Jerry Baker's Giant Book of Garden Solutions: 1,954 Natural Remedies to Handle Your Toughest Garden Problems (Jerry Baker's Good Gardening series) 
asked by kmf on November 5, 2006 4:34 AM
Common household products and down-home ingenuity are combined to combat frustrating garden problems in this indispensable handbook for both green thumbs and novice gardeners. Organized by garden area, 1,954 easy-to-use homemade remedy recipes—containing items such as beer, baby shampoo, and ammonia—instruct gardeners how to turn puny plants, wretched roots, and tired trees into gorgeous garden specimens without the use of store-bought chemical alternatives. Quick fixes are offered for fighting fungus with pantyhose, defeating botanical disease with peppermint, and bug-proofing vegetables with mustard and cloves; and obstacles such as heavy rains, nutritional plant deficiencies, and gardening on sloped areas are also discussed.
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Great book! A gradening book with humor and great "old-fashion" advice that actually works. What more can you want from a book. Easy to read, fun to read and very informative. I recommend it highly!
reviewed by porsche on November 8, 2006 5:01 PM
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i really liked the book and found it very user friendly
reviewed by reader99 on November 29, 2006 2:00 PM
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As with many other Jerry Baker books, this one is filled with unique recipes that are easy to make. He also gives out a variety of tips on gardening in general, and then on a variety of plants. The scope of this book is broad as he covers getting your beds ready, chosing what to plant, what to plant next to each other, and how to keep your garden growing well. He also tells you how to harvest, store your veggies, and he even tells you how to cook some of the items that come out your garden.
I really like his take on growing, simple solutions work best. I have benefitted from many of his homemade recipes for a variety of gardening concerns. This book covers a lot of area, it doesn't cover anything too deeply, so its a great choice if you are trying to pick up new ideas and tips in general. This is an easy read, and well worth it if you are trying to better your gardening skills.
I really like his take on growing, simple solutions work best. I have benefitted from many of his homemade recipes for a variety of gardening concerns. This book covers a lot of area, it doesn't cover anything too deeply, so its a great choice if you are trying to pick up new ideas and tips in general. This is an easy read, and well worth it if you are trying to better your gardening skills.
reviewed by nat on November 29, 2006 5:00 PM
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This book seemed to offer a few good recipes for homemade solutions as far as insecticides, herbicides, etc., but.....This has got to be the absolute most disorganized book I have ever read.
My advice is, look for something else more organized. You'll be so glad you did. Especially when you have a problem and need an immediate answer on what to do.
My advice is, look for something else more organized. You'll be so glad you did. Especially when you have a problem and need an immediate answer on what to do.
reviewed by iread on November 29, 2006 6:29 PM