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Eating Dirt

Deep Forests, Big Timber, and Life With the Tree-planting Tribe
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Nov 28, 2023SmiKooMan rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
A highly engaging read. Charlotte Gill has more metaphors than a archetypal crime writer. Greystone Books did a terrible job at editing, having Americanized all the grammar.
Jul 17, 2023Bill2017Gerry rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Entertaining,and educational. World & BC history of society as well as how tree species have changed in North America & BC. Need to read again, interesting cautionary tales among the planter's stories which are amazing.
Aug 29, 2022pridi_S rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book has opened a new world for me - beautiful and exciting. I appreciated the interesting questions posed and a poetic language.
May 22, 2021mauinokaoi rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Reading Gill's book for the 2nd time. She's not just a great story teller but a professional writer. No cliches, no extra words, a joy to read her writing. Thank you. Please write more.
susieajax
Oct 30, 2017susieajax rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A compelling vivid account of tree planting and forestry. I couldn't put it down!
Jul 19, 2016FVReader rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This is an interesting look at the life of a tree planter and the botany of trees & their environment, nature and our part in all of this. Charlotte Gill's life as a tree planter is a different career path than most of us follow. It is…
Oct 05, 2015GLNovak rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I have always admired tree planters. I see them as the unsung heroes of the forest, step by step and seedling by seedling working in a garden they will never see harvested, a garden that is a necessary ingredient for life on this planet. …
timbert
May 07, 2014timbert rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Vivid & convincing description of a lifestyle I had not thought of, together with informative passages on trees & forests. The writing in itself was pure pleasure to read, finished the book wanting more.
Jan 01, 2014beardreamer58 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
One of the best books I have read
BLeboe
Jun 04, 2013BLeboe rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Great book. I never thought tree planting could be written about in such a poetical way. Brought back many memories.
Apr 15, 2013DeltaQueen50 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Eating Dirt sheds light on a corner of the logging industry that isn’t well known and manages to do this while walking a fine line between denouncing or glorifying the business. Entertaining, beautifully written and informative, this is a…
Mar 22, 2013
Blind Date With A Book comment: "Thank-you for helping me stumble upon a treasure I never would have encountered on my own. The writiing was as gritty as it's title."
Jan 20, 2013ljis rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This book is a mixture of facts and fiction. It is amazing really how in each sentence Gill has created images of our planet and BC in such a sadly, beautiful way...informative, poetic and full of the natural wonders
Sep 27, 2012racquetannie rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
well deserved awards. Gill is a wonderful writer and mixes the mundane and the scientific effortlessly. A must read for all who care about our forests.
Jul 07, 2012
Not a bad book - provides a bit of insight into the tree planting profession. A quiflk read.
May 13, 201221221015178251 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
A wonderful book. I didn't want it to end.
May 02, 2012Jansart rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A look into work that most of us would cringe at, and be no means could endure. The details here make a lifestyle come alive. Only a treeplanter could write this book. Makes me so glad I do what I do. Cudos!
Mar 09, 2012srhowey rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a wonderful book, beautifully written! This is Canadian Non-Fiction at it's best.
Oct 16, 2011ser_library rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
details that make the aches and rewards of tree planting come alive history of tree planting was new to me