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: What's the formula for a productive vegetable garden?
* Plant the crops you want to eat or can give away. No more.
* Start with easy-to-grow crops and let experience take you to more difficult varieties.
* Use compost to build the soil from Day 1: compost is the key to a healthy,... more info
Customer Review: I went from a solo plant, maybe an oz harvest last year, to a harvest I can't even mention on here this year. I bought this book in January and read it cover to cover, what I learned has changed my technique, my appreciation, and my SUCCESS RATE!!!!!!! Cop the DVD's too, you won't be able to watch... more info
Customer Review: I have never tried composting before, so I wanted the big picture. I researched online and this seems to be the undisputed classic book on the subject. It seems to tell ALL you need to know to manage your composting, and in as few words as possible.
Customer Review: I bought this book after homesteading for the past few years. It's a good thing I didn't buy this book in the beginning. The author misspells Johnne's disease along with many other spelling errors and does not give information on curing it. She puts Houdan chickens in the dual purpose category,... more info
Customer Review: I found out about Paul Stamets after someone passed me a link to a video over at google where he spoke at a sustainability conference (hint "paul stamets lohas"). By the end of the video, I knew I'd be reading more. I'm ~100 pages in and am in awe with how much good information is in here. Breadth... more info
Customer Review: Very disappointed with black & white pictures. I am new to plant identification and expected color pictures. I would have gladly paid $15 more for a color version of this book. What a disappointment.
Customer Review: I love these calendars; they are full of good advice and wonderful illustrations of fruits, vegetables, and flowers suitable for each month and season. If you are a gardener or love gardens; you cannot be without this helpful little calendar. It is a good price, fits perfectly on my kitchen wall,... more info
Customer Review: the 3GCrew's ladies would not be the same without this book.. and never will be again, because there are things to learn reading this.. you find yourself taking notes of process and kick yourself for having done things any simpler than you can.. growing is not hard, its just about initiative and... more info
