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Title: The Kitchen Garden by Richard Bird, Jonathan Buckley ISBN: 1-84172-434-3 Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Spiral-bound Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Hard to find the other books in this 10 vol. set
Comment: I got this book as a "bargain" book at another big name book seller (bn) for about [cheap]. I'm glad I did. Unfortunately, I have yet to use any of the ideas in it, but I have to wait until I get a bigger yard! The book's set up is nice, spiral bound w/fold out pages, great illustrations. The author makes it look so effortless. The instructions that I have read are very thorough, right down to the supplies needed. Over all a nice set up.
Rating: 4
Summary: Useful applications...
Comment: KITCHEN GARDEN by Richard Bird is one of the many books I've acquired about growing comestibles outside the back door. When purchasing a book, I look for well presented, novel, and useful ideas. KG was printed in China and contains less than perfect but colorful and informative photos, and plenty of useful information. The book includes sections on: 1) vegetable (potager, salad bed), fruit (strawberry bed), and herb plots (taste of Asia); 2) container-grown fruit and vegetables for rooftops and patios; 3) climbing fruit and vegetables (bean arbors and pear tunnels); and 4) decorative beds and borders (apple border, herb border).
Each section includes a photo of a project, such as a potager, printed on a foldout page. Associated with each foldout page is a diagram of the project and other pertinent information including illustrations of various tasks required to execute the project, tool lists, plant lists, and other items. Although some of the presentations require more space than others, even folks living in townhouses with a space no larger than a deck or patio can benefit from the ideas offered in this book.
One of my favorites sections is the 'Patio container garden.' You might ask what could anyone say about container gardening that has not already been said, but the answer is plenty. For example, Bird shows you how to secure your recently planted container so that birds and animals don't disturb the contents. Having watched a squirrel roll around one of my containers yesterday (apparently playing, there was nothing in it but soil), I can attest to the random, senseless, and wanton destruction of run-amuck wildlife. Bird also shows in his patio container section how to irrigate a strawberry jar. In all the years I've reviewed books and plant catalogues, I have never seen his novel approach depicted.
If you're looking for a cookbook approach to kitchen gardening, as opposed to an encyclopedia of possibilities where you supply the creative combinations, Bird's book of clearly described and carefully planned projects is a good place to begin. For intermediate gardeners.
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Title: Fences and Hedges: And Other Garden Dividers (Step-By-Step Project Workbook) by Richard Bird, Stephen Robson ISBN: 1841723126 Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Beds and Borders (Step-By-Step Project Workbook) by Richard Bird, Stephen Robson ISBN: 1841723134 Publisher: Ryland Peters & Small Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guide to Kitchen Gardens : How to Create a Beautiful and Functional Culinary Garden by Cathy Wilkinson Barash ISBN: 0395827493 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 06 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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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 Art of the Kitchen Garden by Jan Gertley, Michael Gertley ISBN: 1561581801 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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