Food, gardening, crafts and folklore. The author started a famous herb garden and business at Caprilands - her farmhouse in Connecticut, USA. She lived at the farm from 1930 to her death in 1997 and developed the herb garden in the 1940s. Mrs Grenier Simmons was a prolific author and spoke widely for several decades. This is a twee offering but choc full of ideas and information. I have a rather low brow penchant for a certain form of twee and love Christmas books so find myself browsing through this little book annually.