The author covers every aspect of worm farming and does a fine job of it! From a small farm under your kitchen sink, to a large scale operation, the details are well explained. The book tells you what containers to use, what to use for bedding, food, lighting and temperatures.
I recommend it for anyone interested in worm farming.

For those of us who are concerned with the chemicals in the regular produce, going organic is the only option. Although organic produce is the healthier alternative, it can get very expensive. One of the best way to get around this is to create your own organic garden.

That is where this book comes in. It is extremely well laid out and covers all the basics that even the most inexperienced gardener can use to create and maintain an organic garden.

It covers topics such as finding the best area to grow the veggies, building healthy and fertile soil in a cost effective way, 9 tips to transplanting seeds, tips for watering the garden, how to make a compost, how to make fertilizer and much, much more..

The ebook has fully functional TOC and formatted perfectly for the kindle device thereby providing a pleasant reading experience.

This book has good ideas for a worm farm. I already have a worm farm but always looking for more info.

I agree with jyoung's review that there are great stories and history lessons in the book of how winter gardening works and how it worked for the French & British in the 1800's. The whole last 1/3rd of the book is about marketing and packaging produce for a business, so not very applicable for me as a home gardener. I also find his stories and techinques difficult to apply on a smaller scale for my home garden. I feel the book lacks actual how-to information, it is just some stories on what he has tried over the years and what he grows to sell to his customer base. Living at almost 11,000 feet in Colorado, I was really hoping for some good information on winter gardening since we have around 7-8 months of snow/year including receiving snow sometimes around (or after) July 4th. Though the book was an interesting read and a good history lesson, it was not quite the technical how-to guide I was looking for.

The author does indeed cover many aspects of starting a worm farm: beginning in one's kitchen and even expanding vermicomposting into a job. That being said, I am skeptical about some of the advice given. The author doesn't seem to mention brown-green ratio (unless I missed it when skimming), and even suggests giving the worms some meat!

The book would be more convincing if it was proofread: "For the bedding you will surely WANT TO SHOULD tear the newspaper" (location 62), "If you DO DON'T desire to do that" (63), "If you are able to pay a visit to an art gallery, you will certainly find a worm farm" (112! Maybe the author meant a science museum?). The cover photo was attractive, but does the author really believe that a caterpillar is a type of earthworm? These errors add to my skepticism.

My suggestions to improve this book: Adding some simple measurements, diagrams or photos (but no caterpillars, please!;-) would make this book more useful. How about also telling readers where they can find or buy worms to start their farm with?

From the Washington Post: Books Show Organic Gardens Can Be of Beauty and Service By Joel M. Lerner Saturday, June 16, 2001; Page H07

...(G)et a copy of "This Organic Life: Confessions of a Suburban Homesteader" by Joan Dye Gussow (Chelsea Green...). You will forget that education is the purpose of this book, because it moves so much like a novel. However, you will find yourself stopping and jotting down little bits of information and recipes along the way.

This informative text is about the author's trials and tribulations, a story of self-sufficiency and living off the land. It is so well written, poignant and packed with facts that every page is enjoyable and educational reading. You will go through floods and feasts, good times and bad, and come out the other end an extremely well-informed organic gardener, but you get there almost subliminally as you enjoy this 273-page hardcover account.

Even though this book is short, it is packed with helpful tips and tricks to get rid of unwanted pests in an organic way. If you have a garden you'll want to get this book. My wife even loved some of the great ideas found in these pages.

This book was a good beginner book to understand the basics of gardening and how to maintain a successful garden.