Playing God in the Meadow
eBook - ePub

Playing God in the Meadow

How I Learned to Admire My Weeds

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Playing God in the Meadow

How I Learned to Admire My Weeds

About this book

After decades of fantasizing and saving, of working multiple jobs and embracing frugality in the midst of Manhattan, Martha Leb Molnar and her husband had found their parcel of land. Determined to turn an overgrown and unproductive Vermont apple orchard into a thriving and beautiful landscape, they decided to restore this patch of land to a pristine meadow and build a safe haven for their family and nearby wildlife.

Once they cleared the gnarled and dying trees away, Molnar was forced to wage war on the invasive species that had sprung up around the property. Propelled by the heated debates surrounding non-native species and her own complicated family history and migration, she was driven to research the Vermont landscape, turning to scientific literature, experts in botany and environmental science, and locals who have long tended the land in search of answers. At turns funny, thoughtful, and conversational, Playing God in the Meadow follows this big city transplant as she learns to make peace with rural life and an evolving landscape that she cannot entirely control.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. From Orchard to Meadow
  8. 2. Bugs
  9. 3. Fragment of Paradise
  10. 4. Wisdom
  11. 5. The Advance Guard
  12. 6. Names
  13. 7. The Parsnip Wars
  14. 8. Wisdom II
  15. 9. Speaking of Immortality
  16. 10. Grateful
  17. 11. Toxic Aliens Taking Over!
  18. 12. Thistle
  19. 13. Who Will Live and Who Will Die?
  20. 14. Lupines
  21. 15. Stalking the Experts
  22. 16. The Shakespeare Garden
  23. 17. In Which We Reach an Impasse
  24. 18. Weeding
  25. 19. How to Become Native
  26. 20. Really?
  27. 21. The First and Present Beauty
  28. 22. Interlude
  29. 23. The Sweet Spot
  30. Acknowledgments
  31. Notes