Book club planning
Since I don't have a
lunchtime series this week, and Shannon is quite literally on vacation
(hiking the AT), I thought I'd pick your brains about our book club. We'll be coming to
the end of The Holistic Orchard
soon, and I'm curious to hear whether folks want to continue the
reading club now that weather is cooling down and inside chores are
demanding your attention. I've thoroughly enjoyed reading along
with you, but know that attention may be waning.
If the book club is
still up your alley, some books that are itching for attention my
shelf include:
- Folks This Ain't Normal --- Joel Salatin's first mainstream-published book looks like a relatively easy read.
- The Resilient Gardener --- I've heard great things about this book, but it's dense (like The Holistic Orchard), so I need a bit of a nudge to get into it.
- Edible
Forest Gardens
--- I read this two volume set four years ago, and am starting to feel
like I need to go back over it with a fine tooth comb.
Alternatively,
it might be more interesting to round out my reading with Martin
Crawford's Creating
a Forest Garden.
Feel free to mention
other book club books in the comments section, or chime in with your
two cents' worth on my top choices.
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Hi Anna,
Have enjoyed your previous book club choices and even though I have only read "10 Acres Enough" (I found if very good), I have followed along with your choices and have enjoyed gleaning what I can from the posts and comments. So my vote is for you to continue. And my vote from your list is Salatin's Book!
Regards
Tim
"Folks this ain't normal" would be an easy one for me because I just saw it at the library while I was there last week. Not sure where to find the others-- I'd probably have to buy them. I haven't been involved in the book club, but I wouldnt mind getting started.
I've enjoyed the book club, although I've never had enough time to read along. I've enjoyed the comments, and the suggestions of what I might read next. For those who have not read "Folks this ain't normal," please allow me to commend it as a very entertaining book about the way things just are these days. It doesn't offer much in the way of the details necessary to do anything about it, but did I mention that it was an enjoyable read?
I think I would also suggest Martin Crawford's book, "Creating a Forest Garden"--especially if all you've read was "Edible Forest Gardening." Crawford's book is simpler and very practical, enough so that I find it a valuable reference on my shelf. One unique feature of Crawford's book is his detailed evaluation of many, many forest gardening plants. The meager tables in "Edible Forest Gardening" just don't come close to the quantity of details that Crawford has available in his book.
Just my two cents,
Dan
I was gonna vote for "Folks, This Ain't Normal", but after reading Dan's comment, I think I would like to go for Edible Forest Gardens.
april
Hi All,
This book is CERTAINLY worth some careful attention.
The late Charles Walters (Acres USA) says in his book about Dr. Murray that he lived to be 117 years old :).
It's just a short book, but MOST thought provoking about what really works well.
John
Everybody --- It sounds like the consensus is for Folks, This Ain't Normal. Thanks for chiming in!
(I really appreciate Dan's information, too, because I'd been considering getting Crawford's book for some time, but the price kept holding me back. With a firsthand report like that, it sounds like it's definitely worth the money.)