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AvailableOctober 2010!
GROW YOUR OWN BANANAS?!?
Byron Martin is president and co-owner of Logee’s
Greenhouses, a business that has been owned by his
family since 1892. He is nationally recognized as an
expert in growing tropical container plants, and teaches
and lectures widely on the topic. He lives in Danielson,
Connecticut.
Laurelynn Martin is vice-president
and co-owner of Logee’s Green-
houses, and the author of Logee’s
Spectacular Container Plants. She
is the 2005 and 2008 recipient of
the MGA Green Thumb Award for
Plant Photography and Copy. She
lives in Brooklyn, Connecticut.
The Authors:
Growing Tasty Tropical PlantsFull-color; photographs throughout
160 pages; 9½ x 9½
Paper with fl aps: $18.95 US / $23.95 CAN
ISBN: 978-1-60342-577-3
No. 62577
October 2010
. . . and Tangerines, and Pomegranates, and Papayas, and Guavas, and Kumquats, and Australian Finger Limes, and
many many more fruits…coff ees…teas…and spices, too!
It doesn’t get any more “locavore” than growing lemons in your living room!
No matter where you live, you can grow exotic edible fruits, coffees, teas, sugar, spices….even grow your own chocolate!
Tasty Tropicals shows you exactly how with the Martin’s go any-where, grow anywhere, indoor container gardening system.
Laurelynn Martin and Byron Martin, founders of Logee’s Tropical Plants
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“YOU CAN’T GROW BANANAS IN BOISE!”We beg to differ.
With Byron and Laurelynn’s guid-ance, you’ll soon be growing and harvesting your own, home grown, natural, organic…
• Australian Finger Limes
• Calamondin Oranges
• Grapefruit
• Lemons
• Limes
• Tangerines
• Avocados
• Bananas
• Figs
• Guavas
• Kumquats
• Olives
• Papayas
• Passion Fruit
• Star Fruit
• And many more tasty tropicals
Try Tree Tomatoes in TopekaNow you don’t have to live in the tropics to enjoy growing and savor-ing your own exotic fruits and spices! With expert advice from own-ers of one of America’s oldest tropical plant growing operations, you can enjoy the unusual beauty and enchanting fragrance of growing exotic tropical plants indoors. As ornamental houseplants they’re
extraordinary, and during the warm summer months adding potted tropical plants to your garden turns your yard into a garden of Eden . . . and the fruits taste great, too!
Easy and Unusual Indoor OrnamentalsGreen-thumb homeowners and food gardeners are al-ways eager to try new plants and growing techniques,
and will take you on a fascinating gardening adven-ture. And here’s a special note for new food gardeners
— indoor gardening in containers is simpler in many ways than dealing with the vagaries of typical outdoor,
backyard gardening. Laurelynn Martin and Byron Mar-tin make it easy. Go for it!
No matter WHERE you live, you CAN grow . . .
Do you get weak in the knees when you think about chocolate?
Then ponder this: you can GROW YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE for the ulti-mate foodie buzz.
Ditto coffee & tea lovers — enjoy the extraordinary pleasure of growing and brewing your own!
In addition to easy-to-follow growing and care tips for 60 vibrant tropical plants, readers will learn how to:
• Convert cacao pods to chocolate bits
• Harvest four types of peppercorns (black, white, green and red) from one plant
• Make vanilla extract
• Brew a perfect cup of maté tea
• Grow, harvest, dry, and roast coffee beans
Pineapples in your parlor, kumquats in your kitchen, fi gs in your foyer, and many more ornamental (and tasty) tropicals in easy, attractive indoor containers.
CALLING ALL CHOCOLATE LOVERS — Coff ee & tea fanatics, too
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