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# Grow or Die: The Good Guide to Survival Gardening Paperback – April 13, 2016

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## Customer Reviews

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    Beware of page 166 and the vegetable that Must-Not-Be-Discussed
  

*by P***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2016*

I wish I could write fiction as entertaining as this informative book. I loved the small format because it's convenient to stash and read anywhere. It won't take long to "devour" this inspiring volume, though, and I only wish I'd gotten Mr. Good's companion book on composting at the same time. The most surprising concept I took away is the importance of Crop Rotation, even for a home-gardener. I'd presumed it was only for commercial farming, but the idea of "tricking" the insects (by keeping them on their 6-sets of toes?) makes sense now that the author lays it out. He also has me keen on trying grain corn that I'll then be able turn into homemade grits (my husband favorite breakfast side).The author even includes what I'd consider the most amazing and useful plant in the world (pp. 132-134): Moringa. It is truly a "miracle tree" which I had first read about a couple of years ago in researching natural water-filtration. I had no idea it could be grown in the southern states as a crop!To close, I'm still a little annoyed that Mr. Good seems to have a grudge against a vegetable that, perhaps, should-not-be-named (zucchinni)? Maybe because Z's are recalcitrant, too low-cal, or that they take poorly to storage? Who knows. ;-) Regardless, the book is the inspiration I've been needing to give up on the "perfect" container-garden and get back to the good ol' ground that I've got kind of garden.

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    An excellent starter-guide to gardening.
  

*by I***D on Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2015*

Once again, David the Good has inflicted upon the world yet another of his maniacal screeds. Will he ever stop?I hope not. I've had an interest in gardening my whole life (thanks to my mother and my grandfather.) But I've only recently really gotten into it after a few false starts, and David's books have helped me already. This one will be no different...Winter is Coming.The book itself is exactly what it purports to be. It's a basic guide to gardening, enough to get you growing in the event of The End Of The World As We Know It. Hopefully, you'll read it and get started before then. The book contains helpful chapters on what to grow, how to grow it, where to find what to grow, and a bit here and there on what to do with what you've grown. It contains a lot of useful information about fertilizers and composting, and his other book, Compost Everything, (which I dubbed "The Necronomicon of Composting") is an excellent companion-guide.While it is geared towards the survivalist/prepper types, I'd be comfortable giving this book to anyone who had an interest in gardening but no knowledge of the subject. It really is a good book to get people started. Christmas / Hannukah / Favored Winter Holiday is coming up; it's an excellent gift idea.As usual, it is written in his witty, entertaining, conversational style, which for many people can more intuitive and educational than a dry textbook. As this is the Kindle edition, I'll gladly buy a dead-tree as soon as it is available.My only complaint is that he did not include a science fiction story within the book so it could be nominated for a Hugo.

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    Inspiring and Informative
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2016*

After finishing this book, I felt inspired to go out and grow anything and everything I could.The daylight and the reality of living in an apartment squashed this compulsion, for now, but I'll pick it back up when I no longer have these constraints.There's a bit of it that's not applicable to those north of the climate of Florida but the rest seems to be good information for anyone wanting to learn how to grow food as a hobby or more.I did have one gripe with the author. If you have cornmeal and a little fat to fry it in, can you really say that okra is inedible?

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