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Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food and Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace

Smith write simple enough for beginners. His saving grace is a quiet sense of humor that's evident throughout the book--from his warnings about weather to his "biased opinion of hydroponics." When Smith does get around to soil, he goes at it from the point of view of providing plants with a healthy root system--covering soil pH and nutrients and organic soil amendments in beds and pots.

There's something refreshing about a gardening book that doesn't start out with soil. Smith (The Bountiful Solar Greenhouse) puts off the nitty-gritty subject until chapter nine. In the meantime, he covers such subjects as vegetables, flowers and herbs, light and temperature, ground beds and containers, and crop spacing and scheduling. This is not a complicated book; the operative word for it is "companion." And while some of the advice is rather elementary, it does lead the reader painlessly through the steps and requirements of owning and gardening in a greenhouse.

The extensive final chapter is devoted to everything that can go wrong--i.e., pests and diseases, for which Smith recommends mostly organic and biologic controls. As he points out, a "greenhouse or sunroom garden is probably the closest garden you'll ever live with." This is a book to live with. As a Wyoming gardener, he puts a good deal of emphasis on using the greenhouse in summer as well as in winter, but this is a useful, practical guide for readers in most of the continental United States. Read More...

Secrets to a Successful Greenhouse and Business

Start a Fun and Profitable Greenhouse Business.

This 11 Section 2005 Edition Greenhouse Guide was written by T.M.Taylor, one of the nation's quality growers, to encourage and promote the profitable home greenhouse business of growing Annuals, House Plants, Potted Plants, Flowers, Organic Herbs, Specialty Vegetables, Trees, Edible Flowers, Tropical Plants, Fruits, Native Plants and Hydroponic Tomatoes, and other vegetables all pesticide free.

A Complete Guide to Starting and Operating a High-Profit Business that Benefits the Environment. If you ever consider installing a greenhouse, or already have one, this book can help you turn your expenditure into a profitable venture.

The Growing Edge Magazine says, "Excellent how-to-guide. A gold mine of information."

Well-organized--a truly readable and comprehensive book that presents valuable up-to-date information on:

• Who to Sell to -- 2005 Nationwide Plant Buyers List.
• Which Plants Sell Best, when and how to grow them.
• Selling to the Largest National Chains and Local Markets.
• Growing Herbs and Specialty Food Crops, Organic and Hydroponic.
• Growing Annuals, Ferns, Foliage plants, Holiday Flowers, Trees and Tropical Plants (Buy tissue culture for .60 cents sell 6" pot for $6.00 wholesale, $12.00 retail within 2 months)....
• Free Solar Greenhouse Plans in book with inflated double poly roof for up to 30'x 96' size.
• Wholesale Plant Price Guide and Directory for the best priced Grower Supplies and much more....

Secrets to a Successful Greenhouse and Business" Has Been selected by the editors of Mother Earth News as one of the Best Books for Skillful Living

Table of Contents

1. Quantity and Variety
2. Specialized Projects with Excellent Profit Potential- This includes Annuals. Hydroponic Tomatoes, Lettuce, Cucumber and Peppers, Native Trees, Tropical Fruit, Bulbs, Cactus, Foliage plants, Ferns, and Flowers.
3. Greenhouses
4. Selling, Marketing, and Economics
5. Watering and Growing Care
6. Natural Insect and Disease Control
7. Soil and Fertilizer Mixtures
8. Wholesale Price List
9. Delivery, Collecting, and Using Computers
10. Guidelines to Organizing Your Business
11. Plant Buyers (many pages of real buyers of your plants) and Wholesale Greenhouse Suppliers

Full of Tips, Ideas, and Resources. Generously illustrated and produced on recycled paper. Read More...