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ovidusnaso's review
4.0
Artig, lærerik, og aller viktigst av alt, lett å bruke. Denne boka ser kanskje ut som en vitsebok, men i likhet med "Bad-ass dude chow-down cookbook" eller hva de nå heter er det en god introduksjon til amatører som vil begynne å dyrke egne grønnsaker i hagen sin.
Boka går nøye gjennom hvordan man setter opp en liten hageplett til dyrking, hvordan man sjekker jordas ph-verdi, næringssammensetning, hvordan man gjødner riktig for hver plante, hvordan man roterer avlinger, hva hver enkelt plante trenger, og hvordan man oppbevarer dem over vinteren og våren. Som den påpeker er total selvforsynthet bare en fetisjdrøm for de aller fleste -særlig de som ikke har en stor gruppe mennesker på et stort område med flere husdyr- samtidig som man likevel kan ta visse steg for å både spare penger og forbedre den fysiske og mentale helsa si ved å jobbe utendørs med noe som krever møysomhet og omsorg for å overleve. Og ingenting smaker så godt som noe man har dyrket selv.
Boka går nøye gjennom hvordan man setter opp en liten hageplett til dyrking, hvordan man sjekker jordas ph-verdi, næringssammensetning, hvordan man gjødner riktig for hver plante, hvordan man roterer avlinger, hva hver enkelt plante trenger, og hvordan man oppbevarer dem over vinteren og våren. Som den påpeker er total selvforsynthet bare en fetisjdrøm for de aller fleste -særlig de som ikke har en stor gruppe mennesker på et stort område med flere husdyr- samtidig som man likevel kan ta visse steg for å både spare penger og forbedre den fysiske og mentale helsa si ved å jobbe utendørs med noe som krever møysomhet og omsorg for å overleve. Og ingenting smaker så godt som noe man har dyrket selv.
readerstephen86's review
informative
medium-paced
2.75
Hit and miss with its zombie-schtick humour, I would nonetheless be totally behind any book that gets more people growing food for themselves on balconies and in back gardens.
The best parts of the book provide a detailed breakdown of growing inatructions, including seasonality, care instructions, soil acidity, common pests and nutritional yield. The latter is especially interesting, and reflects the challenges we all face with food security due to global overpopulation and climate change (rather than the zombie apocalypse). If we are going to dig for victory-slash-survival, then we are going to need to plant a lot of spuds.
Like the pea weevil, however, readers might be highly selective in what they mine out of this book. I fundamentally disagree with the advice that advocates slug pellets, for instance, as an essential means of keeping these pests at bay. In my view it is wholly and unforgiveably irresponsible for a book with a premise on sustainability to advise the use of poisons that will kill and harm birdlife. Why not explain how birds themselves can be attracted to gardens, and to the good of the wider ecosystem as well as the garden, to keep pests more manageable. The totalitarian warmongering schtick of the zombies comes unstuck at this point, with its expectations that crops must be 100÷ intact for human use. A liveable planet is going to need more that humans on it, including birds and (yes, even) slugs.
I originally gave this a 4 for originality and the fact it made me smile, as well as ideas for home composting. It's a treasury with much to inspire as well as to inforn, but on reflection its advice on pesticides, and questionable selection of veggies for its top 20 (after reading it, who of its target audience of presumably beginner gardeners is ever going to want to try peas...), I think it loses an extra mark. A curates egg, if you can avoid the more poisonous parts.
The best parts of the book provide a detailed breakdown of growing inatructions, including seasonality, care instructions, soil acidity, common pests and nutritional yield. The latter is especially interesting, and reflects the challenges we all face with food security due to global overpopulation and climate change (rather than the zombie apocalypse). If we are going to dig for victory-slash-survival, then we are going to need to plant a lot of spuds.
Like the pea weevil, however, readers might be highly selective in what they mine out of this book. I fundamentally disagree with the advice that advocates slug pellets, for instance, as an essential means of keeping these pests at bay. In my view it is wholly and unforgiveably irresponsible for a book with a premise on sustainability to advise the use of poisons that will kill and harm birdlife. Why not explain how birds themselves can be attracted to gardens, and to the good of the wider ecosystem as well as the garden, to keep pests more manageable. The totalitarian warmongering schtick of the zombies comes unstuck at this point, with its expectations that crops must be 100÷ intact for human use. A liveable planet is going to need more that humans on it, including birds and (yes, even) slugs.
I originally gave this a 4 for originality and the fact it made me smile, as well as ideas for home composting. It's a treasury with much to inspire as well as to inforn, but on reflection its advice on pesticides, and questionable selection of veggies for its top 20 (after reading it, who of its target audience of presumably beginner gardeners is ever going to want to try peas...), I think it loses an extra mark. A curates egg, if you can avoid the more poisonous parts.
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