Greenhouse Gardener's Companion, Revised: Growing Food & Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace by: Shane Smith publisher: Fulcrum Publishing, published: 2000-04-10 ASIN: 1555914500 sales rank: 35608 price: $11.60 (new), $10.48 (used)
Imagine savoring the taste of your own homegrown tomato, fresh from the vine, in February! How about harvesting fresh organic salad greens year-round, or stepping into a blossom-laden tropical paradise on the coldest of winter days? Today, greenhouses and sunrooms are real living spaces where gardeners spend as much time with a book and a cup of coffee as they do with a watering can and a pair of pruning shoes. In this fully revised edition of a best-selling classic, veteran gardener Shane Smith embraces this new lifestyle approach to greenhouse gardening.
	How to Build Your Own Greenhouse by: Roger Marshall publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC, published: 2006-12-30 ASIN: 158017647X sales rank: 40309 price: $14.02 (new), $14.02 (used)
For avid gardeners, the biggest downside of the hobby is the limited growing season in much of the country. Gardening during the winter is often reduced to tending houseplants and browsing seed catalogs for next summer’s tomato choices. Master Gardener and builder Roger Marshall enthusiastically presents his case for home greenhouses with a thorough examination of everything the potential builder needs to know. Marshall’s coverage of the subject begins with a careful consideration of the various purposes served by greenhouses. Will the structure be used as a damp, warm hothouse for rare orchids? A tropical paradise for banana and citrus trees? A friendlier environment in which to get a jump on a summer vegetable garden is the goal for many gardeners, while an inviting setting for a year-round hot tub surrounded by lush greenery has an undeniable appeal. Whatever its eventual use will be, Marshall helps the reader examine every option and make an informed choice. After determining the type and style of the structure, Marshall progresses, chapter by chapter, through the construction elements of the greenhouse — from choosing a site, to laying the foundation and determining which glazing material will work best. Plumbing, heating, supplemental lighting, misting, and automatic venting systems are also covered for the truly committed reader/gardener. The final section of the book includes detailed plans for nine actual greenhouses, from a simple cold frame to an elaborately detailed framed, detached structure. Whatever the greenhouse goal, Marshall opens the way to longer growing seasons, abundant organically grown fruits and vegetables, and many more happy months playing in the dirt!
	Greenhouse Operation and Management (6th Edition) by: Paul V. Nelson publisher: Prentice Hall, published: 2002-09-29 ASIN: 0130105775 sales rank: 94042 price: $108.11 (new), $86.90 (used)
Based on the author's life-long practical experiences both in the industry and in research, this best-selling, state-of-the-art guide to the operation of commercial flower and vegetable greenhouses presents coverage in the order in which decision-making concerns occur. Exceptionally comprehensive—yet accessible—it provides detailed, step-by-step instructions in layman's terms for ALL aspects of the business—from the physical facilities, to the day-to-day operations, to business management and marketing. Specific chapter topics cover greenhouse construction, heating, and cooling; environmental control systems; root substrate; root substrate pasteurization; watering; fertilization; alternative cropping system; carbon dioxide fertilization; light and temperature; chemical growth regulation; insect control; disease control; postproduction quality; marketing; and business management. For individuals entering the greenhouse business.
	The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses by: Eliot Coleman publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing, published: 2009-04-15 ASIN: 1603580816 sales rank: 2000 price: $18.78 (new), $21.10 (used)
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that’s taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine. Now, with his long-awaited new book, The Winter Harvest Handbook, anyone can have access to his hard-won experience. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters. Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest, this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses. Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices, and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous, and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Coleman’s own farm. His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders, and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons. A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it “just can’t be done.”
	All About Greenhouses (Ortho's All About Gardening) by: Ortho publisher: Wiley, published: 2002-01-22 ASIN: 0897214633 sales rank: 44991 price: $4.61 (new), $3.39 (used)
Whether you want indoor space for orchids and blooming tropicals or a year-round site to grow vegetables and cut flowers, you can build and customize just the right plan with Ortho's All About Greenhouses, published by Meredith® Books.
	Greenhouses & Garden Sheds: Inspiration, Information & Step-by-Step Projects by: Pat Price publisher: Creative Publishing international, published: 2008-12-01 ASIN: B003XU7WCI sales rank: 153807 price: $7.80 (new)
Advice & information for choosing, designing & building a greenhouse or potting shed   Few outdoor structures are as rich with romance and promise as greenhouses and potting sheds. Inspired gardeners appreciate them for their utility as well as their charm. Even homeowners who are not avid gardeners enjoy the unique ability of these structures to lend a taste of English countryside to any property.   Greenhouses & Garden Sheds contains hundreds of beautiful photographs featuring the finest examples of these structures. It presents clear choices and design features in a way that inspires as it educates. Readers will find a wealth of information to help lead them through the design and selection process. The book also includes step-by-step photos and instructions for a host of building projects involving and related to greenhouses and potting sheds, including start-to-finish construction of a lovely example of each type.
	The Commercial Greenhouse by: James Boodley publisher: Delmar Cengage Learning, published: 2008-06-04 ASIN: 1418030791 sales rank: 220584 price: $102.41 (new), $76.12 (used)
The Commercial Greenhouse, third edition, is a complete reference for the modern commercial greenhouse grower, educator, and student. The book is a complete reference on greenhouse systems and technologies and the science of growing crops. The third edition is supplemented by new color photographs that provide modern images of greenhouse production, as well as updated information on pesticides, including updates on soil sterilants, and a new section on integrated pest management, that provides tangible guidelines for greenhouse operations. The clear and concise presentation of fundamental concepts in The Commercial Greenhouse, third edition makes this text a must for every greenhouse professional's shelf.
	Gardening in Your Greenhouse (Greenhouse Basics) by: Mark Freeman publisher: Stackpole Books, published: 1998-06 ASIN: 0811727769 sales rank: 128344 price: $13.35 (new), $10.97 (used)
& 98 drawings & 6 x 9. Tips on gardening year-round & Useful for all types of greenhouses How to raise plants in the home greenhouse, with information on selecting equipment, preparing the soil, watering, regulating heat and light, starting seeds, fighting pests, transplanting, and hardening off--all presented in a lively, down-to-earth manner. Helpful hints on growing vegetables and herbs, flowering and nonflowering houseplants, and flowers that can be harvested in quantity. Mark Freeman, author of Building Your Own Greenhouse and The Solar Home lives in East Greenwich, New York, in a solar home he designed and built. He gardens in an attached greenhouse, which he also designed and built.
	Building Your Own Greenhouse (Greenhouse Basics) by: Mark Freeman publisher: Stackpole Books, published: 1997-04 ASIN: 0811727750 sales rank: 173094 price: $11.28 (new), $4.68 (used)
The fundamentals of assembling a greenhouse and custom designing it to the gardener's needs, from simple cold frames to large free-standing and attached-to-the-house structures.
	Statehouse and Greenhouse: The Emerging Politics of American Climate Change Policy by: Barry George Rabe publisher: Brookings Institution Press, published: 2004-02 ASIN: 0815773099 sales rank: 210928 price: $20.50 (new), $14.57 (used)
Few public policy issues seem as hopeless as global climate change. Mounting evidence shows that accumulating levels of greenhouse gases are already beginning to alter climate patterns, and this only intensifies concerns about long-term dangers. In turn, potential policy remedies appear feckless. Prospects for implementation of the Kyoto Protocol are highly uncertain even among nations that have ratified the accord. At the national level, the United States, which is the leading source of greenhouse gases, remains completely disengaged from the Kyoto process. Increasingly, other developed nations severely criticize the United States for its perceived failure to engage this issue. But a quiet yet growing trend for state governments to assume a leadership role in reducing greenhouse gases suggests that a far more robust process for American policy development is under way. Conventional analyses assume that climate change can only be addressed by international regimes and national governments. However, many states have developed active, multi-faceted programs to address carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases within a diverse array of policy sectors, including energy, environmental protection, transportation, natural resources, and agriculture. In Statehouse and Greenhouse, Barry G. Rabe examines this evolving policy process. He devotes particular attention to the factors prompting so many states to take significant steps toward greenhouse gas reduction. These states cut across regions and traditional partisan divides; agency-based policy entrepreneurs appear to be central players in developing policy ideas and forming viable coalitions. Rabe argues that this recent flurry of experience can move the debate over climate change from hyperbole to the realm of what is politically, economically, and technically feasible. He also offers alternatives for future policy development. These would build on recent state initiatives and actively engage them in long-term policy formation and implementation.

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