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Summary: Get Up! Get Out! Get Dirty!
Review: The information in this book will change you from a couch potato to a green thumb overnight. The techniques are easy, clearly explained, and inexpensive! In fact, you'll save money because you won't be overplanting. The planting information and timetables for each individual crop, located at the back of the book, are themselves worth the purchase price.
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Summary: Amazing and easy!
Review: Want a garden without a lot of hassle, work, or space needed? This book is for you! Wow. Building, maintaining, and growing in an efficient manner. Want to have a garden but are limited on space or are renting and can't till up the lawn? Get this book! It will be worth the cost to start this garden--you will never need to till again if you follow Mel Bartholomew. I even looked up a few web-sites for Square foot discussions. You will not be disappointed.
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Summary: A must read
Review: Square Foot Gardening is a must read for anyone who has tried gardening the traditional way and then given up. If you like the benefits of healthy produce but don't want the backbreaking tedious work a traditional garden affords, then this is the book for you.
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Summary: Perfect for beginners and veteran gardeners alike!
Review: This "gardening instruction manual" is a perfect fit for our 90's lifestyle - not enough time, and small yards instead of acreage. Good organic info (fertilizer, compost, etc)too. I first purchased this book in the early 80's as a newly-wed with the idea that I might like to try a small garden. The square foot garden concept is so simple, and the garden is so easy to maintain that I have used it since then.
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Summary: Great book!
Review: This is a must read for anyone that wants to garden in a small area. Read this book, and books by John Jeavons and Eliot Coleman, and you might just end up going into business with a biointensive minifarm. Be warned!
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Summary: Excellent for anyone with little time /space
Review: I have gardened the traditional way all my life but was frustrated with the space required and hard work involved. I tried the techniques presented in Bartholomews book on square foot gardening and LOVE it. It is so easy and enjoyable not fighting weeds. Also there are suggestions for anyone with only a few feet of space to produce an amazing amount of food. This is perfect for todays small city living spaces. There are directions for flats at heights comfortable for persons wheelchair bound. I highly recommend this book for ease of reading as well as gardening.
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Summary: Excellent gardening advice, especially for novices
Review: A friend lent me this book when I expressed an interest in gardening two years ago. This book got me so fired up that I dug up a portion of my backyard and then expanded my garden shortly after that. I've had overall terrific results since then. The concepts are easy to follow and the method of gardening and overall philosophy are excellent.
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Summary: Replacing "lost" book borrowed from Farmer
Review: I borrowed this book from my organic farmer. It was so good, and his margin notes were so helpful that I decided that I couldn't give it back. His copy is dog eared, so when I bought him a new one, he was thrilled that he had one in better shape, and I am happy with the one I said I had lost!
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Summary: Simple for the most unknowledgeable beginner
Review: We have a 6 year old who has been fascinated with gardens. While my husband's mom had a small backyard vegetable garden a few years growing up, we have no experience gardening, and really do not delight in basic "yardwork". We decided to pursue growing a garden as a family project to learn together and develop her enjoyment of the idea of a garden. Although the initial stages do involve good planning and the preparation of the soil is important, the results have been overwhelming. Two months into it we have had numerous salads, veggies and are awaiting homegrown tomatoes, and cataloupe. We have found it to be so easy and it requires little time every day, and only takes up minimum space. GIVE IT A TRY!!
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Summary: Anyone with any interest in gardening should read this book
Review: This is one of the books Michael Hyatt recommends for a Y2K library. It is a true reference, which appears to include everything you need to know to efficiantly grow your own food.If you have ever given any thought to growing your own food, herbs and/or flowers, this book presents a method by which you can do so with the minimum amount of space and work. It is claimed to be 5 times more space efficiant than row gardening and much easier to maintain. It tells you how to prepare the ground, what to plant, when to plant it and how to plant it. Also covered are protecting the plants from weather, disease and pests (birds, animals, insects), and some tips on harvesting and using. The method is easily adaptable to patio, rooftop and indoor gardens, as well as for handicapped gardeners. It 'automatically' provides for crop rotation and companion planting, and continuous (possibly even year round) production. It is unlikely that Y2K will be impacting food availability by harvest time, but there are other reasons to grow your own food - to save money, to increase nutrient content and lower chemical content, to have better taste and possibly for fun and relaxation. This book covers everything you need to do so, while maintaining the fun and relaxation aspects. If you do get this book for Y2K, you will need to start following it NOW, as you will need to have the supplies, tools and experiance already in place before needing them under emergency conditions.
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