by Rosalind Creasy
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by Rosalind Creasy
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by Rosalind Creasy
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by Rosalind Creasy
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by Rosalind Creasy
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The first installment in Creasy's (Cooking from the Garden) new Edible Garden series spotlights horticulture's most affordable antiques?heirloom vegetables. Framed in a lively, colorful format, Creasy's down-to-earth style proves just right for her folksy subject, as she explains the importance of seed preservation in maintaining a healthy, diverse gene pool and visits heirloom display gardens from historic New England to the wilds of Idaho. An encyclopedia of venerable varieties sporting such colorful names as "Hoffer's Lazy Wife" beans and "Howling Mob" sweet corn is downright irresistible, and Creasy includes a useful, generous listing of sources for heirloom seeds and plants in the appendices. In addition to hands-on information about growing, harvesting and saving seed, Creasy also offers a robust selection of recipes for cooking and preserving the bounty, from Grandma Dorothy's Watermelon Pickles to such traditional Colonial dishes as Fried Cucumbers and Carrot Pie. This splendid overview of a gardening niche that's becoming increasingly popular is also jam-packed with Creasy's tantalizing photographs, which make a strong case for growing these heirlooms not only for their historical value and their flavor but for their beauty. (Mar.) FYI: Published simultaneously in the series are Italian, Flower, Herb, French and Salad.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"If any one person can be credited with elevating the status of the vegetable in American gardens, it's Rosalind Creasy." -- Garden Design
"Rosalind Creasy books always brighten my day...They are full of colour and energy and enthusiasm...and some startling ideas." -- Southam Newspapers
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The first installment in Creasy's (Cooking from the Garden) new Edible Garden series spotlights horticulture's most affordable antiques?heirloom vegetables. Framed in a lively, colorful format, Creasy's down-to-earth style proves just right for her folksy subject, as she explains the importance of seed preservation in maintaining a healthy, diverse gene pool and visits heirloom display gardens from historic New England to the wilds of Idaho. An encyclopedia of venerable varieties sporting such colorful names as "Hoffer's Lazy Wife" beans and "Howling Mob" sweet corn is downright irresistible, and Creasy includes a useful, generous listing of sources for heirloom seeds and plants in the appendices. In addition to hands-on information about growing, harvesting and saving seed, Creasy also offers a robust selection of recipes for cooking and preserving the bounty, from Grandma Dorothy's Watermelon Pickles to such traditional Colonial dishes as Fried Cucumbers and Carrot Pie. This splendid overview of a gardening niche that's becoming increasingly popular is also jam-packed with Creasy's tantalizing photographs, which make a strong case for growing these heirlooms not only for their historical value and their flavor but for their beauty. (Mar.) FYI: Published simultaneously in the series are Italian, Flower, Herb, French and Salad.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"If any one person can be credited with elevating the status of the vegetable in American gardens, it's Rosalind Creasy." -- Garden Design
"Rosalind Creasy books always brighten my day...They are full of colour and energy and enthusiasm...and some startling ideas." -- Southam Newspapers
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keeper beets, heirloom garden, heirloom vegetables, floating row, seed savers, heirloom seeds, annual vegetables, seed saving, good keeper, pollinated varieties, cucumber beetles, fish emulsion, heirloom varieties, thin seedlings, lady beetles, flea beetles, frost date Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Seeds are a link to the past. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
keeper beets, heirloom garden, heirloom vegetables, floating row, seed savers, heirloom seeds, annual vegetables, seed saving, good keeper, pollinated varieties, cucumber beetles, fish emulsion, heirloom varieties, thin seedlings, lady beetles, flea beetles, frost date Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Old Sturbridge Village, New England, Debra Friedman, Native American, United States, New World, Pennsylvania Dutch, The Skilful Housewife's Book, William Woys Weaver New!
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- The American Frugal Housewife by M. Lydia Child on 4 pages
- American Frugal Housewife by Lydia Marie Child on 4 pages
- Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy by Hannah Glasse on page 60, and Back Matter
- Step by Step Organic Vegetable Gardening by Shepherd Ogden in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Native America (Color & Learn) by Kathy Rogers in Back Matter
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