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Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden

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This garden book doesn't seem to be big, just 228 pages. But if you read it, impression is changing - the book grows much, much bigger. "Blessed wisdom from the garden" becomes heartwarming book of treasure.

Cover design fits perfectly the nature of the 52 short stories embracing the garden and life, written in unique style. When I read a book or Kathryn's blog I am always astonished with her easy, natural and skillful writing style. I bet, that use of words will also surprise you!

When I read it, I wanted to enjoy every page, every story as long as possible, because I had a feeling that a close friend is sharing life wisdom and whispering life affirmations to my ear. This garden book is not only filled with entertaining backyard stories, it brings also intense spiritual beauty - these stories teach and nourish soul and spirit.

Plant Whatever Brings You Joy: Blessed Wisdom from the Garden

I LOVE THIS BOOK! And, I cannot wait to share it with everyone I know. I so admire this author's zest for life and living and her strong desire to learn about and experience so many things. Her stories and the wisdom they impart are truly inspirational. Her writing immediately invites you in and keeps you wanting more. And, once you have read these stories, you are all the more the richer for it. It is like sipping a cup of tea from a fine china cup while sitting with a dear friend as she shares from her heart the stories of her life. Enchanting, lovely and moving.

Planting, pulling weeds, pruning or trimming branches. To a non-gardener like me, all these sound like the names of tortures rather than the simple joys of gardening. Or take for that matter the names of plants. Visteria, Honey-suckle, Jasmine. Don't you just think they take on the names of strange little gods? Gardening is surely not my cup of tea.
So when my friend gave me "Plant whatever brings you joy" by Kathryn Hall, I was terrified. The titles of the chapter confirmed my fear. "Harvest seeds for the future gardens' or "Test and amend your soil". Oops. But I decided to give the book a chance and started reading it. And very soon I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN!! It turned out that the book in fact it is about everything but gardening. It is simply a wonderful collection of true stories that happened to the author. One of my favorite is about rattlesnakes. The brave author learned to - let's put it mildly - cope with them. And evolved from fearing them to handling them like a circus artist would handle a whip. That's how she impressed the new neighbors. No wonder. Then there is a story of how she tamed a Siamese kitten. It is endearing. And very sad one of how she lost another cat because she had no fence... In fact, I can't really say which story I loved most. I would have to say all fifty two. Because they are not only a slice of life written in a gripping way. At the end of each story there is a gem. Some simple truth about life, however trivial it may sound. So after you read the whole book you are enriched with 52 great life guidance statements. They just remind us about all those things which are good in life and which we often forget or neglect. "Share generously your bounty", the author says. Well, I am very grateful to her, she did so with hers. Thank you Kathryn.

Plant Whatever Brings You Joy comes from years of early morning gardening, gathering impressions of what the natural world has to offer and sharing wisdom in a fine survey of lessons learned from gardening. From cleaning up after a storm to resisting the idea of planting more than can be cared for this links gardening to life goals and philosophy and is packed with wonderful insights perfect for gardening and new age libraries alike!

This book was a light, informative, fun, smart, a true gift on an otherwise heavy afternoon.
By following Kathryn's life path we learn that our life is a garden to be nurtured. You can really mold it into a master piece as long as you make the effort and put in the work. What a great teaching tool from a great life well planted and harvested.
Life or garden whether small or big, you can see the results in every plant. So plant only what brings you joy.

I Loved it! This Beautiful, well written book weaves together life stories and wisdom gained in such a touching and Lovely way! Truly special.. a GEM!

The beautiful book is filled with stories inspired by the garden, with spiritual insights woven throughout. We had company this evening and this book was quite a conversation piece. We passed it around and people took turns browsing through it. You can open up to any page and find profound pearls of inspiration and wisdom. I can read this one over and over. Great gift book too!

I LOVE this book! Great heart ... great wisdom ... It uplifts, inspires and helps us in our journey to become our better selves!