anthroxagorus's review against another edition
4.0
So I just moved into a house whose previous residents were big into gardening. They've done the hard part (setting up containers, got the soil ready), so now it's our turn. Mostly I picked up this book because I didn't want to kill the beautiful hyacinths they left.
Before this book, I knew nothing about gardening. I've killed two cacti in my lifetime. After reading, I feel at least a little confident in starting out.
Still...
I have no idea what weeds are. I really don't. I don't know how to prune back the weird prickly things in our front yard and I don't know what's growing in the side box or how not to kill it.
This book was super basic but got too detailed in some areas, repetitive in others. Color photos were all "look how pretty," but there were not many illustrations or how-to type of things. It's an easy read, but I don't recommend this. (I got it for a dollar in a used store, so, hey, you get what you pay for) For example, I know it's dumb, but what does a trowel look like? Why type out the comparison to shovels and not have an illustration??
Tune in later for when we've tried: not killing the existing plants, growing tomatoes, basil, daffodils, poppies, and hopefully making our front yard look less dead!!
Before this book, I knew nothing about gardening. I've killed two cacti in my lifetime. After reading, I feel at least a little confident in starting out.
Still...
I have no idea what weeds are. I really don't. I don't know how to prune back the weird prickly things in our front yard and I don't know what's growing in the side box or how not to kill it.
This book was super basic but got too detailed in some areas, repetitive in others. Color photos were all "look how pretty," but there were not many illustrations or how-to type of things. It's an easy read, but I don't recommend this. (I got it for a dollar in a used store, so, hey, you get what you pay for) For example, I know it's dumb, but what does a trowel look like? Why type out the comparison to shovels and not have an illustration??
Tune in later for when we've tried: not killing the existing plants, growing tomatoes, basil, daffodils, poppies, and hopefully making our front yard look less dead!!
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