Growing Fruits in Hawaii Product Number: 1093 Retail Price: 14.95 $11.21 Author: Kathy Oshiro Page Count: 80 ISBN: 978-1-57306-109-4 Type Cover: 8.5x11 Paperback Case Counts: 50
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About this title: At last! A step-by-step guide to growing nutritious delicious fruits in Hawaii written by an experienced gardener familiar with Hawaii's special soil conditions and microclimates. Find out how easy it can be to have a convenient economical supply of homegrown fruits available year-round. Growing Fruits in Hawaii contains everything you need to know about soil and garden preparation fertilizers seed and plant selection fences trellises and containers watering and pest control. Also featured are 56 delicious recipes! About this author: Avid gardener and cook Kathy Oshiro has been growing fruits and vegetables in Hawaii since 1979 on Maui Lanai and the Big Island. On their 28-acre farm she and her family grow a wide range of produce and are exploring several diversified agriculture alternatives including maile bamboo coffee and 'awa. Reviews: Review from Maui News June 11 2000 You can go through gardening book after gardening book and never find out how to grow bananas papaya coconut or waiawi. And even if you finally find out how to grow lychee or coffee how do you prepare it after you grow it? Growing Fruits in Hawaii - Also Herbs Nuts and Seeds: A How-To Guide for the Gardener is the latest step-by-step guide by local gardening-guru Kathy Oshiro. This book reveals all you need to know to have delicious rewards in your yard and on your dinner table. Spending years in the varying soils and conditions of Upcountry Maui Lanai and the Big Island she brings a weathered wisdom to the pursuit of gardening and the preparation of its gifts. This book is a must for anyone who wants to grow fruits herbs nuts and seeds successfully in Hawaii. Like her popular book Gardening in Hawaii each section on growing a fruit herb nut or seed offers simple tasty recipes or in the case of aloe practical and medicinal uses. Find out how easy it can be to have a delicious fresh fruit homegrown for you and your family. Jolie Cotton The Honolulu Advertiser January 1 2000 Growing Fruits in Hawaii Also Herbs Seeds and Nuts: A How-to Guide for the Gardener by Kathy Oshiro. The second in a two-volume set the first concerned growing vegetables this book addresses Hawaii's special soil and weather conditions and includes recipes too.