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I've never been interested in writing a traditional gardening book, although lots of people continue to ask me to. I have however gradually come around to the idea of writing an eBook. An eBook appeals much more to my nature, because it's a much more dynamic, iterative, experimental and technical endeavour.
Here are the notes that I made about the approach that I decided to take when starting the book, back in 2020 and it's progressing well.
- I'm planning to create an eBook
- It's going to be free and available online
- It's a hobby, I'm not competing with anyone, it won't be perfect
- I'm hoping it’s not going to be yet another - me too - gardening book or course, I'm not interested in that
- It's going to be focused on growing all of your fresh veg (and some fruit) all year round
- It's going to focus on what I actually do and have proven, rather than lots of book theory
- It's primary purpose is not to tell you what to do, it's to help you find your own way to success. As a result there's a lot of focus on sharing what I do, I'm very keen on helping people figure out the best way to garden for them
- It's going to be true to the way I like to live and garden
- simple
- easy
- tidy
- efficient
- organised
- experimental
- 'organic'
- sustainable
- balanced
- beautiful
- fun
- It will include the practical, experimental and philosophical content that you get on my channel
- It's going to take forever, although the work in progress will be published in real-time
Why I made this decision:
- I want to create something that's an integrated whole, not just a string of random videos
- Self-sufficiency is far too complicated, writing this book will help me simplify it for myself and others
- It's much too difficult for people to find the answers they want in my videos
- Every year I end up making a lot of duplicated video content, I want to re-focus on building something better each year
- YouTube makes it hard to update content as I learn, the ebook makes it easy