Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace

Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace

Review "This friendly primer is really focused on the art of greenhouse gardening, and presents its challenges as opportunities for delight.

" From the Author This is the ULTIMATE resource for greenhouse gardening!Check it out, 531 pages of greenhouse gardening information.

I have tried my very best to take technical information and bring it down to earth. No technospeak. This book covers low toxicity pest controls, biological pest controls, interior design, and scheduling food and flower crops among many other subjects.

I have also provided an extensive encyclopedia relating the special tricks to growing specific plants including herbs, ornamentals and flower crops.

This book is written in a personal anecdotal style that reads like a great novel (well, at least better than most how-to books!).

It is fun, humorous and in the end you'll have the tools you need to grow most anything in your sunspace or greenhouse. Be sure to check out the great picture of me at the back of the book (mr. collard head!). Thanks for considering my book! Shane Smith --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. See all

The most comprehensive book on greenhouse gardening available today. Today, greenhouses and sunrooms are real living spaces where gardeners spend as much time with a book and a cup of coffee as they do with a watering can and a pair of pruning shears.

In this fully revised edition of a best-selling classic, veteran gardener Shane Smith embraces this new "lifestyle" approach to greenhouse gardening.

Through lively writing that balances wit with commonsense advice, Smith draws on his more than 20 years' experience to cover everything you need to know to establish a charming and productive greenhouse.

"Exceptionally comprehensive ...a joy to read."--Hobby Greenhouse Association

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I built a greenhouse last summer. Without this book I would still be struggling to get things right. Whenever I was confused or frustrated, this book was there to help out. If you are considering a greenhouse, GET THIS BOOK. If you already own a greenhouse, GET THIS BOOK. Everything you could want to know is covered. It is amusing and written in plain old garden speak. You will recognise in the author, a fellow gardener with dirty fingernails, just like yours!!!(Read more)

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The Urban Gardener: How to Grow Things Successfully on Balconies, Terraces, Decks & Rooftops

The Urban Gardener: How to Grow Things Successfully on Balconies, Terraces, Decks & Rooftops

Synopsis Growing plants on balconies -- and rooftops, terraces, decks and patios -- has become the hottest gardening trend as cities across North America experience tremendous growth in the building of condos and other small living spaces.

Aimed squarely at this gardening crowd, 'The Urban Gardener' is packed with incredible detail: dos and don'ts, tips on what plants and tools are best, potting instructions, hints that will save you money and tips from real small space gardeners.

Every unique aspect of urban gardening is addressed. You will learn: how to get started when the soil for your garden has to be hauled up in lifts; what will work on cold, windy balconies, damp courtyards, backsides of townhouses; where to buy plants when you don't have a car; how to create a quick and colourful instant garden; mixing in herbs and vegetables; growing up -- vines that climb; how to help your oasis survive when winter comes.

If you long to create your own natural sanctuary amidst urban smog and concrete, this is the book you need to guide you on your way.

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The book arrived in time, was sensibly packaged and in good order. This was altogether a 'better' book for me as a long-standing balcony gardener and contained much more interesting (less basic!) material. A good read, good illustrations and less of the very obvious information. I'm very pleased to own it.(Read more)

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Cypripedium: Hardy Slipper Orchid Species and Hybrids and How to Grow Them

Cypripedium: Hardy Slipper Orchid Species and Hybrids and How to Grow Them

About the Author Werner Frosch is the leading breeder of Cypripedium hybrids. Based in Germany, he has travelled widely to see Cypripedium species in the wild in China and the USA. Most hybrids available in trade were raised by Werner. Phillip Cribb is a leading specialist on the taxonomy and conservation of orchids. He was Deputy Keeper of the Herbarium and Curator of the Orchid Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, until his retirement in 2006.

Phillip prepared the first modern monograph on Cypripedium in 1989 (Kew Publishing), and has seen nearly all of the species in their natural habitats over a period of over 30 years.

He also has a passionate interest in the conservation of the species. Co-author of many publications including Guide to the Flowers of Western China (Kew Publishing, 2011), Growing Hardy Orchids (Kew Publishing, 2011), and The Genus Cymbidium (Kew Publishing, 2011).



This is a photographic account of the hardy slipper orchid genus Cypripedium and its hybrids.

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Yet another very well presented and beautifully produced orchid book from Kew. Clear presentation of facts with quality photographs provide an update on previous works. A fortunate combination of a leading botanical authority and a leading hybridist and cultivator provides a balanced guide that now includes not just species but the hybrids too. Helpful insights into cultivation are also provided.(Read more)

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How to Identify – Trees (Collins how to identify guides)

How to Identify – Trees (Collins how to identify guides)

From the Back Cover Organised by leaf-type, 'How to Identify Trees' features original illustrations of trees commonly found in parks, gardens and woodland, and is designed to help even those with the most rudimentary knowledge identify different species with confidence.

• Habitat and uses of the tree are described and illustrated• Tree outlines in summer and winter measurements• Cultivars, related and confusable species are shown; additional illustrations indicate how they differ from the main species• Calendar bar shows the months the tree is in leaf flower and fruit• Main illustration provides close-up view of leaves, flowers and fruit• Key features of the main species are described in detail About the Author After gaining his doctorate by growing grass on coal tips, Patrick Harding enjoyed over 25 years as a university lecturer.

He now runs numerous courses and works with the BBC on programmes about herbal medicine, wild flowers, mushrooms, and trees.

Patrick is the author of ‘Gem Mushrooms’ and ‘How to ID Edible Mushrooms’, and has had years of experience, lecturing and leading groups on fungal forays.

He was recently filmed with Richard and Judy for a BBC 2 series.

Every current field guide depends on the user having some knowledge of the subject. Collins How to Identify guides are designed to help even those with the most rudimentary knowledge identify different species with confidence.

Divided by leaf type, How to Identify Trees features Gill Tomblin’s beautiful full-colour, original illustrations of trees commonly found in parks, gardens and woodland, together with the ‘lookalike’ species with which they are often confused.

Also shown are detailed illustrations of flowers, bark and the different uses of each type of tree, andhistograms giving the months in which the trees can be expected to be in leaf, flower and fruit.

A comprehensive introduction features a wealth of information including how trees are classified, the anatomy of trees, reproduction and hybridization,the use of different timbers, trees in folklore, literature and medicine and woodland ecology.

Packed with information that is both fascinating and practical, and highly-detailed colour illustrations, How to Identify Trees is the essential identification handbook for all those who are just starting out.

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This is a book to carry in your briefcase if you need to identify trees. Lots and lots of colour drawings and the information presented in a systematic way which make getting it wrong almost impossible. It is quite detailed and I cannot help wishing that they enlarged it and made it into a reference book.(Read more)

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The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It

The Self-Sufficient Life and How to Live It

About the Author John Seymour is remembered as the "Father of Self-Sufficiency." Educated in England and Switzerland, his worldwide experience of husbandry and the benefits of rural life is unparalleled. After studying at an agricultural college, he worked on farms in England, and then spent some 10 years in Africa, where he managed a sheep and cattle farm and acted as a livestock officer for a veterinary department.

His most influential contribution was to live, teach, and promote self-sufficiency, first on five acres, and then on 62 acres, and then in Ireland, where the School of Self-Sufficiency that he established with Angela Ashe attracts new recruits in increasing numbers.



The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the only book that teaches all the skills needed to live independently in harmony with the land harnessing natural forms of energy, raising crops and keeping livestock, preserving foodstuffs, making beer and wine, basketry, carpentry, weaving, and much more.

Our 2003 edition included 150 new full-color illustrations and a special section in which John Seymour, the father of the back to basics movement, explains the philosophy of self-sufficiency and its power to transform lives and create communities.

More relevant than ever in our high-tech world, The Self Sufficient Life and How to Live It is the ultimate practical guide for realists and dreamers alike.

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All you need to know about self-sufficient life, with very detailed explanations and wonderful drawings. A bit of land, and I'm off!!!!!...^_^...(Read more)

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Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World

Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World

Review 'An entertainingly educational story of scientific exploration, political filibustering, profiteering skulduggery and a disaster that was nearly total… This is not just a book for wine buffs.

An intoxicating read.' Peter Millar, The Times'The extraordinary tale of how France's wine industry was saved from a devastating plague by the New World.

' Daily Mail'Such are Christy Campbell's superb story-telling skills that, notwithstanding my woeful ignorance of science, botany and viticulture, I found myself utterly hooked on this fascinating piece of social history.

' Hugh Massingberd, Daily Telegraph'As Christy Campbell shows so vividly, the desperate search for both cause and cure involves all the elements of a good thriller… such a good read.

' Joanna Simon, Sunday Times'Phylloxera is a rattling good read; the author handles scientific material with such a nimble touch that at no point was I overcome by the onslaught of entomological detail.

' Giles MacDonogh, Literary Review About the Author Christy Campbell was a publisher’s editor before turning freelance writer.

He has written for the Sunday Telegraph since 1990 when he joined as Defence Correspondent covering the Gulf War. He has made a speciality of ‘forensic historical investigations’ and produced a series of special supplements for the Sunday Telegraph on 20th-century history.

He has written a number of non-fiction books on World War II and broadcast on radio and television, and is the author of The Maharajah’s Box published by HarperCollins.



A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and Europe in the 1860s – and how one young botanist eventually ‘saved wine for the world’.

In the early 1860s, vines in the lower Rhône valley, and then around Bordeaux, inexplicably began to wither and die. Panic seized France, and Jules-Émile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. Magnifying glass in hand, he discovered the roots of a dying vine covered in microscopic yellow insects. The tiny aphid would be named Phylloxera vastatrix – 'the dry leaf devastator'. Where it had come from was utterly mysterious, but it advanced with the speed of an invading army. As the noblest vineyards of France came under biological siege, the world's greatest wine industry tottered on the brink of ruin. The grand owners fought the aphid with expensive insecticide, while peasant vignerons simply abandoned their ruined plots in despair.

Within a few years the plague had spread across Europe, from Portugal to the Crimea.Planchon, aided by the American entomologist Charles Riley, discovered that the parasite had accidentally been imported from America.

He believed that only the introduction of American vines, which appeared to have developed a resistance to the aphid, could save France's vineyards.

His opponents maintained that this would merely assist the spread of the disease. Meanwhile, encouraged by the French government's offer of a prize of 300,000 gold francs for a remedy, increasingly bizarre suggestions flooded in, and many wine-growing regions came close to revolution as whole local economies were obliterated.

Eventually Planchon and his supporters won the day, and phylloxera-resistant American vines were grafted onto European root-stock.

Despite some setbacks – the first fruits of transplanted American vines were universally pronounced undrinkable – by 1914 all vines cultivated in France were hybrid Americans.

Phylloxera is an entertaining, revealing and frequently astonishing account of one of the earliest and most successful applications of science to an ecological disaster.

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What an interseting and well researched read this was. Anybody interested in history, France or wine should read it. Absolutely facinating.(Read more)

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Complete Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms, The

Complete Guide to Cultivating Mushrooms, The

From the Back Cover Harvest Mushrooms at Home Learn to grow the most popular species - Oyster, Shiitake, Lion's Mane, and Maitake - in controlled indoor environments at home.

Beginning with the best ways to ensure success with a kit and proceeding through advanced techniques for creating sawdust spawn, working with liquid cultures and fruiting chambers, and much more, Stephen Russell covers everything the home grower needs to know.

A trusted reference for market growers, this book is also the perfect companion for hobbyists craving a steady supply of dinner-table mushrooms.

About the Author Stephen Russell owns The Hoosier Mushroom Company, the retail outlet for his mushroom farm (http: //www.mushroomfarm.com/about-our-company.html). He founded the The Hoosier Mushroom Society and travels throughout the year speaking at clubs, festivals, and conferences. He lives in Bloomington, Indiana.

In this book, beginners will learn the best way to use a mushroom kit, as well as how to maintain the sterile procedures and controlled environment that cultivation requires.

Novices and the more experienced will learn how to create grain spawn or sawdust spawn and how to use liquid cultures and fruiting chambers.

Advanced readers will gain a thorough knowledge of how to work with large-scale grain spawn, agar, bag cultures, bulk substrates, and large fruiting chambers to produce mushrooms consistently and in greater quantity.

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Excelent book, gives confidence that you can attain success because the information given is sound.(Read more)

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