Jeff Cox (1) (1940–)
Auteur de Landscaping With Nature: Using Nature's Designs to Plan Your Yard
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A propos de l'auteur
Jeff Cox is the author of 21 books on gardening, cooking, and wine. He was the managing editor of Organic Gardening and is a contributing editor to Horticulture, where he writes a regular column on the science of gardening. He gardens with biochar at his home in Sonoma County in California.
Œuvres de Jeff Cox
From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine (1999) 229 exemplaires
Perennial All-Stars: The 150 Best Perennials for Great-Looking, Trouble-Free Gardens (2002) 112 exemplaires
Plant Marriages: What Plants Look Good Together - How to Choose the Perfect Plant Combinations for Your Garden (1993) 38 exemplaires
Jeff Cox's 100 Greatest Garden Ideas: Tips, Techniques, and Projects for a Bountiful Garden and a Beautiful Backyard (1998) 28 exemplaires
The Essential Book of Fermentation: Great Taste and Good Health with Probiotic Foods (2013) 25 exemplaires
Cellaring Wine: A Complete Guide to Selecting, Building, and Managing Your Wine Collection (2003) 23 exemplaires
The Big Summer Cookbook: 300 fresh, flavorful recipes for those lazy, hazy days (2010) 11 exemplaires
Gardening with Biochar: Supercharge Your Soil with Bioactivated Charcoal: Grow Healthier Plants, Create Nutrient-Rich… (2019) 10 exemplaires
How to plant a companion garden 1 exemplaire
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- Œuvres
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- 3.8
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He really does a workman like job of covering all the basics from selection of varieties, and matching with the site through to laying out the trellising and making your own vintage.
If it has a fault, from my perspective, it is that the book is clearly focussed on the North American market and little consideration is given to other areas of the world where vines are grown. Still, he doesn't pretend to be writing for everyone and I still learned a lot about pruning ....which is both an art and a science. I did notice that he didn't mention the Scott-Henry system of vine trellising which my learned friend Richard has long promoted as a way of improving both yields and quality. But he did cover other systems of trellis. I missed some section about the history of wine but I guess there are whole books written just about this subject so that's not a reasonable criticism.
Overall, I quite enjoyed the book even with its US focus. Three stars from me.… (plus d'informations)