Chatting Books Online Year 2, Day 99. Today's recommended book is : The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Treesby Douglas Tallamy.
If the author's name sound familiar it should. Douglas Tallamy has visited here in St Francisville to speak at the Southern Garden Symposium and his book Bringing Nature Home is a past chatting books recommendation and a favorite at The Conundrum. In his new book he talks about the amazing benefits of oak trees in your gardens. I have to say I listened to this book on a recent road trip with my husband and we were both absolutely fascinated by the book but of course in audio (particularly while driving) you cannot take notes so I needed a hardcover copy as well. I thought I knew something about oak trees having lived under their shade my entire life but I had no idea the benefits they bring. It is amazing to see how many species of caterpillars are supported by oaks (around 300 as opposed to common landscape trees like crepe myrtles which house less than 100 species). I learned so many reasons to keep my oak leaf mulch and use it throughout my garden I will never burn another pile of oak leaves and my garden will be all the better for it. The book is arranged by month starting in October (for no other reason than that is the month he started writing the book ) and in these monthly sections Mr. Tallamy tells you what is happening in, on and around your oak tree in each month of the year. So much information that will change the way you look at the mighty oak.
Our first supply of this new book will arrive at The Conundrum today , the book is currently available in hardcover at 200 pages and selling for $27.95 a copy.
To purchase a copy come see us at the shop during business hours or you can call or message me to have a copy shipped to you.
