How many varieties of fruit can you name? Feel free to break out paper and a pen if it helps. Chances are you’ll run out before you hit 25, which is why you might get a kick out of 75 Remarkable Fruits for Your Garden by Jack E. Staub. This book provides intriguing facts and historical illuminations on each plant, thoughts and tips on growing it, and even recipes for serving up these mouth-watering fruits in salads, side dishes, breads, and desserts.
Staub’s book is one of a dozen new additions to PHS’s McLean Library. If fruits don’t strike your fancy, mushrooms and lettuce are addressed in other edible gardening books. Overviews are below, but click here for the complete listing.
Alluring Lettuces: And Other Seductive Vegetables for Your Garden- Staub, Jack E.Seventy-five unusual and eminently beautiful vegetables are profiled in this charming book by expert gardener and garden designer Jack Staub. Within these pages, you’ll discover produce not likely found at the supermarket, including the Asparagus Bean, Chinese Rat Tail Radish, Green Zebra Tomato, and Turkish Orange Eggplant. Staub presents the charming history and lore surrounding the plants as well as instructions for growing them outdoors or indoors in containers.
Gathering: Memoir of a Seed Saver- Ott Whealy, DianeSeed Savers Exchange, the nation’s premier nonprofit seed-saving organization, began humbly as a simple exchange of seeds among passionate gardeners who sought to preserve the rich gardening heritage their ancestors had brought to this country. Seeds that Ott Whealy herself inherited from her paternal grandparents were the impetus for the formation of Seed Savers Exchange, whose membership has grown from a small coterie to more than thirteen thousand. Its influence has been felt in gardens across America.
Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms- Bone, EugeniaAn incredibly versatile cooking ingredient containing an abundance of vitamins, minerals, and possibly cancer-fighting properties, mushrooms are among the most expensive and sought-after foods on the planet. Yet when it comes to fungi, culinary uses are only the tip of the iceberg. In Mycophilia, accomplished food writer and cookbook author Eugenia Bone examines the role of fungi as exotic delicacy, curative, poison, and hallucinogen, and ultimately discovers that a greater understanding of fungi is key to facing many challenges of the 21st century.
Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens: 200 Drought-tolerant Choices for all Climates- Ogden, Lauren Springer
Waterwise Plants for Sustainable Gardens is a practical guide to the best 200 plants guaranteed to thrive in low-water gardens. Plant entries provide the common and botanical name, the regions where the plant is best adapted, growth and care information, and notes on pests and disease. This practical and inspiring guide includes a variety of plants, from trees to succulents, perennials to bulbs, all selected for their wide adaptability and ornamental value.
Posted on February 2, 2012 by Daniel
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