growing tasty tropicals brochure
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At last, homegrown food doesn’t have to be humble. In fact, it can be downright exotic. A cup of coffee brewed from beans grown in the kitchen. Juice from an orange harvested from the living room. A salad sprinkled with pomegranate seeds or olives plucked from a tree in the dining room. It’s now possible in any climate, thanks to Growing Tasty Tropical Plants in Any Home, Anywhere, the breakthrough book by Laurelynn Martin and Byron Martin. In this practical guide the owners of the acclaimed Logee’s Tropical Plants draw on a century’s worth of family secrets for lush, exotic edibles, all grown in containers indoors. The book covers 47 varieties of fruiting plants — from chocolate to cherries, from papaya to passion fruit, from grapefruit to guava. For each plant the Martins provide everything an enthusiast needs to know, including information on plant selection, planting, pruning, maintenance, and harvesting. They also provide guidelines for caring for container-grown fruit trees — watering, pest control, pruning, fertilizers, and troubleshooting. The book will have instant appeal to the ever-growing number of consumers interested in growing their own food, as well as houseplant enthusiasts looking for new and unusual (and productive!) plants. The Martins observed a 40 percent increase in fruiting plant sales from 2007 to 2008 alone, and their hotline is bombarded with questions about growing exotic fruits. There are simply no other books devoted to growing tropical edible plants indoors. This book, truly the first of its kind, is sure to be both an immediate hit and a long-term classic. Now anyone can enjoy the challenge and satisfaction of growing tropical fruit . . . as close to home as it gets.The Authors:Laurelynn Martin is vice-president and co-owner of Logee’s Greenhouses 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.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 he teaches and lectures widely on the topic. He lives in Danielson, Connecticut.Available in October, 2010ISBN: 978-1-60342-577-3TRANSCRIPT
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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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