February 6, 2018 • Page 10 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com The Bookworm New At The Library ‘The Grumpy Gardener’ Will Grow On You “The Grumpy Gardener” by Steve Bender; © 2017, Oxmoor House. 256 pages ——— BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER Normally, you’d never allow it. Holes in your yard? No way! Trenches near your garage? Nuh-uh, except in the spring, when you start thinking about hostas in those holes, tomatoes in the trenches, daisies in the divots. Oh, how you love a garden, and with “The Grumpy Gardener” by Steve Bender, you’ll get a shovelful of ideas. Larry, Mary, Geri, quite contrary, how does your garden grow? If you’re frowning now, remember that even the most dedicated, experienced gardener has a dud now and then but there are ways to minimize that. Steve Bender has ideas. The first thing you’ll want to know is your zone, which is not at all new-agey. 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