Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25043 in Books
• Published on: 2005-04-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Synopsis
A new edition of the classic gardening handbook details a simple yet highly effective gardening system, based on a grid of one-foot by one-foot squares, that produces big yields with less space and with less work than with conventional row gardens. Reissue. 30,000 first printing.

Customer Reviews

Good if a little hard to read!
This is an excellet book in terms of its practicle advice on gardening, and I fully intend to use its principles. I did however find it read a lot like an american self help book for the first few chapters which you had to get through before you got to the actual how to do it part. Still recommend it highly.

excellent
Brilliant book. Radical ideas. I've used them in both my allotment and my small garden at home. Very sucessful. Thanks!

It really works!
I bought this book over Christmas and have put some of the principles into practice both at home, small country garden, and at our allotment. The book is full of practical tips, but the method is one that should be adopted by many gardeners: psychologically, dividing your garden into 4 ft squares makes it far more manageable..especially when weeding! We have made our paths with thick layers of newspaper covered with woodchips.. this works very well.. and used wooden frames. Because you put all the fertility just into the frames, you can really build fertile soil. Our harvest so far (I'm writing at the end of May) has been fantastic for such a small space. I particularly like Mel's idea for training cucurbits and even New zealand spinach vertically. A terrific book, that's an enjoyable read as well as being practical. There are so many books on gardening which give you the impression that the authors have not actually done what they suggest; but this book is full of ideas that really work! You won't regret buying it!