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Duurzaam tuinieren: milieuvriendelijke oplossingen voor een groene tuin
In ‘Duurzaam tuinieren' beschrijft Shawna Coronado tientallen vernieuwende en vindingrijke manieren om je afval te verminderen en om betere en gezondere planten te telen. • Verminder het aantal plastic zakken door je eigen biologische tuingrond te maken • Houd veelvoorkomende tuinplagen onder de duim met zelfgemaakte vallen van huishoudelijk afval • Maak weer eten van keukenrestjes • Composteer keukenafval voor gezonde grond • Upcycle potten en bakken door er zaailingen in te kweken • Geef oud gereedschap een nieuw leven – als trellisscherm! • Gebruik glas, papier en plastic afval als afscheiding van tuinbedden, om tere planten te beschermen en om te oogsten • Verzamel grijs water voor hergebruik in de tuin en gebruik zelfgemaakt watervasthoudend grondmengsel • Gebruik karton en kranten als mulch Kortom: leer veelvoorkomende tuinproblemen op te lossen, je persoonlijke afvalstroom te beperken en bestuivers aan te moedigen en maak de best mogelijke biologische tuin met de tips & trucs die je in dit boek vindt.
127 pages, Hardcover
First published March 10, 2020
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About the author
Shawna Coronado
15 books178 followersLearn more about Shawna Coronado at http://www.shawnacoronado.com.
Shawna is an author, blogger, photographer, and spokesperson focused on wellness, organic-gardening, sustainability, and healthy eating who campaigns for social good. She has authored 9 books, 4 ebooks, and written thousands of blog posts.
Shawna's anti-inflammatory wellness initiatives and garden have been featured in many venues including PBS television, FOX News, NBC News, WGN TV, and a feature on WGN TV was been nominated for an Emmy award. Her organic living photographs and stories have been shown both online and off in many international home and garden magazines and multiple books. Shawna has been featured as a Chicago Tribune "Remarkable Woman" and has lectured at locations around the world including TEDx and Google discussing the benefits of wellness and organic living for community.
Shawna was diagnosed with severe Spinal Osteoarthritis in 2015, this diagnosis has led her to change her lifestyle and consume a mostly anti-inflammatory diet. She educates audiences about beneficial diet, food, and health practices through her organic living media. She dreams that this will enable more people to be active who suffer from similar conditions.
Her successful wellness living books, photographs, and stories have been shown both online and off in many international home and garden magazines and multiple books. You can learn more about Shawna Coronado at http://www.shawnacoronado.com.
Shawna is an author, blogger, photographer, and spokesperson focused on wellness, organic-gardening, sustainability, and healthy eating who campaigns for social good. She has authored 9 books, 4 ebooks, and written thousands of blog posts.
Shawna's anti-inflammatory wellness initiatives and garden have been featured in many venues including PBS television, FOX News, NBC News, WGN TV, and a feature on WGN TV was been nominated for an Emmy award. Her organic living photographs and stories have been shown both online and off in many international home and garden magazines and multiple books. Shawna has been featured as a Chicago Tribune "Remarkable Woman" and has lectured at locations around the world including TEDx and Google discussing the benefits of wellness and organic living for community.
Shawna was diagnosed with severe Spinal Osteoarthritis in 2015, this diagnosis has led her to change her lifestyle and consume a mostly anti-inflammatory diet. She educates audiences about beneficial diet, food, and health practices through her organic living media. She dreams that this will enable more people to be active who suffer from similar conditions.
Her successful wellness living books, photographs, and stories have been shown both online and off in many international home and garden magazines and multiple books. You can learn more about Shawna Coronado at http://www.shawnacoronado.com.
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April 26, 2020
I received a complimentary digital copy of this arc book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.
This is a beautifully illustrated and organized book about no waste organic gardening. There are many resourceful and interesting ideas for recycling or repurposing items to avoid waste. Many may be things you already do if you are earth conscious but others provide a different perspective to the usual gardening routine.
I recommend this book to fellow gardeners who despise waste and enjoy ingenuity in their organic gardening endeavors!
This is a beautifully illustrated and organized book about no waste organic gardening. There are many resourceful and interesting ideas for recycling or repurposing items to avoid waste. Many may be things you already do if you are earth conscious but others provide a different perspective to the usual gardening routine.
I recommend this book to fellow gardeners who despise waste and enjoy ingenuity in their organic gardening endeavors!
January 26, 2020
This is a colorful little garden tip guide that focuses on reusing items and finding free ways to garden organically. There were quite a few times where I read something and wished the author had given more information or felt it should have been clarified. For instance, she says everybody should collect rainwater and gives instructions for making rain barrels but doesn't mention that it's actually illegal in some communities in the US to collect rainwater. As another example, she recommends setting out new garden beds by laying down many layers of newspaper first to smother the sod and then putting soil on top. Newspapers are typically made with particularly toxic dyes, inks and other chemicals that I would not want in my organic garden. There were quite a few other times where I just wanted to jump in and comment the other side of something (on behalf of wasps, for instance). Lists of plants like shade-tolerant veggies are helpful, but I wish photos had been provided with these lists for those of us who are visual and for gardeners who are new to some of these plants.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.
I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.
November 3, 2020
Many excellent tips and clearly well informed. Highly recommended to organic gardeners. I browsed this and want to come back to it when I have time and energy to do more with my garden!
January 25, 2020
Really nice book as an introduction to using your food to the most. And making the most of what space you have to garden. You get tips, things to do/DIYs for your garden.
January 23, 2020
HELP SAVE THE PLANET BY TAKING AN ORGANIC GARDENING APPROACH. 2.6 trillion pounds of garbage goes into landfills annually, organic matter (food waste) being half of that. This book focuses on wellness for yourself and for the planet, providing practical permaculture-based no-waste organic gardening tips on how to reuse and recycle in your garden to save money while being environmentally friendly—with the bonus of friendship and community building! By creating a more natural, harmonious organic garden you're promoting wellness for all the critters that adventure into your garden whether they be pollinators, guardian allies, or microbes. Likewise, by being greener and sharing your bounty with friends and neighbors, you set a strong example for others by teaching the joys of organic stewardship.
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A few topics to look forward to:
♥ Tips on how to create a no-till garden and why you should. Mulch! Compost! Groundcover! Crop rotation! Winter root rot! By keeping the soil covered with green and brown mulching techniques, you're keeping the beneficial nutrients in the soil near your growing plants where they belong. There's also a very clever layout provided for diversifying and thus enriching your soil through an annual, rotating layering process for optimal soil health throughout the years. Another great book on learning about creating the optimal environment for soil is Grow Your Soil! , a gardening resource I highly recommend.
♥ How to harvest and save seeds, create a seedling nursery, care for and sprout your seeds, and herd (or wean) them out of the nursery and into your garden, as well as info on how to soak and plant flowering bulbs.
♥ Reducing water usage! How to harvest rainwater to use in your garden (check your local laws, this method is illegal in some locations), and how to build self-watering plant containers. Plus, the benefits of using GREYWATER, which is essentially all the nutrient-filled water left over from cooking or steaming veggies in the kitchen.
♥ ORGANIC WATER-RETENTIVE SOIL MIX (page 15) FORMULA! I absolutely love this formula, which you could put the aforementioned tips into practice to mix some up, for creating soil that's a water-retentive superstar allowing water to more easily stick to the roots of your plants. There's a whole page dedicated to improving water retention in your soil on page 16.
♥ A variety of composting techniques using leaf mold which is rather simply a pile of aged leaves (a 1-2 year time investment—brown compost) and freshly aired-out grass clippings (a few days time investment—green compost). I really love the section about green and brown mulch, how they differ, and how you use them in your garden on pages 26-27, as well as the section on using coffee grounds as a replacement for peat moss (which is endangered) as a compost ingredient. There are also instructions on how to build and manage your own composting station.
Pssst! Did you know newspapers are now printed with soy ink? If you've had any reservations about using newspaper in your compost for fear of polluting with ink, rest easy and get your mulch on.
♥ USES FOR WORM CASTINGS. I love, love, loveee the uses for worms in gardening. This section goes into the why's (one being, worm castings help fix heavy metals in organic waste!) and how's of using worm castings in your compost, ground planting, container planting, and as a worm tea.
♥ Manure tea! A similar concept to worm tea, manure tea uses composted animal waste steeped in water as an economical fertilizer for your garden, aiding your plants in producing larger yields. "Do not drink this tea!"--This made me cackle, I'm dying here. There's brief mention of sprinkling this on the leaves as well as on the soil because plants absorb water and nutrients through the leaf system as well as through the root system, and I feel that this information is often overlooked so I appreciated seeing it! (Personal tip: Lightly rinse or mist the dust off of your plants when you water them so that they can absorb more water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide!)
♥ Planting to attract pollinators, how it makes a HUGE difference in the health and productivity of your garden, and the importance of having a balance of annuals as well as perennials to support pollinators long term. Also included is a plethora of helpful information on building a habitat that supports bees! This includes having a 'bee station' where you provide a fresh water source where they won't drown, and building a garden that attracts and supports bees who in return pollinate the heck out of your plants. There's a few charts of bee-attracting plants included.
♥ How to grow edibles along with shade-tolerant edibles and flowering edibles, and effective ways of watering and using cover crops to create an efficient, drought-tolerant garden that does more growing with less work. It also goes over how to regrow some foods from kitchen scraps, since some vegetables can be regrown again and again from the same root!
♥ How to mix a batch of chemical-free soap-based insecticide for when pest prevention isn't effective, as the fatty acid from the soap MELTS SOFT-BODIED BUGS who love to eat your plants, while remaining mild and kind towards your insect allies so they can continue to chill in your garden doing their thing. There are also pest-control tips for common garden invaders such as the dreaded earwigs, slugs, and wasps.
♥ Several innovative landscaping, decorating, and tool-storage ideas to really make your garden unique to you and feel like your own personal sanctuary.
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This is a beautiful book filled with a variety of glossy photographs, and while I wouldn't consider this resource to be 'complete' (it's not very science-packed nor in-depth as most subtopics only span 1 to 2 pages) it provides some unique information along with so many useful tips on the basics of how to get started with organic gardening. I also just loved how the author is inspired by their wartime era grandmothers, who are experts at no-waste efficiency (upcycling is king), and the illustrations help to visually showcase this inspiration by being adorable and 'vintage-y' yet modern.
Overall this is a pretty wonderful book that I recommend to beginner gardeners with an interest in growing organic, who are ready to get their feet wet, or rather dirty in the garden.
The quotes provided were taken from an eARC and are subject to change upon publication.
Thank you to Cool Springs Press for providing me with this eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
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A few topics to look forward to:
♥ Tips on how to create a no-till garden and why you should. Mulch! Compost! Groundcover! Crop rotation! Winter root rot! By keeping the soil covered with green and brown mulching techniques, you're keeping the beneficial nutrients in the soil near your growing plants where they belong. There's also a very clever layout provided for diversifying and thus enriching your soil through an annual, rotating layering process for optimal soil health throughout the years. Another great book on learning about creating the optimal environment for soil is Grow Your Soil! , a gardening resource I highly recommend.
♥ How to harvest and save seeds, create a seedling nursery, care for and sprout your seeds, and herd (or wean) them out of the nursery and into your garden, as well as info on how to soak and plant flowering bulbs.
♥ Reducing water usage! How to harvest rainwater to use in your garden (check your local laws, this method is illegal in some locations), and how to build self-watering plant containers. Plus, the benefits of using GREYWATER, which is essentially all the nutrient-filled water left over from cooking or steaming veggies in the kitchen.
♥ ORGANIC WATER-RETENTIVE SOIL MIX (page 15) FORMULA! I absolutely love this formula, which you could put the aforementioned tips into practice to mix some up, for creating soil that's a water-retentive superstar allowing water to more easily stick to the roots of your plants. There's a whole page dedicated to improving water retention in your soil on page 16.
♥ A variety of composting techniques using leaf mold which is rather simply a pile of aged leaves (a 1-2 year time investment—brown compost) and freshly aired-out grass clippings (a few days time investment—green compost). I really love the section about green and brown mulch, how they differ, and how you use them in your garden on pages 26-27, as well as the section on using coffee grounds as a replacement for peat moss (which is endangered) as a compost ingredient. There are also instructions on how to build and manage your own composting station.
Pssst! Did you know newspapers are now printed with soy ink? If you've had any reservations about using newspaper in your compost for fear of polluting with ink, rest easy and get your mulch on.
♥ USES FOR WORM CASTINGS. I love, love, loveee the uses for worms in gardening. This section goes into the why's (one being, worm castings help fix heavy metals in organic waste!) and how's of using worm castings in your compost, ground planting, container planting, and as a worm tea.
♥ Manure tea! A similar concept to worm tea, manure tea uses composted animal waste steeped in water as an economical fertilizer for your garden, aiding your plants in producing larger yields. "Do not drink this tea!"--This made me cackle, I'm dying here. There's brief mention of sprinkling this on the leaves as well as on the soil because plants absorb water and nutrients through the leaf system as well as through the root system, and I feel that this information is often overlooked so I appreciated seeing it! (Personal tip: Lightly rinse or mist the dust off of your plants when you water them so that they can absorb more water, nutrients, and carbon dioxide!)
♥ Planting to attract pollinators, how it makes a HUGE difference in the health and productivity of your garden, and the importance of having a balance of annuals as well as perennials to support pollinators long term. Also included is a plethora of helpful information on building a habitat that supports bees! This includes having a 'bee station' where you provide a fresh water source where they won't drown, and building a garden that attracts and supports bees who in return pollinate the heck out of your plants. There's a few charts of bee-attracting plants included.
♥ How to grow edibles along with shade-tolerant edibles and flowering edibles, and effective ways of watering and using cover crops to create an efficient, drought-tolerant garden that does more growing with less work. It also goes over how to regrow some foods from kitchen scraps, since some vegetables can be regrown again and again from the same root!
♥ How to mix a batch of chemical-free soap-based insecticide for when pest prevention isn't effective, as the fatty acid from the soap MELTS SOFT-BODIED BUGS who love to eat your plants, while remaining mild and kind towards your insect allies so they can continue to chill in your garden doing their thing. There are also pest-control tips for common garden invaders such as the dreaded earwigs, slugs, and wasps.
♥ Several innovative landscaping, decorating, and tool-storage ideas to really make your garden unique to you and feel like your own personal sanctuary.
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This is a beautiful book filled with a variety of glossy photographs, and while I wouldn't consider this resource to be 'complete' (it's not very science-packed nor in-depth as most subtopics only span 1 to 2 pages) it provides some unique information along with so many useful tips on the basics of how to get started with organic gardening. I also just loved how the author is inspired by their wartime era grandmothers, who are experts at no-waste efficiency (upcycling is king), and the illustrations help to visually showcase this inspiration by being adorable and 'vintage-y' yet modern.
Overall this is a pretty wonderful book that I recommend to beginner gardeners with an interest in growing organic, who are ready to get their feet wet, or rather dirty in the garden.
The quotes provided were taken from an eARC and are subject to change upon publication.
Thank you to Cool Springs Press for providing me with this eARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review!
August 26, 2020
I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book as a full time eco farmer. Silly silly me. I guess the word "garden" should have clued me in. If you are an experienced eco gardener you'll probably want to give this a pass (or see if your library has it first before buying). I learned nothing from this book that I didn't already know, have tried, or am already doing. For those of you new to gardening, you will likely find this a wealth of information. Which is great, as it is full of excellent low cost advice.
Pick a spot in your back yard, front yard, or both (if zoning allows), decide what type of soil you'd like to work with (till or no till - hint: you want no till), or use pots & planters if you have no space to work with. You will learn about different types of compost; how to create & use said compost. There are also tips on dealing with bugs. The author is a big fan of Castile soap which she seems to believe is an oil free soap (page 31). Castile soap is typically made with either olive, coconut, palm or some other vegetable oil, it is not oil free.
She covers a lot of topics besides the ones I just mentioned & they are all worth trying out to see what works for you. Growing food & flowers is a learning experience (as is raising critters). You will never know everything. Mother Nature has a way of showing us growers just how little we know each & every year. I tell people that the more I learn, the more I realize that I know nothing. Not really, of course, I've learned a lot, but it really does feel that way.
Orchard produce, like berry bushes, grapes, & fruit trees are not covered.
Note: eco gardening is a lot of work. I repeat, eco gardening is a lot of work. Most of it is hand weeding. Don't say I didn't warn you. In the end, I hope you decide to stick with it. All that hard work has it's rewards, esp. in the middle of winter when you have all that glorious bounty put up. By January you'll be pursuing the seed catalogues, hard work forgotten in anticipation for the next growing season, which is full of endless possibilities.
Conclusion, this is a fantastic book for aspiring gardeners, wanting to organically produce their own veggies & flowers with a smaller footprint on our Mother Earth.
Pick a spot in your back yard, front yard, or both (if zoning allows), decide what type of soil you'd like to work with (till or no till - hint: you want no till), or use pots & planters if you have no space to work with. You will learn about different types of compost; how to create & use said compost. There are also tips on dealing with bugs. The author is a big fan of Castile soap which she seems to believe is an oil free soap (page 31). Castile soap is typically made with either olive, coconut, palm or some other vegetable oil, it is not oil free.
She covers a lot of topics besides the ones I just mentioned & they are all worth trying out to see what works for you. Growing food & flowers is a learning experience (as is raising critters). You will never know everything. Mother Nature has a way of showing us growers just how little we know each & every year. I tell people that the more I learn, the more I realize that I know nothing. Not really, of course, I've learned a lot, but it really does feel that way.
Orchard produce, like berry bushes, grapes, & fruit trees are not covered.
Note: eco gardening is a lot of work. I repeat, eco gardening is a lot of work. Most of it is hand weeding. Don't say I didn't warn you. In the end, I hope you decide to stick with it. All that hard work has it's rewards, esp. in the middle of winter when you have all that glorious bounty put up. By January you'll be pursuing the seed catalogues, hard work forgotten in anticipation for the next growing season, which is full of endless possibilities.
Conclusion, this is a fantastic book for aspiring gardeners, wanting to organically produce their own veggies & flowers with a smaller footprint on our Mother Earth.
April 13, 2020
Originally published on my blog: Nonstop Reader.
No-Waste Organic Gardening is a new tutorial and resource guide for gardeners written by Shawna Coronado. Due out 21st April 2020 from Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint, it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.
This is a multi-resource guide with general chapters for most garden tasks: seed starting, setup & maintenance, pollinator support and building a healthy biome, flowers, edibles, container gardening, permaculture/landscaping, lifestyle & utilizing outdoor space, and a good general guide on tool selection maintenance and use. Each of the chapters include multiple mini-tutorials for garden tasks and supplies such as home-made seed starting mix, DIY seed tapes, harvesting-storing-keeping seeds whilst maximizing viability, building bee habitats and many more. All of them are clearly photographed with step by step instructions.
The language is upbeat and accessible. This would make a super resource for a community garden lending library, school library, or gardener's home library. Many of the tutorials would be appealing and appropriate for children with a teacher/facilitator.
Five stars. Well written and informative.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
No-Waste Organic Gardening is a new tutorial and resource guide for gardeners written by Shawna Coronado. Due out 21st April 2020 from Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint, it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.
This is a multi-resource guide with general chapters for most garden tasks: seed starting, setup & maintenance, pollinator support and building a healthy biome, flowers, edibles, container gardening, permaculture/landscaping, lifestyle & utilizing outdoor space, and a good general guide on tool selection maintenance and use. Each of the chapters include multiple mini-tutorials for garden tasks and supplies such as home-made seed starting mix, DIY seed tapes, harvesting-storing-keeping seeds whilst maximizing viability, building bee habitats and many more. All of them are clearly photographed with step by step instructions.
The language is upbeat and accessible. This would make a super resource for a community garden lending library, school library, or gardener's home library. Many of the tutorials would be appealing and appropriate for children with a teacher/facilitator.
Five stars. Well written and informative.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
March 31, 2020
Note: I received this book for free as an ARC (Advanced Reader Copy)
Overall, I thought this was an excellent introductory book to waste-free organic gardening. While some books go a bit overboard and are a bit unpractical with being waste-free, I personally thought this book was the right mix. A good portion of the book goes into various composting methods, which I was already expecting. Some of the techniques were new to me, which I thought was quite intriguing, while others you do have to be careful with your local ordinances. I also moved some of our ideas for rain collecting (just make sure it is allowed in your community first). Some of her tips were things I have no clue why I never considered, such as using take-out containers as seed starters. She is also all about keeping things out of landfills, using trash you may toss as containers, grow surfaces, or just garden decorations. One tip I am probably going to be using in my own garden is using a cardboard mulch liner. With how much cardboard we send to recycling or goes in the trash, I thought this was a truly brilliant idea! Overall, I have to say I very much enjoyed No Waste Organic Gardening: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve Any Garden and can’t wait to use many of these tips in our own garden!
Overall, I thought this was an excellent introductory book to waste-free organic gardening. While some books go a bit overboard and are a bit unpractical with being waste-free, I personally thought this book was the right mix. A good portion of the book goes into various composting methods, which I was already expecting. Some of the techniques were new to me, which I thought was quite intriguing, while others you do have to be careful with your local ordinances. I also moved some of our ideas for rain collecting (just make sure it is allowed in your community first). Some of her tips were things I have no clue why I never considered, such as using take-out containers as seed starters. She is also all about keeping things out of landfills, using trash you may toss as containers, grow surfaces, or just garden decorations. One tip I am probably going to be using in my own garden is using a cardboard mulch liner. With how much cardboard we send to recycling or goes in the trash, I thought this was a truly brilliant idea! Overall, I have to say I very much enjoyed No Waste Organic Gardening: Eco-friendly Solutions to Improve Any Garden and can’t wait to use many of these tips in our own garden!
March 29, 2020
As an avid gardener, I have looked through many gardening books. Shawna Coronado's No-Waste Organic Gardening book is one of the top gardening books I have read! Shawna not only tells you the importance of no-waste organic gardening, she step-by-step explains the "how to's" so the learner is not left to figure out solutions on their own. I have read many books that explain the importance of soil building, no till gardening, and re-using common items in the garden, etc...but many of those books did not offer simple solutions that anyone could accomplish, let alone exactly how to create the described outcomes. If you are looking for a book that offers simple instructions to accomplish important gardening practices, this is the perfect book for you!
February 28, 2020
A nice overview of organic gardening principles and creative reuse of materials that would otherwise go into the landfills. I especially liked her ideas for using wine bottles in the landscape. Excellent advice for making and using compost in many different situations. Even though I found some of the projects to be silly the encouragement of whimsy and looking at materials in new ways actually sparked new ideas for my own spaces. And the tip for turning your shovel handle into a yardstick is pure genius. Overall, a useful and interesting addition to the gardener's bookshelf. Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for the advance read.
August 5, 2020
I received a copy of this book through the Amazon Vine program in exchange for an honest review.
This is a short and informative book on no waste gardening!
The book talks about different kinds of compost and how to manage each one. There's also information on reusing plastic, how to harvest rain water, and how to improve your soil. There's a lot of information packed into this short book! There's also info on how to grow your own herbs and vegetables from store bought roots.
It's an informative guide for anyone wanting to start their own compost, replace lawn with vegetables, or other eco-friendly ideas.
This is a short and informative book on no waste gardening!
The book talks about different kinds of compost and how to manage each one. There's also information on reusing plastic, how to harvest rain water, and how to improve your soil. There's a lot of information packed into this short book! There's also info on how to grow your own herbs and vegetables from store bought roots.
It's an informative guide for anyone wanting to start their own compost, replace lawn with vegetables, or other eco-friendly ideas.
July 16, 2020
This book contained a lot of information I already knew, but enough new and original info to make it well worth reading. A lot of good ideas come under her definition of "no-waste" gardening, though for some of them further research may be needed to really get it right.
I am hoping once the author has time to settle in her new desert Southwest location, she might come out with another book that is more focused on that area - since it is so different from other zones.
I am hoping once the author has time to settle in her new desert Southwest location, she might come out with another book that is more focused on that area - since it is so different from other zones.
December 30, 2021
This is a great resource for anyone who wants fresh ideas for gardening and outdoor decor that reuses/upcycles found objects. I'm an experienced gardener, but learned several ideas and techniques. The author explains ideas in an easy-to-read way, and most suggestions are complemented with photos.
March 21, 2024
I think it's a good general guide for an inexperienced gardener. I picked this up on a whim while I was visiting a botanical garden in NZ and I really just wanted to support the garden a bit. I don't think anything in the book was new information to me, but I think it had a lot of good information in it.
February 13, 2020
A very useful, well written and interesting guide that can help any gardener.
It's a great read, strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
It's a great read, strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.
June 3, 2020
Informative and Interesting
From gardening knowledge to repurposed garden equipment into Art, this book covers it all, showing the rewards for keeping a low carbon footprint by organic gardening.
From gardening knowledge to repurposed garden equipment into Art, this book covers it all, showing the rewards for keeping a low carbon footprint by organic gardening.
June 12, 2020
Very helpful book. 4.5 stars
January 29, 2022
Lots of laundry list ideas for the novice gardener. I can always find something new, but most of this is in 1977 “Crocket’s Victory Garden”
March 22, 2023
Leuk boek dat makkelijk weg leest. Veel interessante tips die makkelijk uitvoer zijn.
September 4, 2023
I truly enjoyed this book. It's packed with a massive amount of information, and it's written in an easy style.
June 3, 2021
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January 23, 2020
No-Waste Organic Gardening by Shawna Coronado is an awesome resource for anyone who wants to garden. This book has tons of information and is very readable. Topics include: Soil secrets, Garden Maintenance, Pollinator Power, Seed starting, Growing edibles and more. This book tells you the what,why and how of no waste gardening! I recommend this book to anyone who has even the slightest interest in gardening.
May 6, 2020
An enjoyable read full of good tips. Lots of great pictures, easy to find what you want, simple to follow.
May 10, 2020
Do you own several gardening books or have you borrowed a stack of gardening books from the library? And you have these multiple books because each one possesses a certain amount of knowledge on one subject but lacks information on other topics? Well, if so - please buy or borrow this book. Ms. Coronado has managed to put every bit of necessary information into this well written beautiful fun book. I can't wait to get my hands on a hard copy so I can read and re-read it during this mass isolation known as the covid 19 pandemic. I think it will bring light to my mood and perhaps yours.
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