Seed to Dust: Life, Nature, and a Country Garden

Seed to Dust is a stunning meditation on gardening and the wisdom of plants, "that rare book that will appeal to nonfiction readers everywhere." With chapters named for each month of the year, Marc Hamer paints a beautiful portrait of his 12-acre Welsh countryside garden, describing its intricate details and reflecting on the creatures that scurry and hide from his blade or rake.

Throughout the book, Hamer muses on the unusual folklores of his beloved plants, observes the changes he has observed in Miss Cashmere's life from afar, and reflects on his own life: living homeless as a young man, his loving relationship with his wife and children, and—now—feeling the effects of old age on body and mind.

This book is an invitation to read this world as Hamer does—with a close eye to what changes, and what does not.