"In its various editions, the book has been reviewed by "Audubon Magazine", The New Zealand Dominion Post, and The Globe and Mail Audubon magazine writer Frank Graham wrote “Kathleen Meyer has contributed to environmental awareness while lending a grand old English word the respectability it hasn’t had since Chaucer’s day.”

In "Barefoot-Hearted", published by Random House in 2001, Meyer writes about renovating a dilapidated barn in which to live with her life mate.