In my re-post I forgot to mention the book I read as a detour from the Hartman book Thursday night before I left town. Slug Tossing by Meg DesCamp. I ran across it while googling for a good method to rid my irises of slugs. It's kinda a memoir of becoming a gardener in Portland. I'll never become that much of a gardener (don't have the thumb for it) but it was entertaining and well-written. I'm definitely not adopting her method of slug removal however as I don't think I could bring myself to touch them bare-handed.
posted by Kristin Buxton at 11:24 PM