annieb123
Written on Apr 13, 2020
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.