Review: Great start for a beginner
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2014
I had a hard time with the stars, because I didn't think this book was only worth three, but not quite worth four. I'm rating it 3.5 stars.Overall not a bad tutorial for the beginner. I like how the herbs are listed individually for easy reference, with an introduction of each herb that states what the herbs are generally used for. I also like that there is information on the sunlight needs for each herb, and soil requirements.There are some inconsistencies that if fixed could improve the book greatly. For instance, in the tools section, it doesn't mention that you need a pH meter, however, under the herbs, it tells you what pH your soil should be at, in order to test that, you would need a pH meter, or send the soil out for testing. I was also under the impression based on the title and introduction, that this book would concentrate more on growing your herbs indoors, but instead, its generalized, and assumes you would want to transplant outside. I would really love to see a book that lists herbs individually such as this one, but separates the different needs the plants would have based on growing indoors or outdoors.I would recommend this tutorial for the very beginner, but I also think there is room to expand and offer more information. I consider myself an experienced gardener, and was offered to read this book for free, so I tried to read it from the perspective of someone who has never gardened before, and found the information to be well organized and useful. From the advanced gardeners perspective, I could see a lot more information being provided.