Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers: Using Ed's Amazing POTS System by Edward C. Smith Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Incredible Vegetables from Self-Watering Containers: Using Ed's Amazing POTS System
Book Review: Growing veggies in containers
Summary: 5 Stars
Incredible Vegetables From Self-watering Containers is a book I purchased for my daughter. She lives in Show Low Az. in a wooded area and the soil is not that good. So she thought she would try growing some veggies in containers this year. I bought the book for her to give her some ideas on how to do it. She has a green thumb and was brought up on a farm so she loves to grow things. I would recomend this book to anyone wanting to grow anything in containers. Book Review: Very Average
Summary: 2 Stars
This book starts out good and states that it's going to tell you how to make your own self-watering containers. However, once you get through all the initial fluff, I found the details necessary to actually follow through on the author's suggestions to be extremely limited. The author discusses how to make any pot self-watering, but uses a ready made insert. Then he does not say where to get the ready made insert from. Parts of the book read more like a pat on the back to his own successes with pictures from his own garden. That's great, but I bought the book to learn how to set up my own self-watering system which I still am at a loss after reading the book. I was very disappointed.Book Review: This should be a best seller!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read a lot of gardening books, but this is one of the all time best!! It is full of facts, as opposed to general descriptions. "A full grown tomato takes a gallon of water a day." as opposed to some vague keep it well watered that you get in so many books.
It is precise, without being dry. Written with a sense of humor, as well as common sense. I found a lot of very useful information, even though I am a seasoned gardener, and a novice would find this invaluable. The information I found was accurate, and as importantly, explained. I love to know the "why" behind something.
I must also comment on the pictures. They are good pictures of exactly the plant being talked about. You could easily identify an unknown plant from the pictures and descriptions. That is rare...most books show plants from too far away, or in a grouping...neither of which is helpful to me.
All and all, this is my favorite gardening book of all time!! If I had to list a fault, I would be hard pressed to come up with one. Perhaps a bit more on the section on making a self watering pot at home. The basics are all there, but I would have like a bit more on the bigger containers, like how to turn a whiskey barrel into a self-waterer. And to go along with that, a few resourses on parts (as opposed to finished units.)
Book Review: I'm ready to try doorstep gardening
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm a serious organic gardener, with 4500 square feet of flowers, herbs and veggies. I have a good garden library and I'm glad to add this book. As far as I know, it is the only container gardening book that addresses organic vegetable growing. I used to think that tilling the earth was superior to container gardening. In recent years, however, time pressures have made me wonder about the viability of growing convenience items (lettuce, tomatoes, onions) close to my front and back doors in containers so that dinner would be easy to harvest. Having read this book, I'm ready to try it. A very quick and lively read, the book's only shortcoming is lack of adequate information on how to create your own self-watering pots. Book Review: Self-Watering Container Gardening for Dummies!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book provides a thorough and thoughtful explanation of vegetable gardening in self-watering containers. While Mr. Smith seems to make a point of not endorsing specific brands in his books I would have found that useful. I did manage to google the adjustable reservoir insert Mr. Smith describes in "making a self-watering container" on page 28 and discovered it, or one just like it, is available from the Gardener's Supply Company for $14.95. It would be a relatively simple propositon to make your own from pvc pipe and sheet plastic.