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Urban Homestead (2008)

by Kelly Coyne(Favorite Author)

4 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1934170445 (ISBN13: 9781934170441)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

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Process

review 1: "I've had a strong interest in becoming more of a a producer, less of a consumer, and in greening up my home. This book covers a broad range of simple strategies to do exactly that: everything from worm composting to making your own yogurt, both of which I've tried using their instructions. The book is well organized, not intimidating, practical, and encouraging. Highly recommended for anyone else who, like me, was looking for a place to start.[return][return]Edited to add that while the book is a good primary, I'd encourage anyone to do more research on any specific technique they try in the book. I've had a couple of goofs just going with the page-or-so of info on a particular topic. That said, the book still definitely serves its purpose."
review 2: I r... moreeally enjoyed reading about how some people keep goats in the city, among other things. This book is actually a seriously good reference: having read the chapter about fruit trees, I finally understand the principles behind pruning, and why you might prune differently for a city garden fruit tree than a commercial-production orchard tree. This book gives a really nice mix of why with the what, and uses metaphor and nice descriptive writing to help you understand how to do new things. This is a much higher quality of writing than I've seen in pretty much any other gardening book, and I really enjoyed it. less

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