The Greenhouse Gardener's Manual - by Roger Marshall (Paperback)

About the Book

​Greenhouses offer gardeners a way to extend their growing season, a chance to increase their plant palette beyond regional limits, and a place of refuge. With The Greenhouse Gardener's Manual in hand, you can grow inside with confidence!

Book Synopsis

"Anyone purchasing a greenhouse should read this book first." --Home Greenhouse Magazine

Do you want homegrown tomatoes in the dead of winter? Or to grow succulents and cacti in the coldest parts of the world? All you need is a greenhouse. In The Greenhouse Gardener's Manual, Roger Marshall shares the secrets of successfully growing vegetables, fruits, flowers, and houseplants in a well-maintained greenhouse. You'll learn how to choose the right design, create a healthy environment, use the space for propagation, and maintain the greenhouse year-round. Marshall also includes a plant directory of the 70 best fruits and vegetables and the 88 best ornamental plants for growing in a greenhouse.

From the Back Cover

The ultimate guide to growing inside

A greenhouse can bring you spectacular rewards--if you know how to maximize its potential. In this easy-to-use guide, Roger Marshall covers all the basics--how to choose, heat, irrigate, and maintain your greenhouse--as well how to grow scores of popular plants, including vegetables, herbs, and fruit; ornamentals for flowers and foliage; and collectors' plants such as orchids, bromeliads, cacti, and succulents. You'll also learn propagation techniques, the basics of hydroponics and aquaponics, and the most effective ways of controlling pests and diseases. Don't let that precious space go to waste--find out how your greenhouse can become a gardener's best friend.

Review Quotes

"This comprehensive manual boasts illustrations and full-color photos throughout. . . . An excellent resource on the subject." --Booklist

"This invaluable tool will serve as an inspiring blueprint for gardeners ready to embark on the adventure of gardening for even more months in the year." --Publishers Weekly

"Provides the nuts and bolts of designing and maintaining greenhouses for these purposes without overwhelming readers with technical minutiae." --The American Gardener

"Anyone purchasing a greenhouse should read this book first. Even experienced greenhouse owners will learn valuable ideas to improve their greenhouse growing." --Home Greenhouse Magazine

"Marshall's 250-page how-to manual includes directions for 70 vegetables and 88 ornamentals, along with maintenance advice and propagation tips. With glossy color photos on every page, from artichokes to aloe, the book also has a handy chart that tells gardeners the optimum container size, bed area, temperature, germination length and planting date." --The Jamestown Press