Cultivating rough ground: Getting neglected plots productive (Self-sufficient living) [Hardcover]

Keith Wills (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Thorsons (1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0722504861
• ISBN-13: 978-0722504864
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,384,778 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Miraculous!!, April 7, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cultivating Rough Ground (Self-sufficient Living) (Paperback)

In 1998 I inherited 64 acres of scrub/woodland in Arkansas from my Grandfather - It now looks like Hampton court, with rolling green lawns, a cricket oval and even a boxwood maze! From ornamental ponds and Haha's to soil structure and crop rotation this encyclopidic volume is a breath of freash air in the stale world of books about slash and burn gardening.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A towering rollercoaster of a book!!!, May 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Cultivating rough ground: Getting neglected plots productive (Self-sufficient living) (Hardcover)

A towering rollercoaster of a book, epic in scope and daring in its narrative, this lavishly illustrated text is a boone to any gardeners bookshelf. I await further works by this talented old author with bated breath.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thank you Mr Wills, December 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Cultivating Rough Ground (Self-sufficient Living) (Paperback)

Beautifully written, hauntingly wise, Cultivating Rough Ground announces an old writer of extraordinary gifts.

The soil around bath is full of annoying roman ruins, which doesn't help at all when all you want is a formal garden. This book saved me months of work in destroying several sections of mosaic tiling on my plot. They have been replaced with a beautiful selection of gnomes, plastic trellis and concrete fountains. Thank you Mr Wills!