2002

february

Hermann Glaser is best known for his three volume cultural history of the German Federal Republic, but he's also good on everything from anthroposofical healing techniques to ... gardening. In his 1999 Hinterm Zaun das Paradies: Wandlungen des Gartenbildes (Behind Paradise's Fence: Metamorphoses in the Image of the Garden) he describes, not real existing patios, but the garden as plant poetry in time. (Yes, it does sound terrible in English.) The path is sometimes a bit well worn, but most will tiptoe with pleasure out of Eden, past the first cultivators, through mediaeval cloister gardens, aristocratic parks, and middle class arbours. Petit bourgeois garden gnomism gets a good kicking at the end. There are some good quotes and illustrations - including personal faves by Vogeler and Mondrian - and the bibliography is excellent.

january

Most coppers recommend it and it's sold on Amazon, so who are we to disagree? If you can't face hanging around any more in Dr Blair's surgery, hoping he'll legalise licensed distribution, then a handy DIY alternative is to be found in Ed Rosenthal's The Big Book of Buds: Marijuana Varieties from the World's Great Seed Breeders and his Closet Cultivator. We prefer these to Mel Frank's Marijuana Grower's Guide, which all seems a bit dated. Nothing wrong with old hippies, tho.

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