Matthew Appleby

I was really hoping that this book would be full of useful information on how to garden organically. I hadn't realised there was such as thing as vegan gardening before, but felt it was still worth a shot, after-all compost is compost. However, I very nearly stopped reading at the forward due to the highly politicised nature of the pro-vegan stance.

Another point against this book was that the kindle edition has very poor formatting, making reading difficult as it splits lines or even words.

I found some sections in the book useful, for example the list of brown and green items in compost so that you get a good mix, and how to make your own fertilisers. Overall though I would say the book contains limited information on organic gardening, a significant portion of the book is made up of various crops with their nutritional values and suggested recipes. So while this may be useful for a vegan making a start in organic gardening there are much better books out there.

Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.… (altro)