[.ca] Hydroponics for Everyone: A Practical Guide to Gardening ... (ISBN 1864470690)

Wow! I see why this book sold 60,000 copies.:
I'll make this short and sweet. Buy this book and read it; you'll be inspired to investigate the world of hydroponics. The author's enthusiasm comes across and makes one want to start experimenting before the book is finished. The full color pictures tell a story all their own. You can see what it's all about. I never considered that there were so many types of hydroponic methods. Dr. Sutherland extensively covers various plants and their needs. He recommends certain vegetables as his favorites and why. The big three mediums seem to be: perlite, vermiculite and "growool". If there was a negative to the book it would only be that the author is in Australia, so most of the appendix is directed toward Australian and New Zealand suppliers. Thanks to the internet I don't think that is such a big deal. If you haven't guessed it by now, I enjoyed this book.

Best on topic for beginner, excellent.:
I have read the local library copy of an older copyright of this book. It is excellent and my current gardening for myself is being restructured to many of the ideas given in this book. My parents just moved into a mobile home and still wanted to garden. The ideas in this book will provide them with a wonderful hobby as well as a potentially higher productive, cost effective, long lasting garden area. Very usable for mom who is physically limited by age and bending over abilities. A 5 tier plastic pipe unit will be used for top crops, and a framework lined with agricultural plastic from a local dairy will be used for root crops in a "bin" about 30" high. I will use a combination of "soils" for this by combining several types of mediums. Sawdust, some potting soil, composted manure and then super charge this mix with nutrients and watering with a hydroponic solution. Wish us luck and a productive year! I am going to order this newer volume of the book for myself.

Simply a Great Hydroponics Book:
This was one of the first books I got when I was first developing an interest in hydroponics. You can find more about that at my Blog, http://theweedlessgarden.blogspot.com/ If you have even the slightest interesting in hydroponics, get this book. It is clear. It is copiously illustrated with full color pictures. The authors share their love for hydroponics and grow the greatest variety of plants imaginable. I was blown away by hydroponics grown potatoes and radishes for example. I continue to page through this book for inspiration. I've been growing hydroponically for about eleven or twelve years now and it continues to be an exciting hobby and you get such great tomatoes.