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Title: Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces: A Layering System for Big Results in Small Gardens and Containers: Garden in Inches, Not Acres (Rodale Organic Gardening Book) by Patricia Lanza ISBN: 0875968864 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4
Rating: 4
Summary: The book I've been searching for . . .
Comment: Finally, a gardening book that doesn't assume you have acres of land and a barn full of expensive equipment--or that you have the money to go out and buy them.
For three years I've been limited to a small balcony, after having lived my life with a large garden. Instead of going through gardening withdrawals, I decided to fill some containers with soil and see what I could grow. I've learned a lot through trial and error, but I've also been on the lookout for a good gardening book that could give me some encouragement and some fresh ideas. "Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces" is that book.
I found Patricia Lanza's book to be extremely practical and down-to-earth. Even if you don't use her "lasagna" method to create your garden, you can still benefit from her advice about maximizing any small space you have to work with. The basic idea is if you don't have room to grow out, then grow up! And she's not just talking about flowers. She shows how easy it is to grow satisfying crops of just about any vegetable or fruit in tiny plots of land and containers. And she shows how to do it without spending any money. This book is peppered with ideas about how to use things we might consider to be trash as decorative containers, plant supports, and garden tools.
I was especially impressed with the section on pests and disease. Not only does she explain organic remedies for pest and disease problems, she spends time describing simple, natural ways to prevent pests and diseases from even becoming a problem, including a list of plants that attract beneficial insects (so you don't have to spend money to buy eggs or larvae from a catalog).
Perhaps what I am most grateful for in this book is its fearlessness. If the only space you have is a few containers on a balcony, Patricia Lanza doesn't tell you to buy some nice impatiens from the nursery--she tells you to grow an apple tree! If you've been discouraged by the typical container gardening book--you know, the kind that tells you to go out and buy a ridiculously expensive decorative pot and fill it with flashy annuals from the nursery--then give this book a try. Hopefully it will give you the courage to grow a satisfying garden--flowers, vegetables, and even fruits--with whatever space you have to work with, even just a few pots on a balcony, like I have.
Rating: 2
Summary: vague and climate-specific
Comment: Allow me to be blunt. I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone.
Pat Lanza gardens in upstate New York. If you don't live in a similar climate, half the book (plant recommendations) isn't going to apply to you. If you want info on in situ composting (which is what she does-- it's not her own original idea, and it's not her grandmother's either), look for books by Ruth Stout (whose books on this topic have been in print since the 1950s) or pursue info on the InterBay Mulch method from Seattle.
There are no pictures of her garden in this book, despite the fact that she spends tons of time describing what her gardens are like and how she created them. I can't remember gaining any really helpful info on pests, composting decomposition, small garden planning, or landscaping techniques, either.
Doesn't sound very helpful, does it?
Rating: 4
Summary: Good for First Time Gardeners
Comment: Lasagna refers to planting directly in layered compost. I have to think that there's a reason that gardeners don't already do this, like heat production or rate of decomposition. The value in this book are the tips for gardening in small spaces including dwarf varieties. But don't infer that this means patio gardening, as most approaches require some kind of trellis. In general, it is a good book for getting started with gardening.
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Title: Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! by Patricia Lanza, Patricia Lanza, Elayne Sears ISBN: 0875969623 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 20 August, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers by Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Maggie Stuckey, Michael A. Hill ISBN: 0761116230 Publisher: Workman Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Edible Container Garden: Growing Fresh Food in Small Spaces by Michael Guerra ISBN: 0684854619 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew ISBN: 0878573410 Publisher: Rodale Press Pub. Date: 1981 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Cubed Foot Gardening : Growing Vegetables in Raised, Intensive Beds by Christopher O. Bird ISBN: 1585743127 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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