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Post by daylilydude on Jun 21, 2011 22:31:15 GMT -5
Do you have a favorite? I have the book by Carolyn J. Male called " 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for the American Garden" and it has some great info and pics in it... plus mine is autographed by Carolyn herself... ;D
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Post by nofeargardener on Jun 22, 2011 8:54:04 GMT -5
I've found the book "Bug Off!" by Jerry Baker to be very helpful. It has lots of great tips (many natural) for getting rid of all kinds of pesky critters. ;D
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Post by stratcat on Jun 22, 2011 16:28:53 GMT -5
I have Carolyn's book, as well. No autograph. A couple books off the top of my head: Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties by Carol Deppe
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Post by bluelacedredhead on Jun 24, 2011 5:53:26 GMT -5
Planetary Plantings by Louise Riotte (my absolute favourite) Herbs for Every Garden by Gertrude Foster Home Gardening Wisdom by Dick and Jan Raymond, Gardenway Publishing Saving Seeds by Marc Rogers, Storey Publishing
as well as the aforementioned Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth
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Post by stratcat on Dec 9, 2012 19:37:49 GMT -5
I picked up small-plot, high-yield gardening by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan. Useful book.
Also, I really like my old copy of Crockett's Victory Garden by James Underwood Crockett. It was a companion to the PBS show of the same name from the 1970's.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Dec 9, 2012 22:53:47 GMT -5
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Post by stratcat on Apr 2, 2014 20:53:55 GMT -5
Today I was given a 25¢ copy of Crockett's Tool Shed from 1979. That happens to be the year I got my house and was able to start gardening for real. It will be a good companion to my Crockett's Victory Garden.
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Post by paulf on Apr 3, 2014 7:01:14 GMT -5
I have several gardening books I don't read and I also have the tomato growers bible, "100 Heirloom Tomatoes...", unsigned but well worn.
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Post by ladymarmalade on Apr 3, 2014 9:40:08 GMT -5
I love Elliot Coleman's books- The Four Season Harvest and The Winter Harvest Handbook. Tons of information in these two books- though they are similar.
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Post by stratcat on Apr 24, 2014 23:16:51 GMT -5
Wednesday, I was given a 25¢ copy of Perennials from the Time Life Encyclopedia of Gardening. It is a 1972 edition and the author is James Underwood Crockett.
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Apr 25, 2014 9:21:24 GMT -5
Funny you should mention that - I have a dozen books from that series, including that one. Mom bought them way back when, and several years ago she gifted them to me. Some of them are more useful to me than others, mostly because they are intended for broad coverage of the U.S., and many of the plants the books spend a lot of pages on don't grow well (or at all) here along the Gulf Coast. Lots of the basic information on plant care is still useful, of course. My favorite in the series is (no surprise) the Vegetables and Fruits book. There's a profile of a gardener in Miami with a great garden. But somehow the author avoids mentioning that the picture of his garden was taken in the winter. (Cabbages + Miami = late fall, winter or early spring.) They probably didn't want to confuse the readers with South Florida's backwards growing seasons.
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Post by spacecase0 on Apr 25, 2014 19:43:07 GMT -5
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Post by stratcat on May 8, 2014 9:13:39 GMT -5
Yesterday, my brother dropped off a used copy he found of Month-By-Month Gardening in Michigan by James. A. Fizzell. It's a Revised Edition from 2OO6.
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Post by stratcat on Oct 5, 2014 11:22:01 GMT -5
Add another book to the pile-Jerry Baker's Fast, Easy Vegetable Garden from 1985.
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