Joan Shaw's Place - Home and Garden Essays, Book Reviews, and Histories

Joan Shaw's place - Home and garden essays, book reviews, Northern Utah History,
News Links, Politcal Essays
The Cutting Garden in early
August

Must-Reads in Political Books

Photo by Joan Shaw

The Garden Essays–

Civility - April 2012
Birds at DragonGoose Farm 2012
Apples For Sale 2011
Apple Cidering 2011
Over the Top in America - April 2011
Daffodils - March 2011
Obama and The Great Man Theory - March 2011
Species Peonies - February 2011
Peony Season - January 2011
The Glory That is May – May 2010
The Bridge, the Life and Rise of Barack Obama
Winter Dreaming of Spring – January 2010
A Friend Writes ... January 2010
Searching for Winter Color November 2009
Local Apples For Sale! (Update) October & November2009
A New Rose Book for Your Shelf - February 2009
Daylilies - February 2009
June Perennials - July 2008
Spring's Slow Awakening - March 2008
Spring Beauties - February 2008
DragonGoose Orchard Update - January 2008
Apple Cidering - January 2008
Lily Season - January 2008
Early Spring Roses - Early June 2007
Roses in Sunset Colors - January 2007
Late Summer Flowers - August 2006
Lilies in July - Late July 2006
Midsummer - July 2006
The Big Picture - June 2006
Garden Architecture - February 2006
Roses After Christmas - January 2006
Cottage Gardens: Not As Easy As They Look - August 2005
The Charm of Single Roses - March 2005
Cottage Gardens With Roses - February 2005
Dreaming of Roses - January 2005
A Congress of Hollyhocks - September 2004
Three Favorite Roses - August 2004
A Lavish Lily Show - Mid-July 2004
In Memoriam - Harold Perryman 1985-2004 - July 2004
Surprise Irises and Others - June 2004
Aquilegia - May 2004
Fall With No With No Rainfall - October 2003
Garden Deer - Mid-September 2003
An 1875 Granary Gets a Facelift - Early September 2003
English Roses That do Well in a Northern Utah Garden - late August 2003
Lilies in a Utah Garden - mid-August 2003

Plague Year: Utah's Fifth Year of Drought - August 2003
A Miniature Rose Garden in Utah - July 2003
Cutting Back II: The Terrible Two - November 2002
Cutting Back I: be careful what you wish for - October 2002
Shrubs and Perennials: White Favorites - September 2002
Fruit and Shade Trees: Cold Season Damage - August 2002
July and August Beauties July 2002
Moss Roses - January 2002
Cascading Roses - December 2001
Glorious Peonies for the North - November 2001
Roses of the Middle East - October 2001
Living with a Venerable Tree - September 2001
Old White Roses - December 2000
Autumn in the Rockies - October 2000
Cold Country Apples - September 2000
A List of Apples growing thus far on DragonGoose Farm - September 2000
Pink Autumn in the Rockies - September 2000
Prolific Climbing Roses for the North - March 2000
Winter Garden - February 2000
Some Tough but Elegant Roses - January 2000

The Shape of Books, dedicated to Margaret Raitt -- January 2000

The Reviews
What to do with the Lying Liars - Al Franken's fair and balanced look at the Right !
Big Lies - Joe Conasons Take on Right-Wing Propaganda
Weapons of Mass Deception - Jeremiah Had It Right
The 9/11 Commission Report, Investigations, and Monographs
1912 -- Wilson, Roosevelt, Taft & Debs
Hoax, Why Americans are Suckered by White House Lies

The Histories
A Collection of Essays Featuring the History of Cache Valley, Utah

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