Urban Gardening: How to Grow Food in Any City Apartment or Yard No Matter How Small

As a Master Gardener with 40+ years experience with organic gardening and plant husbandry I was glad the book only cost $3.97.Parents may want to read this book and make notations in their Kindle regarding the spelling and grammar errors scattered throughout the book before handing it over to their children. Children struggle enough with composition, grammar and spelling to have it reinforced by the slipshod proof reading of a professional author.In this technological age many have became far too dependent upon "spell checker" to take care of the problem. If the problem is the wrong word being used, yet spelled correctly, spell checker is completely useless. Grammar checker would be handy too for some of those sentences which make little or no sense, but were spelled correctly. Not to mention those various missing words as well.The book is very thorough and has some great basic advice for urban gardeners and apartment dwellers. These are people who quite often have never planted anything. The author touches on the subject of container gardening but has no mentions of wicking methods for keeping the containers adequately watered at all times. This is most important in a container. Once the soil shrinks and pulls away from the sides of the container "re-swelling" the soil may involve the wasting of water to achieve results. There is a way to avoid this problem altogether. Wicking bed technology or methodology.Wicking is the most efficient method of watering for containers and the plants are never sitting in water to cause root rot issues. With wicking methodology the soil remains moist below, dry on the surface. Plants are never thirsty and weeds won't germinate in the dry soil at the surface. Outdoor containers do get rain and that is the time to be on the lookout for weed sprouts. If the rare weed does sprout up, it's easily spotted and removed before it gains a foothold. Worms will remain in this type of container during the growing season because conditions are always ideal. Just Google "Wicking Beds".Anyone with 30+ years of gardening experience won't find much information to help them here. The cover is a little misleading, I expected to find out more about aeroponics and vertical wall gardening methods but there is only a cursory mention in the latter part of the book. Novice gardeners will need some diagrams and photos; otherwise it's like trying to explain the color red to a person who was blind since birth.It's worth $3.97 in Kindle format but I wouldn't call it a "must have" book for my gardening library.

Urban Gardening lays out simply ways to manifest a patio, balcony, roof-top or backyard garden that will be successful without a lot of technical jargon. I feel like I'm armed with good information now to plan out the patio garden I've always wanted. My patio space is only 10' x 12' on which I need to share eating, cooking, an outdoor shower, and an easel/painting space. Shrubs and a wandering multiple-tendril tree-type plant outline two sides of the three sides available of the patio. I've come away with a few ideas on how I might be able to grow an edible garden dotted with a few flowering plants and my favorite herbs. So I don't go overboard, I'm only going to choose three of each: three vegetables, three plants and three herbs. I can see building a set of steps to arrange the pots on and placing them under the window box next to the shower to which the hose is also connected. I'm excited now to start planning my new patio space! I'm glad my friend, Janice, recommended getting this great guide. I think you will find this resource a very helpful tool to keep in your "potting shed" as well... ;)

While I will not complain about the price of the book as I got it for free, this is not much of a book and would better be distributed as a PDF or pamphlet because of its lack of information. I commend the attempt to provide those without ANY background knowledge of gardening a starting point but I feel in the end it would do more harm than good as the reader may still feel confused about some points. The author has a job to deliver concise and accurate information if they are to be writing on the subject, whether they are an expert or not, and should refrain from vague details and letting the reader know to use Google.I do feel for anyone that purchased this book for more than .99 cents as that is what it is worth for the time put in. It is not completely worthless and had a few decent points on soil composition and introducing readers to compost, although once again these are remedial subjects. If a reader is buying a book of gardening, it is quite feasible they would have some background into it already. The writing style was easy to read but felt more like a sales pitch much of the time. Good attempt but nothing to write home about.

I just picked this e-book up for free when a friend posted a link to it on FB. Man, am I happy I did. After recently purchasing my first home, (with a backyard and all that jazz,) I was eager to begin learning about growing my own garden, which I'd like to have about %20 flowers and %80 of various edibles. The amazing amount of information out there for gardeners can be incredibly overwhelming for new gardeners, some of it is quite advanced, and not really geared towards the novice or small-spaced set like myself. I appreciate how well the author broke down the various steps for creating an indoor / outdoor / small space garden: different tools you'll need, how to create compost, how to space your garden, etc. Yes, the book is rather broad and general, but it's an excellent start for someone just wanting to dip their toe into the pool and create a successful small-spaced garden.

I am sorry but this book doesn't bring anything new or brilliant. It is a compilation of information and all very supperficial. at some poitn in the book the author even suggests moving to another flat as a solution for lack of sunlight (please). it goes from one topic to another, all relevant to gardening and growing plants etc but very superficial and if you already have a little knowledge and I mean very little, you may like this book. otherwise don't wast your money and time.

As title says brillianr book just wish i had read this years ago,many amazing tips, have gotmlots of projects set up among friends ready for this years small gardens, cant wait..

This book offers the novice gardener a general guide to gardening with tips specific for growing in small spaces. For more detailed information there are many other sources specific to subjects such as seed starting or individual plant types.

Nice primer on indoor and outdoor urban gardening. Gives a chatty overview over the standard techniques and showas a few new ones.However it skims lightly over the surface without ever going in depth.But great for the price!

Um bom livro para aprender a fazer jardins verticais. Ele está me ajudando a planejar um grande jardim vertical na casa dos meus pais.