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Source: Amazon.com

Author - Vera Greutink
Publisher - Permanent Publications

Summary

Permanent Publications says, "Vera’s 15 years of experience as a no dig gardener provides a vast amount of knowledge on growing fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers. The book is divided into two sections, container gardening and permaculture kitchen gardening. Part One shares knowledge especially useful to urban gardeners and those with little space. Part Two advises on starting and maintaining a garden...

Vera demonstrates that gardens can look beautiful and be productive, and her advice and examples encourage us to look at our own growing spaces in a different light. We no longer need to hide our veggie patches; they can take centre stage. Why not incorporate cut flowers with herbs, brassicas and peas? Or plant a pottager garden? These examples will help people create edible paradises everywhere, like patios, balconies, windowsills, allotments, community and school gardens, front and back gardens and anywhere else we can grow.."

About the Author

Permanent Publications says "Vera Greutink is a permaculture gardener, teacher and designer based in the Netherlands. She’s been gardening for over 30 years during which she has created many beautiful and productive gardens. Vera regularly contributes to Dutch and Belgian gardening magazines as well as the English Permaculture Magazine."

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I give this book 10 out of 10 acorns!

Edible Paradise does an awesome job of helping people in colder northern climates to get the most out of urban and kitchen/market garden spaces!

The book is organized into two parts; the first and shorter part is dedicated to permaculture in pots and small spaces, which I think is highly useful for many people who live in urban environments! The second and much larger part of the book is dedicated to kitchen and market gardens, and Vera Greutink does an impressive job of explaining how to grow food throughout the seasons in a beautiful and ecological manner!

Throughout the book, there are many tasty recipes, which are simply explained and elegantly illustrated!

I also enjoyed the diagrams, charts, and tables that are included in Edible Paradise, too!

Overall, I believe Edible Paradise to be a highly useful book for northern growers who are interested in growing as much as they can in small to medium sized spaces! The colorful, well-organized, and beautifully illustrated presentation makes the great information in Edible Paradise a pleasure to digest!
 
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I can't wait to get my hands on this book.  It looks like the information I need to grow in my Iowa(US) semi-short growing season.  Welcome & thank you, Vera!
 
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I was the lucky winner of this book (yeah!) and I have to say it blew my mind.

I generally find gardening books to be full of eye candy, lots of beginner content, lists of plants which might not be appropriate for my area and very little else.

This book is PACKED with knowledge, from how to organize a community garden to how to get realistically started when you garden with a young family. It shows all kids of different ways of interpreting permaculture/organic gardening in all kinds of places, from small to large, including different composting solutions.

Some advice is specific to the Netherlands, but it's given with enough detail re: last/first frost dates that an experienced gardener can adapt to their own location.

AND it's full of eye candy, which will make you wish for spring!

I read it from cover to cover in one week-end, then started all over again. Then ordered my seeds
 
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THIS really does look good... adding to my list...!
 
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I give this book 9 out of 10 acorns.

I won this book here on Permies and it made me so happy! It's beautifully designed and filled with personal stories, ready to lure in someone who's new to the concept of growing their own veggies and fruits. It's mainly for urban/suburban gardeners or people who just want to add some edibles to their ornamental garden, or a balcony. I think it could include some animals which are often pets (rarely food) in such areas and communities: quail, miniature rabbits, doves, guinea pigs. I guess the author doesn't have experience with that, but I think it would be easy to find others who do.
 
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