[.uk] Greenhouse Gardener's Companion, Revised: Growing Food & ... (ISBN 1555914500)

Shane Smith Greenhouse Gardeners Companion:
This is a no-nonsense, common sense book, written in plain language so is easy to understand. I'm a seasoned gardener, but beginning greenhouse gardener, and they seem to be quite different. Some books, after you read them, make you just want to give up before you even start, but this one makes you think you can do it! It's still too early for me to know how successful I'll be, but I've got lettuce seedlings, and, it is December, we'll see if I have salad greens in a few more weeks.

the "Bible":
Very good book, very comprehensive, great for beginners (like me). There is a ton of information in here.

Excellent Reference:
I just purchased my first greenhouse and wanted a good reference book. This is it! An excellent resource which is easy to read and use. Love it!

Great book:
This book is a weath of information - well written and a joy to read. I have visited the solar greenhouse at the Cheyenne WY Botanic Gardens. It was great to see the information from the book in actual use. Now if only I had a greenhouse!

Got a greenhouse? You need this book!:
Shane Smith gives important basic information about passive solar design and production in a winter growing space. When I first started out, four years ago, it was the one book I was flipping through daily. I grow vegetables in winter in Minnesota, so I figured a guy in Wyoming would understand my challenges of weather conditions and day length. This made his planting schedules a useful tool. I did read this one cover to cover and then referenced certain sections again and again in those first two years. If you are thinking about building a greenhouse or just got one, add this book to your library and you won't be sorry. He'll show you how to save some money by applying passive solar design elements to your structure that will save you money in heating costs and make your growing space more productive and fun. As to the comments one reviewer posted about Smith's aversion to hydroponics, I happen to concur with the author. I like working with soil. I don't care if hydroponics has gone "organic." It still creates waste water that must be dealt with and lacks the beneficial fungus interactions that soil provides for plant roots on a cellular level. At least Smith's upfront about his preference and there are plenty of resource materials out there for folks who want to work with hydroponic systems. This book is a plain and simple introduction to greenhouse growing that makes it accessible to beginners. I still flip through it from time to time and always find some tidbit I can use to improve things in my own growing space.