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REBECCA WEBSTER

Super tips and great images

Reviewed in Canada on 1 April 2020

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This exceeded my expectations. Beautiful book with lots of great tips. Helpful for planning. Great info!

Veronica

Really great starting point!

Reviewed in Canada on 13 May 2019

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Great book to get started with gardening with tons of info even a seasoned gardener may no know.

Mary Shaw

Must Read before you decide on a garden spot!

Reviewed in the United States on 19 May 2020

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This book covers it all. When we started to plan our garden, we got this book first. I am so glad we did! I read several other gardening books, and while they were all helpful, none of the other books came close to this one in terms of breadth and depth of useful material. It covers deciding where to put it, how big to make it, and what shape it should take. It covers what to do about irrigation, soil, fertilizer (hint: go organic), and more. It covers what kinds of seeds to get, how to plan what to plant when, and how/why to do crop rotation. It goes into the main crops you might grow, what to watch for, and what you can learn from each crop.

The authors run a Seattle home gardening business and I live in Utah. It is a completely different climate, and I feel like they did a good job making it generic enough to work for any location.

I am on my third garden season and I am still learning, but there are things you can only do when you are planning your garden (like out it in the sunshine), and I am so glad I had this book to help with the planning.

7 people found this helpful

NurseonaFarm

Must have book!

Reviewed in the United States on 13 July 2019

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I was recommend this book so I checked it out from the library and I LOVED it. I had to buy it because it is a must have for gardeners. It is well written, organized and easy to understand regardless of how much gardening experience you have. My favorite part is the month by month guide on what you shoud be doing in your garden. They also go through tons of plant care and provide tons of examples on how to design gardens of all shapes and sizes.

5 people found this helpful

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Gardening For Dummies

Reviewed in the United States on 6 March 2013

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I have always wanted to plant a veggie garden, but haven't had the space until recently. I'm putting in a raised bed garden this year and was looking for a book that would simplify "garden knowledge" and give me lots of visual ideas. I also wanted a book that was somewhat relevant to the Pacific Northwest and covered Organic gardening. I have nearly zero garden knowledge by the way.

I looked through a few garden books before selecting this one. This had the most visuals of books I looked through.

After reading it I was impressed by the simplicity and ease of reading. I usually only had time for one chapter each time I opened the book, which took about 10-20 minutes each. I love the color photographs in each chapter. They were really helpful in illustrating the topics. The book covers the basics, planning, selecting and preparing a location, building planting boxes from scratch or raised beds, container (i.e. pots) gardening, planting and managing your crops through all season/problems, and selecting what crops to grow. It's clear these guys write from personal experiences. Although the authors are from the Pacific Northwest I think the book would apply to most any climate and they seem to write the book in a way that doesn't alienate any climate.

The entire book was dedicated to the concept of Organic gardening so there was nothing that covered the use of chemicals or other unnatural products.

Armed with the ideas and knowledge from the book I felt confident in my ability to get started. I don't always get that feeling with "do-it-yourself" books, but this one did a great job. I quickly and easily selected a sunny location in my yard that would fit one of the recommended raised bed sizes. I made a crude drawing of what I wanted, acquired second-hand a few of the recommended garden tools, hit the hardware store and I am off and running.

3 people found this helpful

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Beautiful, Comprehensive Manual

Reviewed in the United States on 6 April 2017

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These authors know what they're doing and they've got the successful business to prove it. The book covers (and simplifies) every aspect of creating and growing. Any intimidating area from fertilizing to drip irrigation is broken down into easy-to-understand information with lots of concise facts and suggestions in each short paragraph. There is even a nice element of humor. The photographs are simply gorgeous as well as plentiful. Troubleshooting, container gardens, plant profiles (including container suitability), new methods for old concepts, and more are included in this comprehensive manual. I really can't recommend it enough. If you want to grow food but don't think it is possible (black thumb, only a patio or balcony, too time-consuming, etc.) this book will absolutely give you the resources and confidence you need to start.

2 people found this helpful

Ashley Marie

Perfect for Beginners!

Reviewed in the United States on 31 July 2020

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As of now I'm several chapters into the book and I've found it so helpful! I have zero gardening knowledge and tried watching YouTube videos to start. However I found that they still talking about my knowledge level or oversimplifying so that when I went into a store to buy supplies, I would only leave with more questions. Enter this book! They break down every aspect of building a garden, step by step, in easy to understand language. Instead of being filled with questions, I am now eager to start my garden. I highly recommend!

Daniel Hoang

The all in one guide for urban farming

Reviewed in the United States on 5 March 2013

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I bought a house in Seattle about a year ago on a 3,000 square foot lot. Last Summer, we installed a chicken coop. This Summer, we're taking the next step and starting our first garden.

A lot of beginning garden books gloss over important topics and don't really give you a true playbook to get started. Food Grown Right starts with building a garden. I found the best spot in my backyard that had the most sun from beginning to end of the season. I considered the options for creating beds including mounds, raised beds, or containers. I followed the instructions to build three cedar raised beds including buying, cutting, and assembling the lumber.

One of my favorite parts of the book is the month by month guide that shows you what you should be doing. In March, I'm really just doing prep work to get the garden in shape. All this weeding and cleaning will pay dividends once the planting season begins. Each month is also outlined with what to plant and what you should be doing. For each plant, there's a section of the book that goes into details on how to tend for the plant. Another neat feature is what you'll learn by planting. For example, corn needs to be planted close to each other so that they'll pollinate by the wind.

Most of my other garden books are put back on the shelf. I have my "Food Grown Right" book next to my garden tools. It'll be my Spring and Summer playbook. Highly recommend this book to help you get started.

17 people found this helpful

J. Kerch

Grow your own food no matter what size yard you have!

Reviewed in the United States on 10 May 2012

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This is a great, very informative well done book on growing your own veggie garden and more. Easy to understand, well organized, great "tips" sections that are very helpful.
The photos are not only beautiful but useful. I have been gardening for nearly 40 years when I came across this book. I was stuck by the clear and complete format of this book. It addresses every aspect of gardening from preparing your soil, composting, planting, details about plants, pests and disease and so much more. I found it to be a worthwhile book to add to my garden book collection and I've learned some new and valuable information. In my opinion this book is not just for beginners but for ALL gardeners.
I love the idea and "how to" that McCarte and Halm promote in this book that ANYBODY, no matter what size yard, deck or space you have you can still grow your own food!
Growing even a few of your own crops is a rewarding and fun experience and this is a great book to help you accomplish that.

4 people found this helpful

Tuesday Jane

My favorite gardening Book.

Reviewed in the United States on 21 February 2016

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I love this book. I read it from cover to cover. I am a beginner gardener and this book makes gardening extremely accessible. It has exactly the right amount of information. Enough to make you feel confident, but not so much that you feel overwhelmed. The pictures are so well done, and the writing is fun in addition to being interesting! It's like reading a cookbook with pictures that inspire you to cook, only instead of cooking you want to turn your front lawn into a series of gorgeous garden boxes and grow kale, tomatoes and cucumbers! I highly recommend.

2 people found this helpful

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