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December 2010
On Sale: November 27, 2010
160 pages
ISBN: 1603425772
EAN: 9781603425773
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Non-Fiction Gardening
At last, homegrown food doesn't have to be humble. In fact,
it can be downright exotic. A cup of coffee brewed from
beans grown in the kitchen. Juice from an orange harvested
from the living room. A salad sprinkled with pomegranate
seeds or olives plucked from a tree in the dining room. It's now possible in any climate, thanks to Growing Tasty
Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere, the breakthrough book
by Laurelynn Martin and Byron Martin. In this practical
guide the owners of the acclaimed Logee's Tropical Plants
draw on a century's worth of family secrets for lush, exotic
edibles, all grown in containers indoors.
The book covers 47 varieties of fruiting plants -- from
chocolate to cherries, from papaya to passion fruit, from
grapefruit to guava. For each plant the Martins provide
everything an enthusiast needs to know, including
information on plant selection, planting, pruning,
maintenance, and harvesting. They also provide guidelines
for caring for container-grown fruit trees -- watering, pest
control, pruning, fertilizers, and troubleshooting. The book will have instant appeal to the ever-growing number
of consumers interested in growing their own food, as well
as houseplant enthusiasts looking for new and unusual (and
productive!) plants. The Martins observed a 40 percent
increase in fruiting plant sales from 2007 to 2008 alone,
and their hotline is bombarded with questions about growing
exotic fruits. There are simply no other books devoted to
growing tropical edible plants indoors. This book, truly the
first of its kind, is sure to be both an immediate hit and a
long-term classic. Now anyone can enjoy the challenge and satisfaction of
growing tropical fruit...as close to home as it gets.
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