Customer Reviews

Tools of the Earth

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There are other books on garden tools, a couple that are new this year - but this is like no other book on the subject - at once a philosophy lesson and a love story, full of humor and wisdom - and packed with tips about tools. You'll never look at your trowel in quite the same way once you've read this book. And it is also a great read!

Would make a great wintertime gift for a gardner. It was fun and informative. It would help to fill-in that awful winter void when we gardners can't play in the dirt.

This is a pleasant read. Brought a smile when I didn't expect it. Though it didn't tell me "how to" create a beautiful garden it expressed the way I work in the earth. When I leave my tools laying about tucked in the flowers this book showed me others think the same and do the same. Practical info: the chapters are short and you can skip around chapter wise. The book is nicely presented with good quality paper. This would also make a wonerful gift.

I've been an organic gardener for 35 years and Jeff Taylor's "Tools of the Earth" is hands down the best book on what gardening is really about that I have ever read! His wit, style and humor leave me wanting to find this guy and just follow him around for a couple of months to see how much I can learn. He is amazing and I love his writing!

A warmly written praise of gardening tools and the gardening process written by a person with a keen appreciation of the simple things in life. A must read for those who like to get their hands dirty in serach of the perfect flower or vegetable. The author has a fine sense of humor and mixes philosophy with wit. I read the book in one sitting.

Using a quiet sense of humour the author of this book coaxes a smile from the reader for the people who use the tools of the earth. You don't have to be a gardener to enjoy this book. It is a delight to read.

This book is writing and publishing at its very best. Author Jeff Taylor writes with gusto about gardening tools and with delicacy about life. He is a master at making connections between simple tools and wisdom. I found this book riveting and calming at the same time. The humor is gentle, subtle. The syntax is graceful. The photos by Rich Iwasaki are of equal quality, rich in color and perspective. This is the perfect gift for the thoughtful and erudite gardener.

Beat out 364 other books, I'm told. Huh.

I'm just using this form to notify Amazon. Hope that's all right.