Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy, and the Indolent

by Ruth Stout

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While everyone loves eating fresh garden produce, not everyone has the time and energy to create a productive garden. But what if growing delicious crops required hardly any effort? What if you could have succulent strawberries, perfect peas, and terrific tomatoes without needing to touch a spade, hoe, or plow - without needing to worry about irrigating, spraying, sowing a cover crop, weeding, cultivating, or building a compost pile? If that sounds good, the Stout System is the answer for show more you! Ruth Stout has shown tens of thousands of gardeners how to greatly reduce their gardening workload. Let Ruth (and within a few chapters, she will feel like a friend!) show you how you can rejuvenate the soil and make your fruits, vegetables, and flowers thrive with low-maintenance mulch gardening. Widely renowned as a gardening expert (and sister of the famed mystery writer Rex Stout), Ruth Stout wrote extensively about how to simplify gardening. Her techniques have brought people from all over the world to her garden, and now her advice can help you maximize your garden's output with minimal effort. In addition to the time-saving tips provided, Stout's joyous perspective on life and gardening makes this book a delight and is a must-read for anyone growing food or flowers. This audio edition of Gardening Without Work is wonderfully read by award-winning narrator Kim Handysides and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Public Domain (P)2021 Echo Point Books & Media, LLC. show less

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MissysBookshelf 580 reviews

One of my most favorite gardening books of all time. I love how she writes. It's not just a reference book to go by, but it is also a piece about her life and experiences. I have this book all marked up, underlined and highlighted. The first thing I started doing was throwing my compost right into the garden beds instead of into a big compost pile and gathering cut grass to lay on top of my beds. I will be incorporating more of her ideas into my gardening journey.

Aug 27, 2023 (Edited)

2wonderY 1,464 reviews

I've recently arrived at the same conclusions as Ms. Stout. It was fun to read her take on it and pick up some additional tips.

Dec 20, 2016

brendajanefrank 214 reviews

Ruth Stout changed my life. Her deep mulching methods are the foundation of excellent gardening. Her principles work.

Oct 22, 2007

annmil 17 reviews

Much the same as The No Work Garden

Jul 9, 2012