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21 Works 454 Membros 2 Críticas 1 Favorited

About the Author

Includes the name: Larkcom Joy

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Obras por Joy Larkcom

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1935-11-13
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
UK
Locais de residência
Suffolk, England, UK
Ireland
Prémios e menções honrosas
Veitch Memorial Medal (1993)

Membros

Críticas

nice pictures and plans- most way too elaborate for regular home gardener
 
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ReadingKnitter01 | 1 outra crítica | May 21, 2008 |
Wow! I must confess, I bought this book for the pretty pictures. If I had noticed the actual planting plans for various famous potagers, I might even have paid and fled the store immediately instead of my usual hours-long casing of the joint.

After just this one book, after all my endless hours of planning and hemming and hawing, I now have a plan of attack. A particularly perfect windbreak hedge, great ways of incorporating the orchard into the potager, low-cost paths (not to mention those great planting designs!) all make this one more than worth the price of admission. What an amazing find. If you hope to feed yourself like a good little Michael Pollan acolyte, then buy this along with Carrots love Tomatoes. Form AND function. How downright unAmerican.… (mais)
 
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jonesjohnson | 1 outra crítica | May 13, 2008 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
21
Membros
454
Popularidade
#54,064
Avaliação
½ 4.4
Críticas
2
ISBN
47
Línguas
3
Marcado como favorito
1

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