Comments on: Grow Organic: Book Review

By: Elegant rain barrels

Elegant rain barrels — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:13:54 +0000

Always be sure to find rain barrels which offer mesh mosquito guards, and also look for barrels which have overflow valves-allowing the excess water to flow out of the rain barrels and away from your foundation. Hooking a drip hose to this valve is a great way to give your garden or flower bed a constant source of moisture.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:57:22 +0000

Steve, organic indoor gardening was not addressed as a separate topic.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:46:43 +0000

I’m curious, would this book help the people who are interested in organic indoor gardening?
Or is it purely for outside gardening?
Either way I may purchase it just to catch up on some of the latest organic gardening tips. I love learning anything new about organic gardening ;o)

By: wldrnss

wldrnss — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 00:40:06 +0000

In response to the question about whether or not this book would be a good book for someone who gardens 99% organically, I would say yes. I am one of those people and found the book to be very helpful and interesting. Doug and Jess both have “tell all” sections, be it Jess talking about rain barrels from the pierogie maker or Doug talking about his excess cucumbers once he found out how to plant around the life cycle of the cucumber beetle. The appendix has a source list for the organic gardener. The book isn’t preachy but does offer lots of helpful tips even to those of us who have been doing this for a long time. The information is up to date (guess I needed some new information).
This was a very nice review and interview Kathy.

By: Curtis

Curtis — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:35:43 +0000

Lets see, I know a few people like you mentioned above. Maybe this book will kelp them come over to the organic side.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:33:08 +0000

For an experienced gardener who is 99% organic, it would be like preaching to the converted. It wouldn’t be worth buying for such a gardener. There are a lot of tips in each chapter, so if such a gardener bought it for someone else, they might benefit from reading it before giving it to someone else, because we can always pick up a few new tips, or be reminded of ones we’ve forgotten.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:14:49 +0000

Would you recommend this book to an experienced gardener who is 99% organic?