Comments on: Small-Plot, High-Yield Gardening: How to Grow Like a Pro, Save Money, and Eat Well by Turning Your Back Yard Into An Organic Produce Garden http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/small-plot-high-yield-gardening-how-to-grow-like-a-pro-save-money-and-eat-well-by-turning-your-back-yard-into-an-organic-produce-garden/ ...Build Your Own Greenhouse And Grow All of Your Favorite Plants All Year Round! Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:24:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: J. Eric Towell http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/small-plot-high-yield-gardening-how-to-grow-like-a-pro-save-money-and-eat-well-by-turning-your-back-yard-into-an-organic-produce-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-4097 J. Eric Towell Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:41:06 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/small-plot-high-yield-gardening-how-to-grow-like-a-pro-save-money-and-eat-well-by-turning-your-back-yard-into-an-organic-produce-garden.html#comment-4097 The most impressive thing about this book, initially, is the array of garden plans for different garden sizes. Sal presents plans for a 750, 1500 and 3000 square foot gardens, drawn to scale with succession plantings dates for mid-summer and fall crops. Additonally, there are plans for a 400 square foot salad or soup garden, a late or winter garden and plans for a 5-stage supply garden. <br /> <br />If that's not enough, Sal also sets out, in easy to follow, step-by-step detail the calendar of work for the gardening year, based on average date of last frost in Spring and first frost date in Winter. He provides detailed steps on how to start transplants from seed and how to fight the most common causes of transplant failure. <br /> <br />There is also a fascinating discussion of how to tell the gender of your squash plant flowers (fried squash flowers, anyone?). <br /> <br />I truly cannot recommend this book too highly for the beginning to early intemediate gardener who's trying to make sense of when to do which tasks in the garden. Rating: 4 / 5 The most impressive thing about this book, initially, is the array of garden plans for different garden sizes. Sal presents plans for a 750, 1500 and 3000 square foot gardens, drawn to scale with succession plantings dates for mid-summer and fall crops. Additonally, there are plans for a 400 square foot salad or soup garden, a late or winter garden and plans for a 5-stage supply garden.

If that’s not enough, Sal also sets out, in easy to follow, step-by-step detail the calendar of work for the gardening year, based on average date of last frost in Spring and first frost date in Winter. He provides detailed steps on how to start transplants from seed and how to fight the most common causes of transplant failure.

There is also a fascinating discussion of how to tell the gender of your squash plant flowers (fried squash flowers, anyone?).

I truly cannot recommend this book too highly for the beginning to early intemediate gardener who’s trying to make sense of when to do which tasks in the garden.
Rating: 4 / 5

]]> By: Joseph J. Brophy http://easygreenhouseplans.com/2010/03/small-plot-high-yield-gardening-how-to-grow-like-a-pro-save-money-and-eat-well-by-turning-your-back-yard-into-an-organic-produce-garden/comment-page-1/#comment-4096 Joseph J. Brophy Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:07:25 +0000 http://easygreenhouseplans.com/small-plot-high-yield-gardening-how-to-grow-like-a-pro-save-money-and-eat-well-by-turning-your-back-yard-into-an-organic-produce-garden.html#comment-4096 It is a pretty good book for basics. It explains sun, soil, feeding, planning, watering well from the standpoint of a gardener in Connecticut. The tone is a little harsh sometimes. He makes me feel guilty my garden does not get enough sun to get over 100 tomatoes off each plant, but hey, I can't knock down my neighbors' fence and trees and my wife won't let me cut down the big sycamore. <br /> <br />The suggested schedules would not be very useful for somebody in a different climate. There are a few crazy typos in there, like recommendation for two 100-foot trenches for asparagus for a family of four. I am pretty sure he meant two 10-foot trenches. On balance the advice is very worthwhile and I would recommend it for a beginners bookshelf. Rating: 3 / 5 It is a pretty good book for basics. It explains sun, soil, feeding, planning, watering well from the standpoint of a gardener in Connecticut. The tone is a little harsh sometimes. He makes me feel guilty my garden does not get enough sun to get over 100 tomatoes off each plant, but hey, I can’t knock down my neighbors’ fence and trees and my wife won’t let me cut down the big sycamore.

The suggested schedules would not be very useful for somebody in a different climate. There are a few crazy typos in there, like recommendation for two 100-foot trenches for asparagus for a family of four. I am pretty sure he meant two 10-foot trenches. On balance the advice is very worthwhile and I would recommend it for a beginners bookshelf.
Rating: 3 / 5

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