Editorial Review

When life gives you lemons, you'll find fresh ideas for making lemonade and much more in the attractive little book, Read more

Subjects:  1. Cookery (Lemons)    2. Cooking    3. Fruit    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. General    6. Lemon    7. Specific Ingredients - Fruit    8. Utilization    9. Cookery by ingredient    10. Fruit & vegetables    11. Gardening / Fruit   

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Complex book on simple living
My wife and I recently found a copy of this book and were greatly intrigued by the title. We really are sick of the "American Way" and want to buy our own land and get into organic farming, go "off grid" with solar and wind power and basically live life more simply. Pie in the sky? Hardly, as I have lived places where electricity didn't exist, and my wife and I are both into more simplified living, and we KNOW that there is a better way than the all-consumer all-the-time, fear and greed mentality that is the overriding trend in America in late 2002. So we got this book. And found it to be chock full of excellent and intriguing insights on organic orcharding. What trees go best with what, when they bllom and when to harvest. A great deal on the various varieties and general hardiness of a wide variety of fruit and nut trees. We were able to gleen valuable knowledge and look forward to the time we can stop dreaming and studying and start doing.Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit Crops    2. Fruit culture    3. Fruit trees    4. Fruit-culture    5. Nuts    6. Organic gardening   

Subjects:  1. Cooking / Wine    2. Fruit    3. Gardening    4. Gardening/Plants    5. General    6. Food & Drink / Cookery   

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - General    2. Apples    3. Cooking    4. England    5. Fruits And Orchards    6. General    7. History    8. Pictorial works    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Varieties    11. Crop husbandry    12. Fruit & vegetables    13. Social history   

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - Agronomy    2. Climatic - Temperate    3. Fruit    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. Landscape    8. Techniques    9. The Environment   

Subjects:  1. Agriculture - General    2. Forests & Forestry    3. Fruit Crops    4. Fruit-culture    5. Nature    6. Nature/Ecology    7. Nuts    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Crop husbandry    10. Horticulture   

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Fruit-culture    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Organic Gardening    6. Vegetable gardening   

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Outstanding
If your looking for a book on growing bananas, this is the only book you will need to buy. It covers everything from history to propagation. This is the third book on bananas that I have purchased and the only one I need. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bananas    2. Fruit Crops    3. Life Sciences - Horticulture    4. Science    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Agriculture | Horticulture & Gardening    7. Crop husbandry    8. Science / Horticulture    9. Tropical agriculture: practice & techniques   

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What a treat!!
Fruit, An Illustrated History is one of those books you *really* want to have around as winter kicks in, especially if you�re a gardener (or artist).There is no better way to spend a cold gray afternoon than reading this fascinating history, and taking in this stunning collection of botanical illustrations from different eras.The price is very reasonable for the wealth of information and the quality of the artwork.Excellent book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. Gardening/Plants    5. History    6. History - General    7. Life Sciences - Botany    8. Life Sciences - Horticulture    9. Pictorial works    10. Reference    11. Botanical illustration - History    12. Fruit - Pictorial works    13. Gardening / Reference   

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60 minute gardening made easy and realistic.
THIS IS A GRAND BOOK THAT CAN BRING GARDENING TO ALL OF US. WE BENEFIT FROM THE YEARS OF TRIALS AND SUCCESSES THAT WAS PUT INTO THE RESEARCH THAT BRINGS US THIS BOOK. THECOMBINATIONS THAT JEFF BALL HAS BROUGHT TO US FROM ALL THE MANY HISTORICAL TECNIQUES ARE IRREPLACEABLE. WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HIM.

He's got the system!
This is the book to have if you want a beautiful and productive garden, especially if you don't have a lot of room.I've been carrying this book around with me for years, just waiting until I finally owned my own house so that I could build the raised beds and the interlocking system that he describes in this book. Practical, specific and very useful
I read this book in one afternoon.I applied the ideas and have had a far more productive garden in less space with far less effort than before.Ball's book presents specific information, complete with shopping lists formaterials and sources of hard-to-find products.He also includesinformation on companion planting, scheduling and organic approaches.Iwouldn't be without it! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. Organic gardening    5. Vegetable Crops    6. Vegetable gardening    7. Fruit & vegetables   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Fruit    3. General    4. Stationery / Gift Wrap    5. Antiques & Collectibles / Postcards    6. Graphic design    7. Stationery items   

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Gardening / Horticulture    3. Gardening/Plants    4. Fruit & vegetables   

Editorial Review

Imagine heading out to your garden to pick succulent tomatoes, flavorful herbs, crisp beans, and sweet strawberries bursting with juice, instead of having to trek to the market.Fresh food straight from thegarden adds a new dimension to your cooking that store-bought vegetablescan't even touch, and you can save a fortune by growing your own shallots, asparagus, and artichokes.All techniques are fully described in this authoritative volume, which contains seasonal charts to help you keep your garden in peak condition throughout the year. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design    2. Fruit Crops    3. Fruit-culture    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Kitchen gardens    7. Techniques    8. Vegetable Crops    9. Vegetable gardening   

Subjects:  1. Berries    2. Fruit    3. Identification    4. Nature    5. Northwest, Pacific    6. Plants - General    7. Plants, Edible   

Subjects:  1. Canada    2. Flowers - General    3. Fruit    4. Gardening    5. Gardening / Horticulture    6. Gardening/Plants    7. Pictorial works    8. United States    9. Vegetable gardening    10. Vegetables    11. Gardening / Flowers / General   

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An extremely useful book for ideas for preserving foods.
As a relatively new gardner who plants more than she could ever eat in a season but who knows little about what do with harvests, I found this book useful, easy to follow, and fun to read. Even though this book is a little package--only 96 pages including the index--it is packed with information. The step by step instructions are relatively easy to follow and are not overly complicated by jargon.The author never assumes that one will already know how to can or even blanche.I appreciated the tips and explanations. This book provides directions for freezing whole meals as well as canning jellies and other more traditional preserving techniques.I especially liked the ideas for preserving herbs so I can have my own grown herbs for use in the kitchen all year long. The book has wonderful photos and an abundance of ideas for utilizing a whole harvest. I am pleased I found this book in time to get my plums, tomatoes, and all the other fruit and vegetables I grew preserved and put to good use ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Cooking    2. Cooking / Wine    3. Fruit    4. Fruit Processing    5. Methods - Canning & Preserving    6. Preservation    7. Specific Ingredients - Fruit    8. Specific Ingredients - Vegetables    9. Vegetable Processing    10. Vegetables    11. Vegetarian - General    12. Cooking / Canning & Preserving   

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Excellent Coverage of Pond Construction Techniques
This was the only book, that I was able to find, that covered all of the different techniques for pond construction, including fiberglass. For that reason alone it was worth the purchase price. But the book also contains anexcellent review of different pond styles and half of the book is a reviewof different pond plants and animals. But it's strongest point is it'scomplete coverage of all the different construction techniques and methods. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Garden Design    3. Gardening    4. Gardening / Horticulture    5. Gardening/Plants    6. Gardens    7. Landscape    8. Landscape Horticulture    9. Landscape gardening    10. Water gardens    11. Fruit & vegetables    12. Gardening / General    13. Horticulture    14. Landscape art & architecture   

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Wine Growers Guide - Good intro
This is an entry level book with lots of practical information.If you are considering starting a vineyard (even a few vines)this book is worth the money.Be sure and read it BEFORE you buy & plant...it may keep you from making rookie mistakes. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Beverages - Wine & Spirits    2. Fruit    3. Gardening / Horticulture    4. General    5. Reference    6. Viticulture    7. Wines   

Subjects:  1. Fruit    2. Fruits And Orchards    3. Gardening    4. Gardening/Plants    5. Nonfiction    6. Trees    7. Fruit & vegetables    8. Gardening / General    9. Shrubs & trees   

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The Struggle Continues
I live somewhat north of the area Mr. Masumoto writes about - where the San Francisco Bay Area Suburbs collide with the San Joaquin Farmlands.The Peach and Cherry Orchards and the Sweet Corn, Tomatoes and Strawberries are currently holding their own - but like Mr. Masumoto's Peaches and Grapes, only tenuously, and with great courage.If you would like to understand not only how these people live, but who and why they are, you should read this book. It is both beautifully written and thought provoking.

Epitaph for a Peach
It is rare to read a book where the author works miracles with his hands and his words.I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys non-fiction but finds it dry, without humanity.David Mas Masumoto is anything but dry.His land may be at times, but his poetic prose is anything but.His relationship with his family, his family's farm and nature is a rare combination.I highly recommend this read.

Best book about farming I've ever read
"Epitaph" is a gem and a masterpiece. Masumoto is a good farmer, a truly dedicated family man and a gifted writer. The story is in part about his love affair with a wonderful variety of peach. Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography    2. Biography/Autobiography    3. California    4. Del Rey    5. Farm life    6. Fruit Crops    7. General    8. Japanese American farmers    9. Nature    10. Peach growers    11. Sociology - Rural    12. Masumoto, David Mas