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Nov 1, 2007 | 2:44 AM PST

My fav gardening books:

This helped me to understand seasonal tasks e.g. pruning, re-potting and fertilizing (naturally), crop rotation and also the possibility of having a winter vegetable garden.

After reading this book I tried to grow galangal, turmeric, ginger, cumin and daikon but unfortunately I didn't have the right conditions. I did succeed with flowering pak choi, water spinach, thai basil, laksa mint and shiso leaves though!

This book taught me about soil care and good insects, organic plant care, resourcefulness, homemade cloches and making shelter for local wildlife.

This is the book that is helping me with my apples, nashi, cherry, avocado, almond, olives, raspberry, currants and pomegranates.. I've found it very inspiring! Pls share your favorite books so I can learn some more!

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Twiggybet1	Nov 5, 2007 \| 10:45 PM PST Hi, Shiukopuppy! Sorry, I don't know how to post pictures of my books, but I have one called "All about Vegetables" that is really helpful, put out by the Ortho people (that's a company that makes fertilizers and pesticides)In spite of that, it is a really nice book, with lots of pictures, charts and graphs and information about gardening in general, and specific information for many vegetables. I also have a second Ortho book named "Fundamentals of Gardening" that is specifically for my part of the country. I also have a really old dog-earred copy of "Crockett's Victory Garden" that I believe my father-in-law gave us. I think that was the first gargening book we had. These three have been the most helpful, and we have a couple other odd books. I suppose there is information in these books that would be useful if you get a hold of a copy, although they are written based on gardening in the U.S.
shiukopuppy	Nov 6, 2007 \| 1:07 PM PST Hi Twiggybet1! They sound useful. I'm always confused about my local conditions - so I'll see if they have one for my climate! I'm always on the lookout for new books, let me know if you find any other gems! :)

Twiggybet1

Nov 5, 2007 | 10:45 PM PST
Hi, Shiukopuppy! Sorry, I don't know how to post pictures of my books, but I have one called "All about Vegetables" that is really helpful, put out by the Ortho people (that's a company that makes fertilizers and pesticides)In spite of that, it is a really nice book, with lots of pictures, charts and graphs and information about gardening in general, and specific information for many vegetables. I also have a second Ortho book named "Fundamentals of Gardening" that is specifically for my part of the country. I also have a really old dog-earred copy of "Crockett's Victory Garden" that I believe my father-in-law gave us. I think that was the first gargening book we had. These three have been the most helpful, and we have a couple other odd books. I suppose there is information in these books that would be useful if you get a hold of a copy, although they are written based on gardening in the U.S.

shiukopuppy

Nov 6, 2007 | 1:07 PM PST
Hi Twiggybet1! They sound useful. I'm always confused about my local conditions - so I'll see if they have one for my climate! I'm always on the lookout for new books, let me know if you find any other gems! :)

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