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Zen of Gardening in the High & Arid West: Tips, Tools, and Techniques Paperback – April 1, 2003

by David Wann (Author)
3.2 3.2 out of 5 stars 8 ratings
Drawing from his own considerable gardening experience and expertise, as well as leaning on the wisdom of the people he calls "The Zen Masters of the Western Garden," David Wann gathers a mix of stories, how-to advice, and simple, doable projects that are ideal for gardeners in the high and arid landscapes of the West. This covers topics such as strategic gardening (how to coax fruits and vegetables from a sun-parched garden), pest-proof planting, choosing the right varieties of edibles for the region, how to become a seed-starting maniac, a Farmer's Almanac approach to gardening (plant peas when the first cottonwood leaves appear!), as well as profiles of colorful local gardens and gardeners.
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  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Fulcrum Publishing
  4. Publication date
    April 1, 2003
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1555914578
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1555914578
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  • C Welcher
    5.0 out of 5 stars I devoured this book!
    Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2019
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    I devoured this book and am going through it for a second time to take notes! Being a life long gardener who has just moved back to Colorado after a near 20 year sojourn in a humid and lush zone 8, I’m grateful for this book as I reacquaint myself with gardening in the Rocky Mountains. I feel that this book is the qualitative/antidotal information that I need as I reintroduce myself to gardening in this area that can sometimes feel like a desert in the sky. Happy gardening, all!
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  • Nom
    1.0 out of 5 stars Entirely disappointing
    Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2014
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    If you are looking for a how-to book as the title implies: "Tips, Tools, and Techniques" keep looking. Yes, there are some tangible facts included in this book, but it's mostly comprised of gardening philosophy and boring rambling passages from the author in his attempts at being witty. The book to me was more about gardening culture, and gardening in the high and arid west? oh really? The author fails to even attain a realistic nuts and bolts overview of how to work a proper garden in his home town of Golden, Colorado, let alone the high-desert west. So if you want to read semi-amusing gardening anecdotes, buy this book... if you want to learn actual gardening techniques, I suggest "Mini Farming" by Brett L. Markham, and many other true gardening books of that nature.
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  • mokshasha
    2.0 out of 5 stars Hardly a masterpiece...
    Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2009
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    This book - with its overly ambitious (and presumptuous) title, is clearly a valiant effort to compile what has obviously been an long and extensive journey by Mr. Wann. Although I certainly do not begrudge him his clear sincerity and knowledge, I found the book badly organized with poorly delineated chapters and information that was hard to assimilate even though I have been extensively researching and experimenting growing in the high desert for the past few years.

    Perhaps the most irritating aspect of the book for me was the writers trite, predictable, and oft-embarrassing attempts at homey humor and cutesy turns of a phrase. This book has a very high cringe-factor unless you are a lover of Reader's Digest tongue-in-cheek humor or "Chicken Soup for the whatever" sort of writing.

    There is valuable information - but frankly, not worth wading through (cringing through) the innumerable regressions to quaint stories about growing up and yet another "aw heck" exultation every few lines. Elliot Coleman's books are immensely more readable, and intelligently presented and one can, with a bit of good sense and internet research, easily augment his information for one's own locality and particular climate. The basics of organic gardening are pretty universal once you "grok" them--

    Incidentally - "Zen: A Buddhist doctrine that enlightenment can be attained through direct intuitive insight" Well, to each their own I guess...
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  • Adam Velasquez
    5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2015
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    Great book. Fast shipping.
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  • BooksJJC
    5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensible
    Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2007
    This book is the single best resource for gardners in Colorado, especially those who lean organic, as I do. It is a book with passion, integrity, and common sense. I had the pleasure of meeting David at a small speaking engagement last year, and he is everything one would expect. I am shocked that there aren't more reviews here for this masterpiece. Gardening here can be hard, especially if one doesn't want to enrich corporate giants who use synthetic chemicals to force things. This book got me through some very discouraging gardening frustrations -- it kept my passion alive and my fingernails dirty. Get this book!!!! If your heart is in the soil, this book will become a very good friend.
    10 people found this helpful
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  • Susan L. Keen
    5.0 out of 5 stars Opened My Eyes About Gardening in the West
    Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2003
    In a world so filled with stress, poor health, and daily activities that lack meaning, it's great to have places of refuge, and David Wann's The Zen of Gardening is such a place. Filled with passion, "dry" humor, and hard-won gardening wisdom, the book makes even black thumbs like myself want to dig up a space in my backyard.
    Not only does he draw on his own 25 years of gardening, but also taps the experience of some of "the fastest trowels in the west," which he estimates to be a collective 500 years of growing. The reader learns about the life teeming in a shovel full of organic soil, about the chemical signals transmitted between various species in a garden, and about the best varieties of vegetables, flowers, trees and shrubs to plant in a "meteorologically challenged" region.
    I had a hard time putting the book down, because the writing is so lively, and I found myself absorbing information effortlessly, the way a plant soaks up water!
    11 people found this helpful
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  • Daniel Chiras
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, entertaining, and full of useful acvice
    Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2003
    This delightful and captivating book on gardening reads like a best-selling novel. The writing is creative and often uproariously funny. I often found myself laughing out loud, even on airplanes, as I turned the pages of this wonderful book.
    Although highly entertaining -- and worth reading on that basis alone -- the book is also jam packed with good, practical information. I've learned an enormous amount about gardening in high and arid West -- and I've been gardening here for well over 15 years. This book will also inspire those who have become frustrated with gardening in this sometimes capricious region!
    I can't wait to put many of Dave's ideas into practice.
    13 people found this helpful
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  • R. A. Price
    5.0 out of 5 stars Gardening, Memoirs, Humor, and more
    Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2004
    Although the title of the book includes "in the High and Arid West," this delightful book would amuse and impress any gardener. Although I live in the geographic region covered, many of the gardening tips and techniques simply don't apply to me since I live over 2,000 feet higher than does David Wann, plus his down home methods simply wouldn't fly with my homeowner's association. Nonetheless, I thouroughly enjoyed this book for its infectious attitude. I picked it up expecting to thumb through it and then read straight through. Quite a unique offering in the world of garden literature and highly recommended.
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