Fruits and Vegetables Books

This book is simply the best book out there on the subject of growing food in the mountains of the Southwest. Author Lisa Rayner is a real perfectionist who goes the extra mile to get her facts straight. In this third edition of her now-classic permaculture text, her attention to detail is beautifully combined with the helpful illustrations of Zack Zdinack into a well-organized guide that has become even more indispensable as the need to grow more of our food locally has become more intense. This book not only explains how to grow food in an arid, high-altitude climate, but also how to do so in a way that works with nature using permaculture techniques. Even if you have never heard of permaculture, you will learn how to follow nature's examples to succeed at growing food in a harsh environment. As with Rayner's other book The Sunny Side of Cooking - Solar cooking and other ecologically friendly cooking methods for the 21st centurythis book on growing food is well researched and contains an extensive list of resources. In the interest of full disclosure, I should mention that I am the author's husband.

If everyone would read just the first 10 pages of this book you would change your everyday habits of purchasing food, growing food and supporting the organic farmers in everyway possible. VERY educational!!! Love this book

I bought this book couple of weeks ago. I love it alot, it teaches you how to do garden work step by step, also has a lot of nice pictures to help you understand everything....

I Love this book! It's the best gardening book I own! Lots of into about growing a garden Vegetables of all kinds.

As a wholesale perennial plant grower, I can assuredly tell anyone that this very simple and inexpensive book by Geoff Bryant is the most used reference on my shelf. After spending countless hundreds of dollars on large texts, this very small paperback has (in chart form) massive amounts of easily accessed information. If you are interested in propagating perennials, then you MUST get this book.

Author Simon Hickmott is a seed saver and proprietor of a company specializing in rare edible plants: here he's covering some ninety unusual vegetables, providing the cultivation directions and historical background gardeners need to consider something different. From Egyptian or Tree Onion to Melon Pears, New Zealand Yams and more, GROWING UNUSUAL VEGETABLES: WEIRD AND WONDERFUL VEGETABLES AND HOW TO GROW THEM holds no fancy color photos: just plenty of practical, applied details gardeners will appreciate.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

I usually look in the library to see what books I would like to own. Miracle-Gro Guide to Growing Delicious Vegetables Fruits and Herbs is a book I am going to buy. The pictures are large enough to see what a product will look like. The advice is correct as well. I live in Arizona and these authors are aware that most products in Arizona can get badly sunburned in the summer months without shading. I am glad a publcation has finally come that can give good advice.

This book is a good reference for anyone who is interested in getting into gardening who has an ounce of science in their soul. Focusing on Indiana, the plants chosen for review, and weather information are specific to that region, however this book's methods could apply to gardening anywhere. Despite being very light on images, this book made it into my top 2-3 gardening books after borrowing 15+ books from my local library.

I have been involved with health issues for almost 30 years, and the information in John Heinerman's book is very helpful. The author tells how common foods and herbs can help relieve over 100 health conditions such as allergies, heart problems, gallstones, bladder infections, liver ailments, menopause, high blood pressure, warts, and yeast infections. The book is arranged in alphabetical order according to disease symptoms. For example, green tea was found to help heart disease in a Japanese study of men over 40. Total cholesterol was reduced and HDL increased. Many other disease solutions are discussed in the book, also. You'll be glad you bought this book!

If you never knew what an "heirloom" was in terms of gardening, you will after this read. I came away from this book with a whole new perspective, admiration, and appreciation for maintaining the integrity of each individual plant, not matter what it was.

This provides insight on all the aspects of heirlooms from the government, scientists, seed companies, and home gardeners. What started out as an article for the New York Times culminated into this book which is highly informative from someone who knew nothing in the beginning and learned more than most of us ever will about the subject.