Second Nature

Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan

Anne Bradstreet

Thoreau - Autumnal Tints How beautifully they go to their graves," "How gently they lay themselves down and turn to mold... They teach us how to die."

Whitman - "This Compost"

Ortho Rose Dust - "Madeleines are everywhere in the garden (and surely Proust is its guardian spirit)."