How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine
- ISBN13: 9781580087964
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
Product Description
A classic in the field of sustainable gardening, HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES shows how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it’s just a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family of four on less than half an acre. Updated with the latest biointensive tips and techniques, this is an essential reference for gardeners of all skill levels seeking to grow some or all of their own food…. More >>
January 15, 2010
Tags: Ever, Fruits, Grow, Imagine, Land, Less, More, Possible, Than, Thought, Vegetables Posted in: Outdoors and Nature
5 Responses
The book has a lot of filler , ie non-applicable tables of various data. I returned the book after reading too many emotional irrational opinions alluding to ‘global warming’. etc.
Rating: 1 / 5
this book contains a lot of technical information such as
“the avarage number of pounds of a crop eaten by each american in a year,” and “the ph soil balance of crops” it is not for casual practicionars, i would recomend it only to serious farmers, but to them, it would be eccelent.
Rating: 3 / 5
I looked at the 2002 printing as well as this 2006 revised printing in order to see what has been updated and all the reviews are identical. why? which edition are people reviewing? I think Amazon is making a mistake by not alloting reviews properly.
I don’t plan to buy this book until I can see the 2006 version and see if it’s worth it myself.
Rating: 1 / 5
First, 1/3 of this book is bibliography, ie. stuff I most probably have no use for. Secondly its a very dated book, lots of line drawings (not very good ones at that) that looks old, and no photos. Also its a very hard book to read, there’s like 2 chapters devoted to convincing you of their philosophy (plus loads of new age crap), and every chapter is like that. The style and language used does not make it easy to understand what it is the author is trying to say. Sometimes I have to read and re-read a paragraph a few times to understand. For a guy that reads technical specifications everyday for a living, this is BAD writing.
On the plus side, there’s a lot of technical information if you can filter out all the propoganda and understand what the author is saying. I really find this book hard to read, but the title really tells me the author was very good at marketing.
If you need technical info, and have the patience to filter out the other stuff, and don’t mind paying for lots of pages thats useless to you, get it.
Rating: 2 / 5
I found this book a bore to read at best. It is full of omissions and confusing charts that don’t explain what they are showing. I also found it constantly trying to convince you of this political dogma and to join the society that supports this. There are much better books on intensive planting that actually explain a syetem to do it that this.
Rating: 2 / 5
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