No comments about Manual De Plagas Y Enfermedades Agricolas/ Pests And Agricultural Illness Guide (Como Hacer Bien Y Facilmente / How to Do Well and Easily).

1 comments about Plant Survival: Adapting to a Hostile World.

1. One of the key survival strategies for animals faced with difficult climates and conditions is migration; immediate threats from other animals can be escaped by running, flying, or swimming. Plants, rooted to the earth, must rely on adaptations that permit them to survive where they are. The fascinating mechanisms that plants use to stay alive in deserts, forests, alpine tundra, jungles, and in water are explained clearly with the aid of beautiful color drawings.

   Readers will not only come to understand something of the hidden life of both familiar and exotic plants, but will learn how plants interact with their environments in the complex fabric of life on earth. Correct scientific terminology is introduced and explained, making this an excellent entry for youngsters into the fascinating worlds of botany and ecology.

1 comments about Gardener's Directory of Shrubs & Climbers: A practical guide to choosing the best shrubs and climbers, with over 250 stunning plant portraits.

1. I was very excited to get this book. Pretty pictures and good discriptions of plants.
   Unfortunately, almost everything is zoned 7-8. Many of these plants grow all the way to zone 3 and they are still listed zone 7-8.
   Maybe I missed something and they rezoned the United States and we only have two zones now!

No comments about The Patio Garden Month-By-Month (Month-By-Month Gardening Series).

No comments about The Concise Gardening Encyclopedia.

No comments about Hierbas De Jardin (Artes, Tecnicas Y Metodos).

No comments about Poda/ Pruning.

5 comments about Gardener's Computer Companion.

1. A third of this book is devoted to basic computer concepts that can be learned elsewhere(and better). The garden part is a collection of freeware, shareware, and sample programs many DOS based. Not worth the money



2. Whether you are a computer professional or computer neophyte, if you want to learn how a computer can help you become a better gardener, The Gardener's Computer Companion is the book for you. Author Bob Boufford's use of gardening analogies to explain technical topics, such as how computers work, are clever and enjoyable. While the knowledgeable computer user may be bored by some of the chapters, he/she will find the index of gardening Internet sites, as well as the discussion on Internet providers and services useful.

   Unfortunately, this book may naively lead the computer neophyte into believing that designing your garden on the computer is child's play and a computer will solve all of your gardening problems. While a computer is a wonderful tool and the Internet is a fabulous source of information, life isn't so simple. Many computer aided software packages are difficult to learn and, no software or Internet site can replace the knowledge one acquires from years of hands on gardening. He also neglects to point out the tremendous number of hours it sometimes takes to resolve computer glitches, not to mention the headaches involved with sophisticated projects like monitoring your garden with a video camera. Remember the old axiom, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is."

   Nevertheless, this book is enjoyable and informative. It provides practical advice regarding how the average person can become a better gardener with help from their computer. It also provides a glimpse of what is possible, although perhaps not practical.




3. Bob Boufford's The Gardener's Computer Companion combines gardening and home computing to offer the reader everything necessary to convert their personal computer into a powerful gardening resource. From designing and planning a garden, to automating a watering system, to finding gardening products and information on the World Wide Web. The Gardener's Computer Companion's informative text is superbly enhanced with an accompanying CD-ROM that includes more than 60 programs, such as software for Landscape design, planning and garden simulating; reference databases of plants, herbs, flowers, and chemicals; garden-related games and stories; garden calculators and cataloging programs; planners, journals, organizers and useful computer utilities. If you have a garden and a computer, then you need The Gardener's Computer Companion.



4. This book is an in-depth exploration of the vast possibilities available to the person who wants the ultimate garden gadget: the home computer. But it doesn't actually let you DO anything. It tells you the difference between hardware and software, how to buy a computer, what the parts of a computer are (ie, keyboard, mouse, modem), what an operating system is, what a spreadsheet is, the questions to ask when looking for software, and a lot of other stuff. It introduces the www on page 86. The included CD-ROM contains 60 shareware and freeware programs that do not allow you to print or save whatever you may design, and in some cases only allow you to explore the possibilities of design on a set imaginary property, not your own. You can get a decent feel for a broad range of software options without buying 60 different programs, but if you are already reading this and have heard of Google, it is a waste of [$$$] (cover price) and 95 cubic inches of paper. A great gift for the recently retired gardner with some money and land and no idea how to use a computer.



5. The author glosses over the computer use of applications which he recommends. A book written for this level of computer user should be written cook book style: First, perform this step; then perform this step; then . . . .

   PLease note that this rating applies to the book, only. I purchased it used from Discount Books and would give that vendor five stars for their service.

2 comments about The Garden Plant Encyclopedia.

1. I'm a beginner gardener, and a fairly new homeowner. I needed a book so I could look up plants that are in my current landscape, find out what care they need, how to prune, etc. This book is very good *if you already know what you're looking for*. Sometimes it offers detailed care instructions, sometimes it doesn't. There could be more pictures. So, it's useful to me if I know the scientific name of a plant. But it's not so useful if I just know what the plant looks like, and I want to find it in the book.



2. I found this book very frustrating and difficult to use. As a beginner it was especially difficult because the common names of plants are not cross-referenced. Not everything is illustrated and the items referenced are not always next to the photo of said item so that I was never really sure which plant on a page was which. Written in arcane horticultural jargon, this book is clearly for the experienced gardener only.

No comments about Identification of Tropical Woody Plants in the Absence of Flowers and Fruits: A Field Guide.