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I love this book! It is refreshing, useful, and inspiring. The 30 craft projects are clearly explained, and the pictures help to understand what is going on. I will try a few this spring, let’s see how it goes. Nothing seemed to hard to do. Gardening is such a great hobby, and the possibilities are endless, which this book shows. I have a hard time imagining these things in my head, so I’m very thankful to get clear instructions on how to do these things.

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A very compact book with lots of pictures to visualize the ideas for the micro planters. This is a perfect book for anyone new to planting greenery and keeping it alive. Lots of good ideas and how to build your own small garden in a confined space.

For me, as a plant parent, all the basics about light, soil and watering were unnecessary but for the proper beginners this might be useful to know.
Really enjoyed getting inspiration from these many ideas. Will definitely plant some of the herbs and spices on my balcony this year.

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Ugg, some books do annoy me! What would you expect from a book called “Microfood Gardening”? A lesson on macramee? How to build a wormery? Riveting statements like “watering is important” or that you can grow plants in a tea cup? I got all of the above.
I was hoping for some in-depth information of different growing options like sprouting, hydroponics, cell culture. Instead I got 100-plus pages of container DIY plus the message: buy seeds, stick in soil, water, wait. Where there is a small paragraph on sprouting, it contains the alarming statement that you have to immerse the seeds and container in bleach (!) and hydrogen peroxide(!) before sprouting. More concern when there are images of a person drilling a hole in a glass jar without protective gloves.
All in all, a higgeldy-piggeldy collection of stuff with pretty pictures. Likes to drill!

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