with the last of the pecans that the January wind shakes from the trees in that state.
This a book of garden wisdom dispensed in small doses - a little of this and a little of that. Scientific it is not, but it will deepen your understanding of plants, how they grow and how they can be used.