The Essential Urban Farmer [Paperback]

Friday, 16 March 2012

Product Details

Reading level: Ages 18 and up
Paperback: 592 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics); 1 edition (December 27, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143118714
ISBN-13: 978-0143118718
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

By : Novella Carpenter
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The Essential Urban Farmer [Paperback]

Customer Reviews

One of the things that I really love about this book is that it isn't just about plants. The Essential Urban Farmer provides information on a truly working farm--including bees, chickens (and other poultry), rabbits, and goats. This book addresses many issues that an urban farmer might encounter, including procuring land, dealing with contaminated environments, and choosing the proper tools and materials to build with. There are a few sample layouts included and lots of alternatives.
If you're looking for a book with big, beautiful full-color photographs, this isn't the book for you. If you're looking for a wealth of information with lots of tips and how-tos to give you the garden you've always dreamed of, then you've come to the right place. There is so MUCH in this book: planting schedules, the best way to seed a variety of plants, how to choose and care for (and kill) the animals, and so much more.
This is a must have for any gardener or any family wanting to be self-sustaining. I cannot say enough great things about it!

This book is the REAL DEAL -- Novella and Willow are REAL urban farmers. You can read about it all in Novella's Farm City, her memoir of taking a rasty vacant lot in funky ghetto West Oakland, California, and turning into a real urban farm -- with vegetables, chickens, killer eggs, rabbits, and even, eventually a pig. That book made me wonder if I could really do this kind of thing out in my sprawling backyard. Even though I dont know jack-diddly, really, about how to farm. And you know what -- this new book really tells how to do it, from how to pick land (near water, for instance, at least near a hose...), get the right to use the land, and then how to get the soil ready, how to get the right seeds, right through how to kill simple farm animals for food every now and then. It's fun to read even if you dont want to go the length, but it seems like I am going to be able to do everything I want to do in my backyard, using just this one total REAL DEAL 'how to' guide to it all. Wow!