Awesome Book

[TransplantShock]

"Heirloom Vegetable Gardening" from William Woys Weaver...


Really interesting book about the history of where our food comes from. The best i've ever read I think. I just cant seem to put it down :rolleyes:

What is everyone else reading these days?

[MaryG]

I just took a book out of the library by Dexter Scott King, the son of Martin Luther King and it's called "Growing Up King". Should be an interesting read.

[donybee]

My nose is stuck in my Sedum bible. :lol: :lol: :lol: Still trying to learn leaf ID. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[TransplantShock]

Sedums...dont they all look alike? :unsure:

[Soilman]

I am going to look into that book " Best I ever read..." sounds like a real winner.

I just started one called "the Aquariums of Pyongyang" written by Kang Chol-Hwan and Pierre Rigoulot translated by Yair Reiner. It is a testimonial of the North Korean Gulag. Kang is the first survivor of a North Korean concentration camp. There is so much of North Korean History that is untold. They keep a pretty tight lid on their heritage. So there should be some very interesting teachings in this memoir of modern History.

lotsa love,
-thes soilman

[boo]

Sedums...dont they all look alike?

:P thhhppt amateur

I'm going to check out "Heirloom Vegetable Gardening". Thanks for the heads up. I need suggestions since my vegetable bed has been so dull. ^_^

[donybee]

Sedums...dont they all look alike? :unsure:
TPS :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ignorance is bliss! :lol: :lol:

[Rich]

Sedums...dont they all look alike?


Woo hoo!!!! :P Good job I didn't say that.


I need suggestions since my vegetable bed has been so dull.

Swiss chard. Some people eat it, my family weren't keen, but for colour in the veggy garden they can't be beaten. Bright yellow, orange, white and scarlet stems.

http://www.seedsavers.org/images/46.jpg

[Soilman]

Wow are those yours Rich? They look great

lotsa love,
-the soilman

[boo]

Well, if they are :rolleyes: it was to feed his pretty brown eyed cows. -_-

Very pretty Rich. Is that called Bright Lights? I've heard of that kind before but never have grown it. Yes, that would add a bit of color. :wub:

[MaryG]

Can you imagine the stir-fry you could cook with that? It's beautiful stuff.

[Rich]

That's not my picture, but the ones I grew this year were the same colours. You can eat it cooked or raw.

It's easy to grow and the seeds are readily available, I can't remember the variety, but the seed catalogue will tell you.

[erdine]

the colors are awesome. you're right Mary, stir fry would be great with all those colors in it.