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FOUR SEASON HARVEST: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long
by Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bray (Illustrator), Barbara Damrosch
Everyone who grows vegetables must know Coleman. He's the organic methods expert--the one who knows how to maximize both garden yield and gardening pleasure, year round. (Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.)
Shows home gardeners how to grow and harvest up to forty different vegetables in season all year round by using cold frames, mobile greenhouses, high-quality compost, and other simple and inexpensive tools and techniques. (Ingram)
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The GREENHOUSE AND NURSERY HANDBOOK
by Francis Jozwik, John Gist
The Greenhouse And Nursery Handbook: A Complete Guide To Growing And Selling Ornamental Plants offers the dedicated gardener and the professional horticulturist up-to-date and comprehensive information on virtually every aspect of the greenhouse and nursery industry. This special 21st Century edition is a seminal, invaluable, reference created by one of the foremost experts in the field of ornamental horticulture. Dr. Jozwik is a horticultural research scientist and owner of a successful commercial greenhouse and nursery who has drown extensively upon his more than thirty years of professional experience to create a truly "user friendly" reference of complete instructions on growing hundreds of ornamental plant varieties, selling ornamental plants at a profit, planning greenhouse and nursery facilities, organizing growing operations, suggestions for major plant requires such as soil and nutrients, practical and theoretical aspects of pest and disease control, even management guidelines for commercial horticultural production and marketing that is as informative as it is dependable. The Greenhouse And Nursery Handbook is a highly recommended, single volume course in greenhouse development, operation, and management that covers from beginning to end. (Midwest Book Review)
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GREENHOUSES: Advanced Technology for Protected Horticulture
by Joe J. Hanan
The author Dr, Joe J. Hanan, Professor Emeritus of Colorado State Univeersity, is the recipient of the Society of American Florists' (SAF) 2000 (Millenium) Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education. The Alex Laurie Award is presented annually to an individual who has made broad-scope, long-lasting contributions to the floriculture industry through research or education. The award is named for Alex Laurie, a professor at The Ohio State University, who pioneered work in many areas of floriculture.
"Joe is one of the most precise floricultural researchers I have known" said Dr. A.A. De Hertogh, Chairman of the SAF's Research Committee. "That excellence is reflected in his latest book, Greenhouses, Advanced Technology for Protected Horticulture, which was published in 1998, nine years after his official retirement." (Anonymous)
This book is an invaluable addition to the available literature. Never before has so much useful information about the physiology and biology of greenhouse plants and their growth been assembled in one book. Hanan has combed the literature, inclucing very recent developments, with a fine-tooth comb. The over 1700 reference citations alone are worth the price of the book.This is the reference book for those who want to understand the whys and wherefores of plant growth under greenhouse conditions, who recognize the complexities of the factors at work, and are willing to make the effort to make use of the scientific information that is available. If it's available, it's in this book--clearly and concisely presented,with many graphs and illustrations. In addition, it contains much useful information about sensors and controls for climate control and promotion of growth in greenhouse environments.(Anonymous)
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IN YOUR GREENHOUSE
by Gretu Heinen
In Your Greenhouse is a basic easy-to-read guide for the novice greenhouse gardener. The helpful information, illustrations and color photographs answer the many questions people have about year-round gardening in a greenhouse.
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SECRETS TO A SUCCESSFUL GREENHOUSE AND BUSINESS: A Complete Guide to Starting and Operating A High-Profit Organic or Hydroponic Business That Benefits the Environment
by Ted M. Taylor
This book saved me ten years!
If you want the best info on greenhouses that was written in this country and is very up to date, this book is for you. Info on hydroponic tomatoes was the latest available (very important). The info on getting customers is the best that I have read. Real good ideas on building a greenhouse and the many extras you can get for this wonderful business. Suggestions on what to grow first for new growers and how many. Even what to say to prospect buyers. A buyers list that has real buyers! Just a great book and will save you many years. (Anonymous, Melbourne, FL)
The Answer To A Lifetime Dream!
If you want to know everything from the "how come?", to the "how to?", to the "how much?" of the greenhouse business then you want to order, "Secrets To A Successful Greenhouse and Business" by Ted M. Taylor. I always wanted to own a nursery or be in the greenhouse business but had convinced my self I couldn't afford the investment or the risk. I discovered a link to this book one night while searching for information on Hibiscus. I ordered one copy and then ordered another copy for a friend before the first one arrived. I read the book and can tell you first hand that you will learn everthing from the importance of developing a plan, to how to build an affordable greenhouse, to what plants to grow, to how to grow them, to how to market them plus a long list of references, buyers, workshops and seminars. Although the dates of the conferences will be different depending on the issue of the book, it is comforting to know these events are held each year and I feel sure it will be very easy to find the current year schedule.
In this day of technology, it is refreshing to find an author who writes with such understandable basics. It's obvious he has been a huge sucess in the greenhouse business. In a telephone conversation with Mr. Taylor, he assured me that the toughest part of the business is the decision to get started. That's the part I've had the biggest trouble with but will build my first greenhouse this year. The book showed me not only that the business is affordable but also can be profitable very early. (Dave Huffman, Palm Coast, FL)
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