Diary of a Keen Gardener Political economy tells you what you do

tells you what you do and don't need

" "Ode to My Namesake on the Other Side of the Universe

and his burgeoning literary career to the world of music

heartfelt joy and festive wonder

the horrors of war and the dawn of communism in the Balkans

Diary of a Keen Gardener Political economy tells you what you doOver her long career, Mary Keen has created some of the finest gardens in England. But rather than tell the story of those paradises, this is the diary about everyday watchfulness in the places Mary loves best her own back garden and allotment nearby. Beginning at the lowest ebb of the grower's year when November leaves are falling and flowers in retreat Mary shows us how one's perspective of time changes in the pleasure of nurturing plants. Time can