A Field Guide to Your Own Back Yard

By John Hanson Mitchell

Book Overview

Here is a book to enhance our appreciation of the small citizens of the world and to introduce us to the neighbors we never knew we had -- from spotted salamanders to meadow voles, from snowy tree crickets to ambrosia beetles. The author blends his wisdom about the natural world with gentle humor and instructive advice as he describes the songs of sparrows and the habits of skunks, tells how to pick morel mushrooms and how to avoid poison ivy, and considers the traditional uses of pokeweed and the origin of purslane.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881504742
• ISBN13: 9780881504743
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.9" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

I wish I had written this one!

John Hanson Mitchell obviously, truly loves this subject (as well as his land). He lovingly explores all parts of a small plot of land & the myriad creatures that live & interact there to create a whole ecosystem. He pulls together all the parts in a very entertaining & readable field guide to observing nature.