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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
A Must For Any Vegetable Grower
This is a gardening book of the old school, one that is based on proven, tested experience and not the ususal unsubstantiated platitudes so easy to find in most books on the subject published these days.
Light on pictures and full of accurate information this is now my most valued book on vegetable growing, and would be useful to any allotment or home grower...
Published 16 months ago by Robert Alcock
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
interesting book
Not a bad little book for the home vegetable grower, his no dig ideas do asssume that you have a large stock of earthworms in your soil so will not work for everyone straight away.
Published 4 months ago by oigoi
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
A Must For Any Vegetable Grower, 29 Jul 2008
This is a gardening book of the old school, one that is based on proven, tested experience and not the ususal unsubstantiated platitudes so easy to find in most books on the subject published these days.
Light on pictures and full of accurate information this is now my most valued book on vegetable growing, and would be useful to any allotment or home grower of food. In fact the book's title sells it short, as much of the book would be helpful to an organic 'digger' or even a non-organic grower.
If you grow vegetables, fruit or herbs than you should read this book.
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62 of 65 people found the following review helpful:
A superb guide to intensive organic vegetable growing, 30 April 2007
A highly productive vegetable garden that involves no digging, written by a man with no formal horticultural training, and organic to boot? You may be permitted a certain cynicism.
However if that cynicism stops you from reading this book then you will have missed out on a treasure.
This book is now my first port of call when I am looking for a gardening solution. As a beginner and non-scientist, I found his style easy to understand packed with useful tips and coherent in that it took me from an uninformed start to considering quite complicated seasonal planning without loosing the plot or throwing my hands up in confused despair. The results at the Domaine de Montrouch are looking promising- if the wild boar don't decide they fancy a salad dinner one night.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
A life changing book!, 1 May 2009
My husband used to spend every minute from March to May digging and re-digging his veg patch. We put in raised beds and followed Charles Dowdings advice and we have had much better veg and he now really enjoys his gardening... we have a greenhouse full of young seedlings and another exciting year in store!
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
A must have for organic growers, 22 May 2009
Everything you'll ever need to know about raised beds and no-dig organic gardening. Lots of stuff I've never read before about how important it is to grow the right veg, herb, fruit at the right time. i.e. Spring isn't always the optimum time for sowing certain varieties - which explains why some of my plants - although organically grown and given loads of TLC didn't thrive. Excellent book by someone who absolutely knows his stuff. I want to be let loose in his garden and then cook myself dinner! A must have for anyone who cares about their green footprint, wants to garden 'with' and not 'against' nature, and wants to make the most of a small area to grow the best stuff.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
This man is a genius. Use his methods., 13 April 2009
I have used the methods Charles talks about for three consecutive years in my allotment. The results are good his methods are effective and the soil is alive. My family are eating well and our general health has improved. We eat fresh healthy food. There is a huge satisfaction to be had and his ideas make sense.Use his work, I think the man is a genius. He has made gardening a pleasure and without the backache and digging. I wish I had found him sooner. Thank you Mr Dowding for your contributions to organic gardening.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Brilliant, 17 April 2009
Loads of great advice I use it a lot for reference as well as reading through. This is a book that I keep close at all times wether in the garden or in the house. I wouldn't be without it
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Best buy this year, 10 Aug 2009
This is the best gardening book i have got this year. Covers all i wanted to and more. I would say that if you are looking for a allotment or even for the veg patch book you would find this book very usefull.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Organic gardening, 30 Jul 2009
Superb book for the organic gardener. No fuss, lots of common sense, Charles Dowding tells us how it is. This book has transformed my way of vegetable gardening, with great success.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
interesting book, 6 Jul 2009
Not a bad little book for the home vegetable grower, his no dig ideas do asssume that you have a large stock of earthworms in your soil so will not work for everyone straight away.
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