Best of
Gardening

1983

The Mushroom Cultivator: A Practical Guide to Growing Mushrooms at Home


Paul Stamets - 1983
    The Mushroom Cultivator by Paul Stamets and J.S. Chilton is easily the best source of information on growing mushrooms at home. The authors demystify the art of mushroom cultivation and put mastery of it within everyone's reach. If you have been searching for information on this topic, you will find it to be all that you have been looking for. Includes detailed growth requirements for 15 mushroom species, sterile culture and mushroom spawn preparation techniques, procedures for strain selection and development, practical preparation methods for compost and bulk substrates, the mushroom life cycle and mushroom genetics, identification of the major competitor molds, pathogens and pests, and guidelines for the construction of mushroom growing rooms.

Joy of Gardening


Dick Raymond - 1983
    Stressing the utility of raised beds and wide rows, gardening expert Dick Raymond shares his time-tested techniques for preparing the soil, starting plants, and controlling weeds. With helpful photographs, clear charts, and profiles of reliable garden vegetables, Joy of Gardening will inspire you to grow your best crop ever.

Botanical Latin


William T. Stearn - 1983
    For gardeners, too, a working knowledge of botanical Latin is essential for the accurate identification of plants in the garden. Now available in paperback, the fourth edition of this internationally renowned handbook summarizes the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the origins of Latin and latinized geographical names, color terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, the formation of names and epithets, and much more.

Flowers of the Amazon Forest: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee


Margaret Mee - 1983
    She was an intrepid explorer of the Brazilian rainforest and an outstanding botanical artist, acclaimed by botanists and art critics worldwide. At the age of 47 Mee started exploring the Amazon, travelling throughout the wildest parts of Amazonia for the next thirty years. Mee learned to live with the forest and its plants, animals and people and learnt much from the Native people about the trees and plants she so meticulously painted. Mee initially sketched the plants in the forest and then worked on the large illustrations of the entire plant in her studio in Rio de Janeiro. Nine of these plants recorded by Mee, previously unknown to science, are now named after her. Flowers of the Amazon Forests: The Botanical Art of Margaret Mee illustrates more than sixty of Mee's major works with additional sketches painted while in the forest. The text is taken directly from the diaries she kept whilst travelling, giving

Making Maple Syrup: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-51


Noel Perrin - 1983
    There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.

Flower Fairies Gardener's Year


Cicely Mary Barker - 1983
    It offers advice and information on planting and maintaining a successful garden, and will be an invaluable asset to anyone who enjoys the changing of the seasons. Spiral bound for convenience, this book also provides space for notes to allow creativity to blossom and is sure to come in handy with helpful tips for an herb box or a formal rose garden.

An Axe, a Spade & Ten Acres: The Story of a Garden and Nature Reserve


George Courtauld - 1983
    

Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible


Jorge Cervantes - 1983
    The classic "Indoor Bible" puts all the latest information on indoor cultivation at your fingertips. Learn how growers maximize yields, harvesting more than a pound of connoisseur quality bud per 1000w bulb every two months. Includes precise color drawings and photos of numerous plant problems, a troubleshooting chart, four case studies, weekly checklist, calendar, glossary and index. The book is packed with extensive information on hydroponics, including the Sea Of Green, lighting, soils & soilless mixes, CO2, insect, spider mite, fungus & disease control, fertilizers, nutrient disorders, seeds & seedlings, seed companies, plant care, mother plants, pruning & bending, determining sex, odor control, drying, harvest, medicinal use, safety and security. 200 color photos 200 b/w drawings, charts & graphs Step-by-Step guide to: Setting up grow rooms Setting up light systems Setting up light movers Setting up ventilation systems Planting ideal gardens Growing perfect clones Flawless transplanting Bountiful harvests Breeding & beyond Indoor Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor Bible is the best-selling book on indoor marijuana cultivation in the world. This is why growers christened it "The Indoor Bible". All editions of the book have been bestsellers since it was first published in 1983. The book is packed with simple how-to examples and step-by-step instructions that both novice and advanced growers use successfully. If you want to read only one book on indoor growing, this is it!

Wood in Australia: Types, Properties and Uses


Keith R. Bootle - 1983
    

Portrait of a Garden: Excerpts from a New Zealand Garden Diary


Kerry Carman - 1983
    The book contains a wealth of gardening wisdom and lore, as well as recipes and snapshots of family life, all written in an evocative and poetic style. The author has also filled it with her own watercolour illustrations.

Plants from Test Tubes: An Introduction to Micropropagation


Lydiane Kyte - 1983
    This expanded edition introduces new developments in biotechnology, such as genetic engineering and cell culture. It provides detailed recipes for propagating plants from more than 30 families. It explains clearly how to set up a propagating laboratory, from a hobbyist's kitchen to an elaborate commercial enterprise.

The Birth and Evolution of the English Kitchen Garden: Medieval Period to 1800 A.D.


Mary Palmer Dargan - 1983
    This book describes the evolution of the universal garden of produce. It spans the earliest pictorial record of medieval monastic gardens and concludes with the Industrial Revolution gardens of the 1800’s. Contained in this volume is a wealth of design information about garden walls, pathways, the design for the layout of beds, and garden location. Many of the illustrations are from rare and antique books from libraries in Washington, D.C., Louisiana, Georgia, and Tennessee.