When you miss gardening, turn to these books for comfort and inspiration
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Dec 22, 2020
Learn about bee-friendly plants in "The Bees in Your Backyard." This is a red-flowering currant (ribes sanguineum), a favorite of hummingbirds and provides early season food for honey bees, Mason bees and bumblebees.Randy L. Rasmussen/Staff
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CORVALLIS – If you can’t garden, why not read about it? Books bring us comfort when the gloomy weather of winter is upon us. Even gardeners who love winter enjoy a good read.
Add a fire and a cup of tea and relax with one of these 11 books recommended by Oregon State University Extension Service horticulturists. There is something for every reader – a memoir by Hope Jahren tells the story of two scientists and their love for trees; Extension’s popular “Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington” is heavy with photos of both coniferous and deciduous trees; Olivier Flippi writes about the important subject of gardening in dry climates; and a book on short-season vegetable gardening is perfect for central and eastern Oregon gardeners.