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A decent book with lots of good tips, though the 'no waste' title is a little gimmicky. Most organic gardeners I know already try to reuse where they can & treat the earth well, and the no-waste tips are a minor part of the book. But I did pause for 'ooh that's a good idea' several times, the author is knowledgeable and practical and I think this would be a useful addition to many gardener's bookshelves.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book and I definitely use a lot of the information that I found in here with my own garden.

I received a complimentary digital copy of this arc book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an unbiased review.

This is a beautifully illustrated and organized book about no waste organic gardening. There are many resourceful and interesting ideas for recycling or repurposing items to avoid waste. Many may be things you already do if you are earth conscious but others provide a different perspective to the usual gardening routine.

I recommend this book to fellow gardeners who despise waste and enjoy ingenuity in their organic gardening endeavors!

No-Waste Organic Gardening is a new tutorial and resource guide for gardeners written by Shawna Coronado. Due out 21st April 2020 from Quarto on their Cool Springs imprint, it's 128 pages and will be available in paperback and ebook formats.

This is a multi-resource guide with general chapters for most garden tasks: seed starting, setup & maintenance, pollinator support and building a healthy biome, flowers, edibles, container gardening, permaculture/landscaping, lifestyle & utilizing outdoor space, and a good general guide on tool selection maintenance and use. Each of the chapters include multiple mini-tutorials for garden tasks and supplies such as home-made seed starting mix, DIY seed tapes, harvesting-storing-keeping seeds whilst maximizing viability, building bee habitats and many more. All of them are clearly photographed with step by step instructions.

The language is upbeat and accessible. This would make a super resource for a community garden lending library, school library, or gardener's home library. Many of the tutorials would be appealing and appropriate for children with a teacher/facilitator.

Five stars. Well written and informative.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

An enjoyable read full of good tips. Lots of great pictures, easy to find what you want, simple to follow.

I seriously, seriously loved this gem of a book.
In the current climate of home-bound professionals, kids at home, hermit-style living singles, turning your bare patch of land, overlooked garden or even the tiniest patch of an outside sphere into your personal Eden has something therapeutic.
Agreed?
Well, you need books like this one!
We've been pretty good about growing a waste-free garden, have been buying only organic seeds and mainly raising rare and/or old kinds of tomatoes, berries, herbs, and spices.
Still, this book inspired me to dig (ha!) deeper and find new inspiration and joy in making our garden even more of a bee haven, food-producing, no-waste organic space.
5 stars!

This was a good book on how to get the most out of your garden and I enjoyed that there were helpful DIY tips.

The most brilliant helpful book on organic gardening I've ever read. Do you own several gardening books or have you borrowed a stack of gardening books from the library? And you have these multiple books because each one possesses a certain amount of knowledge on one subject but lacks information on other topics? Well, if so - please buy or borrow this book. Ms. Coronado has managed to put every bit of necessary information into this well written beautiful fun book. I can't wait to get my hands on a hard copy so I can read and re-read it during this mass isolation known as the covid 19 pandemic. I think it will bring light to my mood and perhaps yours.

A great book and one I will be quickly adding to my physical copy collection. As someone who is really actively trying to change my lifestyle and learn so I can then teach my kids a better way of life and living for not only ourselves but for the planet this book was a great tool in helping me do so. It has some great ideas which I will be applying to my gardena and I have already shared some of the things I have learnt with friends who now also want to buy the book themselves. I have no doubt that any gardener that picks this book up will learn something new from it and encourage non gardeners to dig in too.

A nice overview of organic gardening principles and creative reuse of materials that would otherwise go into the landfills. I especially liked her ideas for using wine bottles in the landscape. Excellent advice for making and using compost in many different situations. Even though I found some of the projects to be silly the encouragement of whimsy and looking at materials in new ways actually sparked new ideas for my own spaces. And the tip for turning your shovel handle into a yardstick is pure genius. Overall, a useful and interesting addition to the gardener's bookshelf. Thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing for the advance read.

A thorough and helpful book on gardening while using what you already have to build planters, compost, and so on. Engaging and useful illustrations too!

Brilliant book! Loved it so much, there are so many things I am going to try. Only negative is that the glass float bee preservers do not seem to be sold anymore....I really want one!

A great book. I am very much into keeping healthy, eating well and organic gardening. Now its time to put it all into practice now. Recommended.

A very useful, well written and interesting guide that can help any gardener.
It's a great read, strongly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

I enjoyed some of the eclectic decorating ideas in this book. Some of the composting information should be more detailed - for example some leaves do not make good compost because they are too acidic. Overall enjoyable to read and dream about upcoming spring and summer.

This is a colorful little garden tip guide that focuses on reusing items and finding free ways to garden organically. There were quite a few times where I read something and wished the author had given more information or felt it should have been clarified. For instance, she says everybody should collect rainwater and gives instructions for making rain barrels but doesn't mention that it's actually illegal in some communities in the US to collect rainwater. As another example, she recommends setting out new garden beds by laying down many layers of newspaper first to smother the sod and then putting soil on top. Newspapers are typically made with particularly toxic dyes, inks and other chemicals that I would not want in my organic garden. There were quite a few other times where I just wanted to jump in and comment the other side of something (on behalf of wasps, for instance). Lists of plants like shade-tolerant veggies are helpful, but I wish photos had been provided with these lists for those of us who are visual and for gardeners who are new to some of these plants.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

Really nice book as an introduction to using your food to the most. And making the most of what space you have to garden. You get tips, things to do/DIYs for your garden.

No-Waste Organic Gardening by Shawna Coronado is an awesome resource for anyone who wants to garden. This book has tons of information and is very readable. Topics include: Soil secrets, Garden Maintenance, Pollinator Power, Seed starting, Growing edibles and more. This book tells you the what,why and how of no waste gardening! I recommend this book to anyone who has even the slightest interest in gardening.

A beautifully written and well designed book. This book covers everything you need to know about starting a garden and how to maintain it. The subdivided chapters make an easy reference for any level of gardener.

Some of the highlights:
* Great information on no-till gardening and soil building, including a 'recipe' for making your own water-retentive soil mix and various methods of composting.
* The garden maintenance chapter is informative without being overwhelming.
* Topics covered were well explained and easy to understand.

From planting for pollinators, caring for seedlings, growing edibles, to container gardening and landscaping, this book is set to become a favourite gardening resource.