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ORGANIC GARDENING UNDER GLASS: FRUITS, VEGETABLES, AND ORNAMENTALS IN THE GREENHOUSE

by George (Doc) and Katy Abraham.

Like to grow your own good food? You'll find double satisfaction in raising fresh, natural fruits and vegetables year round in your own private greenhouse. Written by the authors of the celebrated Green Thumb syndicated column, ORGANIC GARDENING UNDER GLASS is your basic guide for real food self-sufficiency. Covers building simple lean-to and freestanding greenhouses plus planting, nurturing, protecting, and harvesting without chemical help. 308 pages. Hard cover. 72006$8.95

BUILD IT BETTER YOURSELF by the editors of Organic

Gardening and Farming. This whopper of a book contains 960 pages, 600 photographs, and gosh knows how many words . . all dedicated to showing you how to save time, labor. and money by building your own". Material lists, numbered step-by-step directions, carefully rendered drawings, and photos of the finished project are included here for fences, greenhouses, garden ponds plant stands, chickenhouses, cold cellars, com post bins, beehives. smokehouses, sprouters, arbors,trellises, irrigation equipment, walks, patios, lawn furniture, juice presses. and hundreds of other practical, down-home tools and structures. To say nothing of the special sections on renovating old buildings, repairing and maintaining a project once it's completed and in use, starting and stocking a workshop, and ... well, you'll just have to see this hefty encyclopedia of tools, techniques, and shop terms yourself to appreciate its tremendous value. The novice and the experienced handyman (or woman!) will both love this big, fat hand book. 960 pages, Hard cover.89006 $16.95

MODERN AND CLASSIC WOODBURNING STOVES

by Bob and Carol Ross.

An exhaustive survey of wood burning stoves and their use. Beginning with a discussion of the basic principles of combustion, the authors go on to talk about what to look for in a stove, where to buy the unit, cooking with wood, chimney design, stove installation, types of firewood, custom wood heating systems, and-finally-the impact of wood burning on the current energy situation. Four appendices (one of which lists the addresses of more than fifty manufacturers and importers) combine with a lucid writing style and numerous high-quality line drawings to make this

an exceptionally well-executed-and useful-book. 144 pages. 8-1/2" X 11" hard cover. 81032 $10.00

THE HERBALIST by Joseph E. Meyer, revised and enlarged by Clarence Meyer.

Being the ninth printing of an old favorite first issued in 1918! THE HERBALIST begins with descriptions, properties, dosage, and manner of application for the major American medicinal plants (illustrations are in gray tones, but clear and detailed). Besides considering herbs as remedies, Meyer offers directions for their use as teas, in cooking, in making wines and cordials, as perfumery and cosmetics and as natural dyes. A separate section of color plates is included at the end of the volume. Even if you never use the information practically. THE HERBALIST is full of fascinating botanical lore and is a delight to read. 304 pages. Hard cover. 68002$6.95

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