From the the author of the Highland classic A Croft in the Hills , this illustrated book celebrates one of mankind's oldest pleasures. Month bymonth we are taken through a year in the life of Katharine Stewart's garden. The circle of the seasons is luminously evoked as we are toldof the practicalities of gardening, cooking, bee-keeping and wine-making. Peppered with warm,personal insights, good humour and a loveof living things, the joy of nature has never sounded so rewarding.