sublimekid
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Gardening for the future.
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Post by sublimekid on Sept 25, 2009 10:28:16 GMT -5
Maybe someone has already pointed these out but i found them to be a really interesting reads and their free, which is also good. The one on potato breading was particularly good. Check them out. www.sharebooks.ca/ebooks_by_author2.php?author=Robinson,+Raoul+A. I'm not affiliated with the author. |
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Post by Hristo on Sept 25, 2009 18:30:19 GMT -5
One of my favourite books, because when I read them some years ago they opened my eyes for something so obvious and logical and yet greatly ignored in our "modern" times. I'm too not affiliated with mr. Robinson, although I would like to. It would be great if he joins this forum. 5-6 years ago he had small web site, but not for long. BTW he is Canadian and turns 81 today (yesterday for my time zone). Here is something more: newfarm.rodaleinstitute.org/international/pan-am_don/nov04/chapingo.shtml |
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sublimekid
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Gardening for the future.
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Post by sublimekid on Sept 25, 2009 21:47:07 GMT -5
Nice!
I had not noticed that link when searching around for more info on him.
I wonder what he's up to these days?
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Post by Alan on Sept 28, 2009 22:50:40 GMT -5
I have not read the books but will now have to look into it, thank you guys for these links.
If any of you know a way of contacted him then please feel free to invite him to join our forum, if nothing else as things slow down in the next couple weeks I will see what I can find out about getting him to join our little community here.
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Post by Hristo on Oct 6, 2009 15:15:41 GMT -5
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massachusett4hills
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Yes, in the poor man's garden grows Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind, And joy
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Post by massachusett4hills on Oct 18, 2009 18:24:53 GMT -5
Maybe someone has already pointed these out but i found them to be a really interesting reads and their free, which is also good. The one on potato breading was particularly good. Check them out. www.sharebooks.ca/ebooks_by_author2.php?author=Robinson,+Raoul+A. I'm not affiliated with the author. I particularly liked one of his chapters called---- "Three Brutal Laws of Nature"---- Kind of like "This is where "you" are on.......... earth....... an ecologist view ".....   |
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Post by Alan on Oct 19, 2009 21:05:57 GMT -5
What a cool picture!
I signed up for his site Hristo, I'll be inviting him here very shortly.
We need to get as many independent and informational plant breeders on this site as we can, the more information we can accumulate the better!
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Post by PatrickW on Oct 20, 2009 2:40:14 GMT -5
m-4hills: That's a great picture! There are a number of great resources for free gardening books over the internet. Since the basic principles behind gardening haven't changed in hundreds of years and don't vary much from country to country, even older or foreign books can be useful and often have interesting historical information. I did a post on my blog about this almost 2 years ago: www.patnsteph.net/weblog/2008/01/reading-material/In particular, one of the places I mentioned is Australia: www.soilandhealth.org/The rules for copyrighted materials are different in Australia. Basically as soon as a book goes out of print, it can be freely downloaded. This online library offers free downloads of a number of such plant related books. You have to give your name and certify that the download doesn't conflict with your local laws, but the website is not very careful about verifying this information... |
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