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About meI am a freelance writer gardening in the Southern Tier of upstate New York. I also publish ColdClimateGardening.com, a website dedicated to providing gardening information and help to northern gardeners. Cold Climate Gardening provides the information gardeners need to successfully garden in USDA Hardiness Zones 4 and colder. Here you'll find links, book reviews, recommended plants and a collaborative weblog, all designed to help you nurture a thriving garden.

About my libraryI have only catalogued my gardening books. If I ever upgrade to a paid account, perhaps that will change.

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Real nameKathy Purdy

LocationSouthern Tier, NY

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Member sinceNov 5, 2005

Currently readingBeautiful at All Seasons: Southern Gardening and Beyond with Elizabeth Lawrence by Elizabeth Lawrence

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ColdClimateGardening added:
50 Beautiful Deer-Resistant Plants: The Prettiest Annuals, Perennials, Bulbs, and Shrubs that Deer Don't Eat by Ruth Rogers Clausen

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The Official Guide to Ancestry.com by George G. Morgan

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The Weekend Genealogist: Timesaving Techniques for Effective Research (PBS Ancestor) by Marcia Yannizze Melnyk

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Organizing Your Family History Search: Efficient & Effective Ways to Gather and Protect Your Genealogical Research by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack

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Energy-Wise Landscape Design: A New Approach for Your Home and Garden by Sue Reed

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How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack: Defend Yourself When the Lawn Warriors Strike (And They Will) by Chuck Sambuchino

Kathy, Paula's book was really good and an interesting read because it was both about gardening and writing. My friend, Patsy Bell, suggested it, and then Debra Prinzing tried to give it to me at GWA. It's not a long book though. Sorry it took so long to write back. I forgot we get comments on here.

posted by reddnas1 at 11:01 am (EST) on Dec 6, 2008

Hello Kathy, I saw that you added a book on the Harvard Glass Flowers. Before Thanksgiving, I had no idea they existed. I was visiting my son in Boston, looking for something to do and see that weekend. I jumped on the exhibit when I learned of its existance. Truely amazing! In school, I learned some of my horiculture from herbarium specimens. They could never give a three dimentional representation of the plant. These glass flowers gave you a sense of their true volume and size. Also, the cross sections of the ovaries were enlightening. In the collection, you could see the artists improve their color technique as the collection grew. I missed seeing the catalog in the gift shop as I was helping my daughter walk quickly out of the museum after being deeply freaked out by the large number of large preditors (lions, tigers, etc.) displayed in very close quarters!!! It is an eclectic museum! I will track down the catalog. LT is an amazing tool! Thank you

posted by florahistora at 6:32 pm (EST) on Dec 3, 2007

Thanks for the welcome - I was actually surprised to find how many books I had, but not to see how many related to gardening. I've got most of my library documented, but I continue to find more books in out of the way places around the house. Our climate in Phoenix is very unlike yours, but I grew up in New England so I'm familiar with your weather. I look forward to seeing more from the group.

posted by JeanCappello at 12:59 pm (EST) on Jan 3, 2007

Hi,

Thanks, the Gardening group looks like a good group to belong to. I'll try to find the book before the month is up. My public library is closing for most of November due to substantial renovation, but I hope I can get there this weekend.

posted by Windy at 4:06 pm (EST) on Nov 9, 2006

I got interested in medieval Hispano-Arab lit because I'd nearly always been fascinated by languages, but mine was a very small high school where Spanish was the only option. By the time I got to the university I was pretty good at it. When the university started offering Arabic, I just about had to take it--because, among other things, I knew I might never get another shot at it! Then I began to see how neatly the two languages meshed historically . . .And besides, I couldn't get a linguistics degree here, so I had to concentrate somewhere!

posted by kcasada at 3:57 pm (EST) on Oct 28, 2006

Thanks for the comment! I'm doing my dissertation on garden imagery in medieval Hispano-Arab literature. My own garden is tiny.

posted by kcasada at 8:14 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2006

cold climate..looking forward to the group...I garden in Lousiana (zone 8)...have English peas, green onions, mustard greens, spinach, pumpkins, and more growing in my fall vegtable garden.

posted by bettyjo at 5:10 pm (EST) on Oct 26, 2006

Kathy... now we have 12 books in common, soon to be 13. I ordered the book by J. Kincaid that you recommended for December reading. I got it cheap via Amazon secondary seller so should have it in a few days.

posted by Indygardener at 8:10 pm (EST) on Oct 25, 2006

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