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.