Posted by admin on July 13, 2010
i want a book that tells me how to grow fruites and vegetables. and even talk about how much light, water each fruites and vegetables need. even the length of their roots and everthing. if the book has pictures, then it will be a plus.
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and water they need, but set up sunlamps, and have say 3 hours light/3 hours dark to cut the growing season down to 1/4 of what it would ordinarily be…?
Would grain, fruit or vegetables grow faster? Would they be stunted or inedible or not contain the right vitamins and minerals? Could I get a maple tree to produce beautiful autumn leaves all year round…?
I don’t have the facilities to do an experiment, so please don’t tell me to try it and see.
Anybody ever tried anything like this? PLEASE, NO POT-GROWING STORIES! That’s not what this is for. Any links to scientific studies that have actually tried this?
Thanks for all your serious answers!
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Posted by admin on July 12, 2010
I have a south facing , fair sized garden and want to grow a mixture of vegetables
Posted by admin on June 19, 2010

From Publishers Weekly
From first sentence to last, Coleman’s ( The New Organic Gardener ) book is a delight–an earnest guide written with an impish sense of humor. It will refresh anyone who wants to get the most from a vegetable garden yet doesn’t want to devote too much time and energy to the process. Apparently Coleman thoroughly enjoys every phase of gardening–from planting crops to weeding. Who else has ever suggested, only half in jest, dancing with a hoe? Or keeping a pair of ducks for pest patrol? This is that kind of book. It’s also a book full of valuable information on how to harvest fresh vegetables and salad ingredients literally year-round–yet without an expensive greenhouse or indoor light garden set-up. C (more…)