Customer Review: This book will change the way you look at food and shopping. I think it should be read by all that cook and shop since it brings to light the way our food is grown, prepared and shipped. It explores so many angles in the production of food and it is interesting! I now look for locally grown food... more info
Customer Review: If the world were perfect, there would be a bountiful seasonal kitchen garden of infinite variety outside every kitchen door. In the spring we would find sweet spring onions and in autumn tart-sweet apples. The leaf lettuce would always taste like butter and the asparagus would always be snapping... more info
Customer Review: Love this book. The author did a great job providing several different forms of root cellaring and comprehensive instructions on how to build and maintain them. Everything from building an out building, to using an old refrigerator. Plenty of sketches and photos. They include lists of produce that... more info
Customer Review: I've been familiar with Eliot Coleman's work for a few years now. I found an interesting article in Mother Earth News, 2004, regarding his daughter, Clara, and her attempts at gardening in the winter. It peaked my curiosity, so I saved the article. I have yet to get myself organized enough to... more info
Customer Review: This book is easy to read and comprhensive. It even tells a person how to start a garden in the spring. Great for first timers who didn't know to get the garden prepared the Autumn before. It also provides lists on which veggies are easy to grow and hearty and which require more care and are... more info
Customer Review: The book is has good info for the very beginner gardener. If you are more advanced, look to another book. This very basically explains raised bed planting with compost, vermiculite and peat and then heavily over planted on a grid. Not much info on companion planting or plating in general. Great book... more info
Customer Review: I absolutely love this book! It is full of just about everything you need to know about anything you need to know about being self sufficient.
Customer Review: It is a rare science book that evokes such an emotional response in me. "Beak of the Finch" by Jonathan Weiner is one, and "The Botany of Desire" is another. Pollan's discussion of four archetypal plants (apple, tulip, marijuana and potato) and our shared history with them makes for some wonderfully... more info
Customer Review: Book is an easy resource for self sufficiency, however the techniques are a bit dated. Recommended for traditional gardening techniques and farming, canning etc. Brian Housewert
Customer Review: This is a great wealth of information for anyone interested in seed saving and heirloom fruits and vegetables. I have also been reading "The Plant Propagator's Bible" to further my nurseryman skillz.
