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definitely a book I would recommend to any serious gardener Review by Patrick Whitefield, author of the Earth Care Manual, review in Permaculture magazine

Review

In the early 1980s Robert Kourik stumbled upon some horticultural gold dust lying on a dusty shelf in the University of California. It was the long-forgotten work of Professor John Weaver, who had meticulously drawn the entire root systems of a number of different plants. In Roots Demystified he allows himself to go into more detail about these two investigators’ work and adds the fruit of his own gardening experience. The descriptive parts of the book make full use of Weaver’s and Kolesnikov’s remarkable drawings and are backed up by frequent sections headed ‘Practical tips for gardeners’.

All is told in Kourik’s direct and simple style with a rich vein of humour. It’s not as long as the page count might suggest, as the print size is very large and there’s plenty of blank paper. But though the quantity of information may be low the quality is high. It’s definitely a book I would recommend to any serious gardener, even if you already have Edible Landscape.
(Posted on 15/07/2010)