Urban Gardening: How To Grow Food In Any City Apartment Or Yard No Matter How Small (Growing Indoors, On Rooftop , Small Yards, Balcony Gardens, Planting ... Systems) (Gardening Guidebook Book 1) Kindle Edition

This is the website that I found the following pages on the internet, COPIED, word for word.No credit is given to the website for the plant information or the photos that are copied.The website is the Mother Nature Network...[...]The pages in question are pages 16 through 29. (Word for word, and all photos found on those pages...copied from the below website...)I would appreciate an explanation, please.

There was very little information that I could actually use from this book so I'm glad I got it for free. I appreciate the attempt to raise awareness for more growing indoors, but this book was not helpful for "any type of space." I live in a one bedroom apartment, with no balcony. We are lucky enough that we have a "sunroom" and I've even put up shelves where I'll plant something eventually. What I really needed was information on the care of container plants. There was plenty of basic information for outside planting, including on a balcony or in a small garden, but what about if you're actually planting indoors? I got a few helpful tips, such as a list of plants that do well with minimum sunlight and I was reminded of the water bottle window garden idea. These are things that could be found with a simple Google search, though. The book is great as a pep talk and encourages you to do more research to start a garden no matter your space, but for actually researching, it fell very short.

The opening statements are a tad unrealistic.Trying to convince your landlord to allow a roof top garden is futile. Firstly, unless they are already on-board with the urban gardening movememt, they are not going to open themselves up to all of the unknowns. Secondly, landlords are investing in property to make money not make the world a better place.Finding land just rotting away doesn't happen. Just because land isn't being used by humans doesn't mean it going to waste. It most likely recovering from human abuse.Worst of all, buying land with a group of people is a disaster waiting to happen.These pretty much set the tone of the book for me.The rest of the book is pretty mundane, but useful.The shining light here is that there is a lot of general information in one place. Some of it is good and useful information.For the beginner or urbanite with a budding interest in gardening, this is a reasonable place to start.

Urban Gardening lays out simply ways to manifest a patio, balcony, roof-top or backyard garden that will be successful without a lot of technical jargon. I feel like I'm armed with good information now to plan out the patio garden I've always wanted. My patio space is only 10' x 12' on which I need to share eating, cooking, an outdoor shower, and an easel/painting space. Shrubs and a wandering multiple-tendril tree-type plant outline two sides of the three sides available of the patio. I've come away with a few ideas on how I might be able to grow an edible garden dotted with a few flowering plants and my favorite herbs. So I don't go overboard, I'm only going to choose three of each: three vegetables, three plants and three herbs. I can see building a set of steps to arrange the pots on and placing them under the window box next to the shower to which the hose is also connected. I'm excited now to start planning my new patio space! I'm glad my friend, Janice, recommended getting this great guide. I think you will find this resource a very helpful tool to keep in your "potting shed" as well... ;)

While I will not complain about the price of the book as I got it for free, this is not much of a book and would better be distributed as a PDF or pamphlet because of its lack of information. I commend the attempt to provide those without ANY background knowledge of gardening a starting point but I feel in the end it would do more harm than good as the reader may still feel confused about some points. The author has a job to deliver concise and accurate information if they are to be writing on the subject, whether they are an expert or not, and should refrain from vague details and letting the reader know to use Google.I do feel for anyone that purchased this book for more than .99 cents as that is what it is worth for the time put in. It is not completely worthless and had a few decent points on soil composition and introducing readers to compost, although once again these are remedial subjects. If a reader is buying a book of gardening, it is quite feasible they would have some background into it already. The writing style was easy to read but felt more like a sales pitch much of the time. Good attempt but nothing to write home about.

I love in-home gardening and grow food items over a koi tank in our garage throughout the winter. This book is very basic, so it was the wrong resource for me, but that is not a criticism. I would like to see more photos in this basic a book to show this working in lots of settings. It used hotlinks to websites to accomplish this and the ones I tried did not link. If you are reading without an Internet connection, the links add nothing. To me those should always be enrichment beyond the book and not requisite to understanding the subject. I think the book can be easily improved and e-books allow that. I would encourage the placement of more photos, drawings and illustrations. It's a great subject. I would recommend it to someone who has never considered gardening on a patio, in a garage or in a home.

Gives the reader ideas for the degree of self-sufficiency they want. I like the list of air-cleaning plants also. So there are all levels of participation offered in this book.

I am sorry but this book doesn't bring anything new or brilliant. It is a compilation of information and all very supperficial. at some poitn in the book the author even suggests moving to another flat as a solution for lack of sunlight (please). it goes from one topic to another, all relevant to gardening and growing plants etc but very superficial and if you already have a little knowledge and I mean very little, you may like this book. otherwise don't wast your money and time.

This book offers the novice gardener a general guide to gardening with tips specific for growing in small spaces. For more detailed information there are many other sources specific to subjects such as seed starting or individual plant types.

Nice primer on indoor and outdoor urban gardening. Gives a chatty overview over the standard techniques and showas a few new ones.However it skims lightly over the surface without ever going in depth.But great for the price!

Um bom livro para aprender a fazer jardins verticais. Ele está me ajudando a planejar um grande jardim vertical na casa dos meus pais.

As title says brillianr book just wish i had read this years ago,many amazing tips, have gotmlots of projects set up among friends ready for this years small gardens, cant wait..