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Byron Lyndeborough, NH Jan 27, 2001

opinions are my own:


In the preweb days, one had to go to the Public Library and take out books to read.

After reading about 300 different books I have come to the following conclusions:

1. I don't think there is a book writer out there that has grown everything they talk about in their books.

2. All garden books should stay with the microclime of the writer.

3. Read about 10 books on the same subject IE tomatoes
8 out of 10 will agree on a method. Use that method as a starting point, Record the other 2 as a to do small experiment.

4. Before buying a book, check one out at the Library
You might find it's not worth the money. I saved big $$

I looked at a book that was about $80, My free Stokes Seed catalog had more info in it than the book.

On point 1, I know that I am not alone



http://www.mertus.org/gardening/cook.html


I often wonder if some book authors have every grown anything! (MS the most notable, but only one of a long line.) Cookbooks have the same problem as gardening books. E.g., Instructions to scald the milk. Pasteurized milk does not need to be scalded. The idea was passed down from cookbook to cookbook, unquestioned and continues to be used. Salt the eggplant is another one. Older style eggplants were bitter, the salting drew out the bitter water. New hybrids are not so bitter, one only salts them if you need the eggplant to be dry.

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Byron

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