Here is the book summary:
Know the nature of your garden!
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The ultimate resource to organic gardening for people who
want to learn the science behind it all
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Step-by-step processes, helpful diagrams, and expert tips on
best practices
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Learn the biology and ecology of how plants work, how soil
lives, how bugs help, and more
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Expert advice on planning, planting, garden beds,
irrigation, pest control, garden ecosystems, harvesting, storage, and
composting
The perfect organic gardening guide and gateway into all things
gardening, this updated and redesigned edition of Gardening for Geeks provides
everything you need to know about designing, building, and sustaining the
garden of your dreams!
Filled with step-by-step processes, helpful diagrams, and expert
tips on the best practices, this book covers it all for anyone who dreams of
gardening, even if you're a city dweller! Starting off with the
beginner-friendly basics, then progressing into more advanced, in-depth
concepts for a wide scope of gardening strategies and techniques, this is a
comprehensive and geeky look at your favorite hobby. This newly designed
edition includes additional plant profiles, the latest research and
terminology, and more photographs and illustrations.
Author and founder of Gardenerd (the ultimate
resource for garden nerds, gardenerd.com), Christy Wilhelmi shares her
expertise to break down and explain the biology and ecology of gardening in an
easy, breezy writing style that will make you appreciate and understand
gardening even more than you did before! Christy specializes in small-space,
organic vegetable garden design and consulting. Her writing has appeared
in Edible Los Angeles, Edible Westside, and The
Good Food Blog, among other publications.
Inside this information-packed 248-page beginner's guide, you'll
learn the basics of gardening, whether you're planting in the country or in an
urban area. Discover the science behind how plants work, how soil lives, and
how bugs help. Get advice ranging from planning to pest control, including
recommendations, step-by-step directions, and over 150 photos, illustrations,
and diagrams.
For anyone with a curiosity for the world of soil biology,
botany, and horticulture, and an interest in the nerdy details of how to
garden, Gardening for Geeks is your go-to guide!
"If you find that you really love to get your hands in the
dirt and put food you grew yourself on the table, then this book sets you on
your gardening path."
—Anne K. Moore, GardenSmart.tv
"Loaded with tons of geeky gardening info and then some!
Recommended for all gardeners, experienced or beginners."
—Bob Tanem, Radio Host, Bob Tanem in the Garden, KSFO 560 AM
And now, my review:
Gardening for Geeks All the science you need for
successful organic gardening has everything I was looking for right in the
title. From setting up your garden, to
the soil and what makes for successful soil, to the plants. Great information is to be had. Of course, no garden is without pests to
control and she’s included great helps in that area, too. I love the section in there on composting and
have been implementing her ideas for that.
I was inspired as I was paging through and loved all the scientific
facts that she threw in along the way. I
believe that this will be a resource that I will draw from for years to
come.
I received a digital copy of this book in exchange for my
honest review.
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