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| Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) | 
| Author: Steve Solomon
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 1646
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 086571553X
Dewey Decimal Number: 635
EAN: 9780865715530
ASIN: 086571553X
Publication Date: April 1, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 Good book, very detailed September 6, 2008
I think this book is a very honest account of how to grow veggies under difficult circumstances. He has honest criticisms of the seed/garden center/etc businesses and how to avoid buying stuff that is of poor quality.
His advice on simple methods for determining your soil type, making your own compost fertilizer, spacing for various crops, type of sprinklers that work best and where to get them, and a whole lot more is here and very valuable.
I especially liked his advice on simple garden tools; how to find them and how to use them and how to maintain them. Truly great stuff that does not always mean a rototiller (although he tells how to use them, too, and which kinds work best).
The only reason I did not give it a 5 is MY problem. I have not finished the book yet but I am still reading it. Just MY lack of time right now.
Here is the deal. What if the grid is down and you cannot irrigate your crops with city water? How do you grow a garden without irrigation? How do you grow a garden without a gas-powered tiller? How do you save seeds for the next year's crop? Where do you find open-pollenating seeds?
It's all here and more.
Thanks for a great read.
Warren of Kansas
 Detailed, Valuable Advice August 24, 2008
Gardening When It Counts is truly a book for our times. There's already a well-deserved buzz about this book among home gardeners I know. For one thing, it firmly refutes the supposed advantages of mulch gardening. In the burgeoning nationwide return to growing our own vegetables, it's important to produce the most food for the least amount of effort and expense, and this book offers the very advice we need. The author is a Master Gardener from whom beginners and experienced gardeners alike can learn much. Steve Solomon has provided full details on everything from soil preparation to harvesting, and the illustrator Muriel Chen has contributed helpful drawings for even further clarification.
Fascinating crankiness August 22, 2008
This is a serious manual for subsistence gardeners. Steve Solomon differentiates himself from "everybody else" and the result is a no nonsense guide delineating the right way to get maximum yield from a piece of land using organic methods. He has no time for hobbyists, so this book is meant for those who are really trying to feed themselves from their gardens. I really appreciate the advice here, but for a light read, I would stick with Barbara Damrosch, who provides good advice in a more light-hearted way.
 Self obsessed author who talks down to his readers August 2, 2008
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
I would give this book zero stars if I could. I am so surprised this book has such high ratings. First, the author can not stop himself from talking down to his readers, and making himself appear as he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Half the book is about how great he is and how "Everybody Else" is stupid and worthless. This is the most negative book on gardening I have ever read. I do not recommend this book at all.
The only gardening book you need August 1, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've read so many gardening books, but this is the only one you really need. It is full of useful information you'll never see anywhere else. However, much of the important information is buried in the narrative and is not easy to find again, so mark those pages as you read.
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