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0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 forest garden Sep 04, 2010
A lot of very useful info buried in fluff and redundancy. A lot of paper went into these books. Could have saved some trees and made them one volume instead of two. There are some invaluable charts at the back of the second volume. I would recommend these books, but brace yourself for some unnecessary wordiness.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Complete permaculture package Jul 09, 2010
These books are college grade and leave nothing to guess. A complete education and reference set in one package. If you want to get into permaculture this 2 book set is your education shopping list.
The first volume assumes you are a traditional gardener/farmer, or completely new to seeing plants for what they are, and gives every bit of information to bring you up to speed. Another book I had bought only gave some projects to do and I no longer think that author knew enough to write a book. The knowledge from volume 1 is critical to making the right choices and understanding why.
The second volume is twice as thick as the first and is dedicated to applying your new knowledge to actual projects. It gives so much well organized information that your brain will be in extacy.
Together, these books store a small library of information. Several sections and indexes hold entire books worth of data on their own. Just one of the plant matrices holds important facts on over 600 species so you can find the specific member of a plant family that suits your needs.
I am just awestruck at the amount of information I have received in this 2 volume set. I need no other books relating to horticulture.
Must have!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Wonderful resource Jun 16, 2010
These books are the authoritative resource for designing and planting an edible forest garden. There is so much information! These books will completely change the way you think about gardening and landscaping. I was lucky enough to take a workshop with Dave Jacke and these texts have helped me build on what I learned there. Worth every penny.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
One Stop Shopping... Dec 03, 2009
Amazon is offering a pretty great package deal with these books, and I would gladly get another to share with friends. If you have these two books, some land, and a little money for plants, you are ALL SET. This is the book to end all further shopping of permaculture books. Its very deep and textbook like at times, but the vast amount of insight and resources are alone worth the money. Just the resources are worth it. Ive found so many good companies through this book, its just crazy.
Highly endorsed...this book will give you the tools you need to rebuild the Garden of Eden in your own backyard.
3 of 10 found the following review helpful:
 good book Oct 12, 2009
I am happy I have this now as a reference set. Maybe sometime I will get around to reading in it. As someone with an agrarian background, I was someone dissapointed to see so much redundancy in this book; i.e. repeated elementary information. Nonetheless, I don't claim to know it all and there are a lot of good nuggets to mine in this publication.
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