GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

It Really Works!, 02 Feb 2008
It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.

Goodbye Slimy Messes, 24 May 2007
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Easy instructions on how to get lovely usable worm compost, how to build a worm bin and other useful information - great stuff. I have read them all and this is by far the best.

Worms Are Our Friends, 30 Apr 2007
Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!

Excellent and must read for all environmentalists, 31 Mar 2007
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. I recommend it to anyone who has concerns about the environment. This shows you, step by step in a very easy and digestible way! how to compost your food waste, cardboard waste etc and save it causing landfill problems, such as saving space, leachate, which we pay our water boards to clean out of our water and the greenhouse gas, methane.

Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

It Really Works!, 02 Feb 2008
It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.

Goodbye Slimy Messes, 24 May 2007
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Easy instructions on how to get lovely usable worm compost, how to build a worm bin and other useful information - great stuff. I have read them all and this is by far the best.

Worms Are Our Friends, 30 Apr 2007
Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!

Excellent and must read for all environmentalists, 31 Mar 2007
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. I recommend it to anyone who has concerns about the environment. This shows you, step by step in a very easy and digestible way! how to compost your food waste, cardboard waste etc and save it causing landfill problems, such as saving space, leachate, which we pay our water boards to clean out of our water and the greenhouse gas, methane.

Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

The ultimate fruit book!, 22 Jun 2001
This is a truly excellent book. Each fruit is given good coverage, with recommendations as to variety and culture advice. It is also extensive in the range of fruits which are covered. There's even a few recipes thrown in. If you want to grow any sort of fruit then go for this book.

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

It Really Works!, 02 Feb 2008
It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.

Goodbye Slimy Messes, 24 May 2007
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Easy instructions on how to get lovely usable worm compost, how to build a worm bin and other useful information - great stuff. I have read them all and this is by far the best.

Worms Are Our Friends, 30 Apr 2007
Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!

Excellent and must read for all environmentalists, 31 Mar 2007
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. I recommend it to anyone who has concerns about the environment. This shows you, step by step in a very easy and digestible way! how to compost your food waste, cardboard waste etc and save it causing landfill problems, such as saving space, leachate, which we pay our water boards to clean out of our water and the greenhouse gas, methane.

Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

The ultimate fruit book!, 22 Jun 2001
This is a truly excellent book. Each fruit is given good coverage, with recommendations as to variety and culture advice. It is also extensive in the range of fruits which are covered. There's even a few recipes thrown in. If you want to grow any sort of fruit then go for this book.

Invaluable guide for the kitchen gardener, 22 Oct 2005
Every vegetable is available in a number of different varieties. But which varieties to choose? In the case of most veg, choosing is fairly simple and is fun; it usually takes a couple of evenings going through the seed catalogues when preparing next season's seed order. But potatoes are special. Knowing - really knowing - about the different varieties available, along with their strengths and weaknesses, is necessary, fascinating, fun, rewarding and strangely addictive. And of course this reseach really pays off come harvest time. The best way to learn about potatoes - the varieties available, their characteristics, the difference between 1st earlies, 2nd earlies, maincrop, the growing techniques, etc. - is to read this invaluable book. It is a greatly expanded and updated version of Romans's legendary "Guide to Seed Potato Varieties" booklet. (This precious, slim, green volume lives by my bedside. We used it this year to choose the potatoes being offered to members of our Allotment Society.) In comparison with the booklet you have updated and enlarged information, a larger number of potato varieties covered, a greatly expanded History section, a lot more information on Microplants, and so on - but best of all there are photographs! Yes, lovely colour photographs of all the varieties featured.

Perhaps most important is the information about different varieties' susceptibility/resistance to various pests and diseases. Whereas most peoples' current concern is with blight, I find that slug damage is a much bigger problem. I need to grow varieties that have high slug resistance (as well as the other characteristics I'm looking for); this book tells me which they are.

In short: if you want to grow spuds, get this lovely book by a top British expert and read up on the varieties before putting in next year's order.

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

It Really Works!, 02 Feb 2008
It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.

Goodbye Slimy Messes, 24 May 2007
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Easy instructions on how to get lovely usable worm compost, how to build a worm bin and other useful information - great stuff. I have read them all and this is by far the best.

Worms Are Our Friends, 30 Apr 2007
Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!

Excellent and must read for all environmentalists, 31 Mar 2007
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. I recommend it to anyone who has concerns about the environment. This shows you, step by step in a very easy and digestible way! how to compost your food waste, cardboard waste etc and save it causing landfill problems, such as saving space, leachate, which we pay our water boards to clean out of our water and the greenhouse gas, methane.

Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

The ultimate fruit book!, 22 Jun 2001
This is a truly excellent book. Each fruit is given good coverage, with recommendations as to variety and culture advice. It is also extensive in the range of fruits which are covered. There's even a few recipes thrown in. If you want to grow any sort of fruit then go for this book.

Invaluable guide for the kitchen gardener, 22 Oct 2005
Every vegetable is available in a number of different varieties. But which varieties to choose? In the case of most veg, choosing is fairly simple and is fun; it usually takes a couple of evenings going through the seed catalogues when preparing next season's seed order. But potatoes are special. Knowing - really knowing - about the different varieties available, along with their strengths and weaknesses, is necessary, fascinating, fun, rewarding and strangely addictive. And of course this reseach really pays off come harvest time. The best way to learn about potatoes - the varieties available, their characteristics, the difference between 1st earlies, 2nd earlies, maincrop, the growing techniques, etc. - is to read this invaluable book. It is a greatly expanded and updated version of Romans's legendary "Guide to Seed Potato Varieties" booklet. (This precious, slim, green volume lives by my bedside. We used it this year to choose the potatoes being offered to members of our Allotment Society.) In comparison with the booklet you have updated and enlarged information, a larger number of potato varieties covered, a greatly expanded History section, a lot more information on Microplants, and so on - but best of all there are photographs! Yes, lovely colour photographs of all the varieties featured.

Perhaps most important is the information about different varieties' susceptibility/resistance to various pests and diseases. Whereas most peoples' current concern is with blight, I find that slug damage is a much bigger problem. I need to grow varieties that have high slug resistance (as well as the other characteristics I'm looking for); this book tells me which they are.

In short: if you want to grow spuds, get this lovely book by a top British expert and read up on the varieties before putting in next year's order.

Practical but USA based, 09 Oct 2008
Practical advice sound throughout but buyers should be aware that this book is US based so all climates, jargon is american, as are the fruit names etc making it less useful for anyone european based.

Book has alot of great information, 31 May 1999
I have peach and black cherry trees.Last year they had many bloosoms,but because of late frost only had about 20 peaches and no cherries.This year thir were no bloosoms on any of the peach or cherry trees. Is this normal or do I have a problem?Apple trees were full of blossoms!

BUDDING Out All Over!, 09 Feb 1999
Stella Otto knows her fruit! She should with her experience. Book is jam packed (pun intended) with a full 260 plus pages of sweet info that all of us who are preparing for the year 2000 and beyond, those concerned with permaculture, simple life, and sustainable food sources should have this book on the shelf at home to refer to! Way to go Stella!

Informative book, 09 Feb 1998
This book walks you through step by step how to start your own orchard: from planning the orchard, testing the soil, to selecting the trees for your climate.

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

It Really Works!, 02 Feb 2008
It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.

Goodbye Slimy Messes, 24 May 2007
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Easy instructions on how to get lovely usable worm compost, how to build a worm bin and other useful information - great stuff. I have read them all and this is by far the best.

Worms Are Our Friends, 30 Apr 2007
Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!

Excellent and must read for all environmentalists, 31 Mar 2007
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. I recommend it to anyone who has concerns about the environment. This shows you, step by step in a very easy and digestible way! how to compost your food waste, cardboard waste etc and save it causing landfill problems, such as saving space, leachate, which we pay our water boards to clean out of our water and the greenhouse gas, methane.

Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

The ultimate fruit book!, 22 Jun 2001
This is a truly excellent book. Each fruit is given good coverage, with recommendations as to variety and culture advice. It is also extensive in the range of fruits which are covered. There's even a few recipes thrown in. If you want to grow any sort of fruit then go for this book.

Invaluable guide for the kitchen gardener, 22 Oct 2005
Every vegetable is available in a number of different varieties. But which varieties to choose? In the case of most veg, choosing is fairly simple and is fun; it usually takes a couple of evenings going through the seed catalogues when preparing next season's seed order. But potatoes are special. Knowing - really knowing - about the different varieties available, along with their strengths and weaknesses, is necessary, fascinating, fun, rewarding and strangely addictive. And of course this reseach really pays off come harvest time. The best way to learn about potatoes - the varieties available, their characteristics, the difference between 1st earlies, 2nd earlies, maincrop, the growing techniques, etc. - is to read this invaluable book. It is a greatly expanded and updated version of Romans's legendary "Guide to Seed Potato Varieties" booklet. (This precious, slim, green volume lives by my bedside. We used it this year to choose the potatoes being offered to members of our Allotment Society.) In comparison with the booklet you have updated and enlarged information, a larger number of potato varieties covered, a greatly expanded History section, a lot more information on Microplants, and so on - but best of all there are photographs! Yes, lovely colour photographs of all the varieties featured.

Perhaps most important is the information about different varieties' susceptibility/resistance to various pests and diseases. Whereas most peoples' current concern is with blight, I find that slug damage is a much bigger problem. I need to grow varieties that have high slug resistance (as well as the other characteristics I'm looking for); this book tells me which they are.

In short: if you want to grow spuds, get this lovely book by a top British expert and read up on the varieties before putting in next year's order.

Practical but USA based, 09 Oct 2008
Practical advice sound throughout but buyers should be aware that this book is US based so all climates, jargon is american, as are the fruit names etc making it less useful for anyone european based.

Book has alot of great information, 31 May 1999
I have peach and black cherry trees.Last year they had many bloosoms,but because of late frost only had about 20 peaches and no cherries.This year thir were no bloosoms on any of the peach or cherry trees. Is this normal or do I have a problem?Apple trees were full of blossoms!

BUDDING Out All Over!, 09 Feb 1999
Stella Otto knows her fruit! She should with her experience. Book is jam packed (pun intended) with a full 260 plus pages of sweet info that all of us who are preparing for the year 2000 and beyond, those concerned with permaculture, simple life, and sustainable food sources should have this book on the shelf at home to refer to! Way to go Stella!

Informative book, 09 Feb 1998
This book walks you through step by step how to start your own orchard: from planning the orchard, testing the soil, to selecting the trees for your climate.

affordable !, 12 Oct 2006
Nicky Scott, Chairperson for the Community Composting Network in the UK, is the author of three small books (roughly 4 x 6 inches) dealing with waste reduction and has appeared in two videos about composting. His book, Composting - An Easy Household Guide, was originally published in 2005 and the second edition was released in 2006. The cover and all ninety-six pages are printed on 100% recycled paper.

This book is slightly more advanced than his smaller booklet, Composting For All. Both books discuss why compost is such an important factor in reducing stress on landfills. But here, Nicky shows how this one simple action can benefit everyone in the community and can actually affect global conditions as well. Nicky tells readers that approximately one-quarter of UK's methane gas emissions (one of the gases that contributes to global warming) are due to organic waste in landfills, which are decomposing improperly. When composts are given aerobic conditions there is very little gas production.
Nicky shows other advantages such as less odor in garbage cans and less volume for curb-side pick-up services to deal with - therefore garbage will be put out on the curb less often.

Nicky demonstrates how to get the right mix in the compost for optimal decomposition conditions. He then explains some of the different composting bins sold commercially. There is the perfect bin available for different situations from apartment dwellers to individuals, situations involving pest issues (rats, etc) and communal composting. His book covers Dalek-type bins, tumblers, digesters, green cones, green Johanna's, fermentation methods, worm bins and more.

Much of the information can be applied globally, though the stats and information in Composting- and Easy Household Guide is from the UK. Terms such as "fly tipping" have no definition in North America. The resource section is four pages long and provides information on seven organizations and lists three books and videos for readers to refer to.

~ ~ Book Reviewer: Lillian Brummet - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment - Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry. (http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.

It Really Works!, 02 Feb 2008
It does! That is, composting in a wormery especially if you read this book. I did when I first started my wormery and everything has gone very smoothly and even through this cold winter my wormery is outside and the worms are still alive. The book explains all about why to compost in a wormery, what sort of worms you should have, what you should expect the bin to look like inside if all is going well and what to look out for if it is not, what to do and when, what sort of worm bin to get and what to do with the worm compost.
An excellent book for those who want to know how worms compost and particularly for those who want to set up their own worm bin.

Goodbye Slimy Messes, 24 May 2007
Worm Composting is a great thing to do but i had always ended up with a horrid slimy mess until i bought Mr Pilkingtons book. Easy instructions on how to get lovely usable worm compost, how to build a worm bin and other useful information - great stuff. I have read them all and this is by far the best.

Worms Are Our Friends, 30 Apr 2007
Ah - at last a book written for the UK Worm Virgin. George Pilkington asks the question, "Why Waste Your Waste?". It is a very good question. With UK local Councils sliding irrecoverably down the slippery slope which leads to us all being charged extra, by weight, for our 'non-recyclable' waste, using some method to deal with our veggie-waste (and quite a bit besides) starts to make, not only good financial sense, but is also good 'green' sense.

George sets out to introduce you to the way-of-the-worm by, firstly, introducing us to the worm-composting principles and the biology of composting, then he gets us to shake hands with our new friends, the worms (lots of worms!) and gently, step-by-step, he takes us through the whole process of buying, setting up, using and maintaining a wormery.

Trust me, it is fascinating stuff. Did you know that apart from the obvious veggy-waste, your worms love cardboard, biscuits, cereals, cakes, chocolate, eggshells, nail-clippings, newspapers, and, well....the list is almost endless. Busy little creatures these worms!

There is a whole section on commercially available wormeries, including George's own design, the 'Waste Buster' which, as far as wormeries go, is the Hilton Hotel of wormeries, only cheaper! After a chapter on using worm compost, there is a very useful Frequently Asked Question section and the book winds up with a chapter exploring the wider role of worms in the whole global community. Sounds heavy, but it isn't.

'Composing with Worms' is a very readable, profoundly knowledgeable and thoroughly enjoyable book written by an expert, described on his web-site as, 'The Original Worm-Man' . All he needs is some sort of super-hero costume perhaps!

If you, in any way, want to do something really practical in the way of recycling, rather than pontificating about carbon footprints and Polar Bears, then buy this book and get composting!

Excellent and must read for all environmentalists, 31 Mar 2007
This book has been a long time coming and is unusual in that nobody else has written about this topic in the UK. I recommend it to anyone who has concerns about the environment. This shows you, step by step in a very easy and digestible way! how to compost your food waste, cardboard waste etc and save it causing landfill problems, such as saving space, leachate, which we pay our water boards to clean out of our water and the greenhouse gas, methane.

Worms really do eat my garbage, 14 Mar 2006
Excellent resource for getting started at vermicomposting, very similar to Mary's "worms eat my garbage" but from a uk perspective.

Informs you of everything you need to start/maintain and even build a worm system, as well as telling you more about the little wigglers themselves

The ultimate fruit book!, 22 Jun 2001
This is a truly excellent book. Each fruit is given good coverage, with recommendations as to variety and culture advice. It is also extensive in the range of fruits which are covered. There's even a few recipes thrown in. If you want to grow any sort of fruit then go for this book.

Invaluable guide for the kitchen gardener, 22 Oct 2005
Every vegetable is available in a number of different varieties. But which varieties to choose? In the case of most veg, choosing is fairly simple and is fun; it usually takes a couple of evenings going through the seed catalogues when preparing next season's seed order. But potatoes are special. Knowing - really knowing - about the different varieties available, along with their strengths and weaknesses, is necessary, fascinating, fun, rewarding and strangely addictive. And of course this reseach really pays off come harvest time. The best way to learn about potatoes - the varieties available, their characteristics, the difference between 1st earlies, 2nd earlies, maincrop, the growing techniques, etc. - is to read this invaluable book. It is a greatly expanded and updated version of Romans's legendary "Guide to Seed Potato Varieties" booklet. (This precious, slim, green volume lives by my bedside. We used it this year to choose the potatoes being offered to members of our Allotment Society.) In comparison with the booklet you have updated and enlarged information, a larger number of potato varieties covered, a greatly expanded History section, a lot more information on Microplants, and so on - but best of all there are photographs! Yes, lovely colour photographs of all the varieties featured.

Perhaps most important is the information about different varieties' susceptibility/resistance to various pests and diseases. Whereas most peoples' current concern is with blight, I find that slug damage is a much bigger problem. I need to grow varieties that have high slug resistance (as well as the other characteristics I'm looking for); this book tells me which they are.

In short: if you want to grow spuds, get this lovely book by a top British expert and read up on the varieties before putting in next year's order.

Practical but USA based, 09 Oct 2008
Practical advice sound throughout but buyers should be aware that this book is US based so all climates, jargon is american, as are the fruit names etc making it less useful for anyone european based.

Book has alot of great information, 31 May 1999
I have peach and black cherry trees.Last year they had many bloosoms,but because of late frost only had about 20 peaches and no cherries.This year thir were no bloosoms on any of the peach or cherry trees. Is this normal or do I have a problem?Apple trees were full of blossoms!

BUDDING Out All Over!, 09 Feb 1999
Stella Otto knows her fruit! She should with her experience. Book is jam packed (pun intended) with a full 260 plus pages of sweet info that all of us who are preparing for the year 2000 and beyond, those concerned with permaculture, simple life, and sustainable food sources should have this book on the shelf at home to refer to! Way to go Stella!

Informative book, 09 Feb 1998
This book walks you through step by step how to start your own orchard: from planning the orchard, testing the soil, to selecting the trees for your climate.

affordable !, 12 Oct 2006
Nicky Scott, Chairperson for the Community Composting Network in the UK, is the author of three small books (roughly 4 x 6 inches) dealing with waste reduction and has appeared in two videos about composting. His book, Composting - An Easy Household Guide, was originally published in 2005 and the second edition was released in 2006. The cover and all ninety-six pages are printed on 100% recycled paper.

This book is slightly more advanced than his smaller booklet, Composting For All. Both books discuss why compost is such an important factor in reducing stress on landfills. But here, Nicky shows how this one simple action can benefit everyone in the community and can actually affect global conditions as well. Nicky tells readers that approximately one-quarter of UK's methane gas emissions (one of the gases that contributes to global warming) are due to organic waste in landfills, which are decomposing improperly. When composts are given aerobic conditions there is very little gas production.
Nicky shows other advantages such as less odor in garbage cans and less volume for curb-side pick-up services to deal with - therefore garbage will be put out on the curb less often.

Nicky demonstrates how to get the right mix in the compost for optimal decomposition conditions. He then explains some of the different composting bins sold commercially. There is the perfect bin available for different situations from apartment dwellers to individuals, situations involving pest issues (rats, etc) and communal composting. His book covers Dalek-type bins, tumblers, digesters, green cones, green Johanna's, fermentation methods, worm bins and more.

Much of the information can be applied globally, though the stats and information in Composting- and Easy Household Guide is from the UK. Terms such as "fly tipping" have no definition in North America. The resource section is four pages long and provides information on seven organizations and lists three books and videos for readers to refer to.

~ ~ Book Reviewer: Lillian Brummet - Co-author of the book Trash Talk, a guide for anyone concerned about his or her impact on the environment - Author of Towards Understanding, a collection of poetry. (http://www.sunshinecable.com/~drumit)

In-depth manual about how to look after your trees, 07 Apr 2008
If you are looking for a pretty book with lots of nice photos then this book is not for you! Although this book claims to be for the "layman", it is still stuffed full of mathematical equations & other complex graphs, detailing how the trees grow & why. Some of the illustrations and black & white photos are actually difficult to follow or understand. The writing is certainly very informative, but it proved to me - a real layman I hasten to add! - rather inconclusive at times. I was looking for guidance on what to do with my olive trees, and I am now left somewhat startled & still a little confused after reading it.

However it has given me a lot of background on the nature of olive trees, and rather than simply recommending one style of pruning/training, it discusses them all, for the reader to choose the one that fits best depending on the very specific orchard conditions.

If you have a little knowledge of the habit of olives already, or perhaps you are working alonside an experienced olive horticulturist, then I am sure it will be your indispensible guide for looking after your grove.

GREAT BOOK - needs some supplementing but best for the beginner, 06 Nov 2007
THis book is superb, while a few reviewers say it is too vaguye on some things and too specific on others (which is true - it has to be vague on some areas where the grower has to use their own judgement, there is no recipe or 12-astep programme you must respod to your plants!)

Very light on its hydropoincs stuff - but in my view this makes it a FANTASTIC book for a beginner, taking you through all the key areas and giving you a good, easy and forgiving method of growing (soil) rather than tryinjg to elarn about growing and hydro all at once. That said his hydro section is one of the clearest and best illustrated overviews I've seen - nbot a detailed how to but a great starter.

THe book doesn't quite attain truly biblical level - I'd highly recommend partnering it with Jorge Cervantes 'Bible' as the two work perfectly in harmony with the areas of vagueness in one being more than compensated for by the detail in the other. If I had to choose just one it'd be TOUGH! If you're thinking of building a cabinet and going indoor this is the better of the two, if you're going big indoor or outdoor Jorge wins, but really buy them both!

The Most Important Marijuana Book Ever, 29 Sep 2006
This is the most important Marijuana book ever. It is totally and absolutely unique. There is nothing else like it and everybody is copying it. If you haven't read this book then go look up the Cannabis Breeder's Bible and find out that the author is a Cannabis genetics expert with enough high yielding potent cultivation experience and photographs to back up everything. This is the book that changed the nature of the game. Indoor grows in the UK are indebted to this book and its author for changing the times. Potent resin plenty dense crisp crackling buds is what we want and this is exactly what the book delivers on every time.

NOT ALL THAT GREAT, 24 Aug 2006
[]...author's opinoin i suppose...it is to technical in some part and too vague in others...i really doubt the author has 20 years experience...the growing experience does not come through in the book...poor photos...save your money and look at other books ...[]

An all important guide, A must buy., 23 Feb 2006
Firstly, this book will convince without any doubt that cannabis should be legal. Greg Green is a user himself but despite that he gives a no bulls**t approach to the whole subject.

Secondly the book is excellently writen providing both the pratical and theoriatical knowledge to grow fantastic plants in your own home! The step by step process is logical and the numerous pictures provide invaluable information on nearly every topic mentioned.

I really can't stress how great a read this book is and how much it has helped me. You name a reallated subject with cannabis and its in this book. I promise.

Informative and a Fantastic Read, 02 Dec 2005
I have bought several books to do with the growing, cultivation and breeding of the recreational drug cannabis and have found this one to be by far the most informative and detailed description on such a large variety of topics which are involved in these three processes.

As soon as I received the book opened it up and read it straight away. I must say that the diagrams and colour printed step by step guides where fantastic to see even though I am experienced in some of them I felt it revealing to see a how it 'should' be done and the useful tips which would help some of the most experienced of people in these subjects. Amust have for any cannabis conorsuer. YOU NEED IT!!!!!!!

An excellent guide to growing fruit by the RHS, 15 Jan 2006
I have found this to be an invaluable book which I have used together with the Fruit Expert by Dr Hessayon. The latter is in full colour and is probably a superior guide to choosing your fruit trees and bushes with descriptions, colour pictures and ratings of lots of varieties. The RHS book is aimed at the planting, pruning and care of your fruits once chosen (although it does have short descriptions of the more popular varieties but no pictures of them). This book is in black and white and one other colour but this doesn't really detract from the numerous beatiful drawings. It has comprehensive detail with illustrations on planting and long term care of your fruit trees/ bushes. In particular it has illustrations of pruning for each fruit and each year of growth of that fruit in each of the growing styles available (eg illustrations of how to prune maiden, 2yr, 3yr, 4yr old trees, cordons, fans, pyramids, espaliers for apples with different illustrations for each fruit covered). This scores significantly over the fruit expert book which is much more limited in this regard with very generalised pruning techniques which you have to try and extrapolate to different types of fruit and different years of growth.
In summary an excellent book once you have chosen which variety to plant.

The first book to own if you want to grow fruit in yourself., 09 May 2000
The book is very well presented, with good pictures, photographs and text. Included are all the old favorites plus quite a few unusual or exotic fruits. The RHS get top marks for providing all the information that you will need to successfully grow fruit and presenting it in a very easy to understand way. Whether you are a beginner or a dedicated horticulturalist this book is definately one for the potting shed.