Jun 082013
Urban Gardening: How To Grow Food In Any City Apartment Or Yard No Matter How Small (Growing Indoors, On Rooftop , Small Yards, Balcony Gardens, Planting … Gardening Systems) (Gardening Guidebook)
How To Grow An Urban Garden In Any City With Little or No Space
I Believe Every Person On This Planet Can Grow Their Own Food Using These Proven Urban Gardening Techniques
You could be just months away from a harvest of delicious, fresh organic food from your urban garden. Learn how to:
Grow A Garden On Your Balcony Or Rooftop
Even if you only have a tiny balcony to work with, you can grow fresh food and flowers there. You’ve probably already considere
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Good Ideas for Apartment Dwelling DIY Gardeners,
I have lived in an apartment with no direct sunlight for a year now and was just last week lamenting not having a yard for some serious gardening. Reading Will Cook’s book inspired me to take action and stop making excuses. Urban Gardening is an introduction to gardening for those with limited space, but it provides a comprehensive look at the important points to consider including site planning, plant choices (this was important to me since I lack direct sunlight), watering and container options. One highlight that I appreciated was the overview of plants that are particularly adept at filtering toxins such as formaldehyde and benzene from the air. This section even included pictures to help with identification. Overall, this book is a good primer for would-be urban gardeners.
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|Perfect for Apartment Dwellers,
My last apartment had a big balcony with a southern exposure – why didn’t I have this book then!! But, even though I no longer have that space, I do have a small space to grow veggies – and this book is filled with great ideas of how I can do it – from choosing the right containers to self-waterining containers to choosing the right plants. I love all of the great tips in this book – and highly recommend it to anyone – no matter how green or black a thumb you might have.
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|Offers very few ideas with no information on how to execute them,
I feel ripped off.
This book is only 110 large font pages and can be read in about fifteen minutes. The book tells you about a few gardening methods without explaining how to do them. For example, it mentions vertical gardening but the section on vertical gardening is only two paragraphs long. There are references to aeroponics throughout the book, but when you get to the chapter on aeroponics it’s only two pages long. The two page chapter basically tells you to look it up for yourself or like them on Facebook.
The only thing this book has instructions for is a shelf made out of six “cylinder” blocks and four long pieces of thin wood.
Place the wood on the “cylinder” blocks. You have now learned everything this book has to offer.
I want my money back.
I gave an extra star for the list of low light plants and the extreme basics about light, water, soil, and fertilizer.
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