(AGRICULTURE) Wi~ter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest, Binda Colebrook; 1977, $4. 75,(Washington residents add 25<1 tax) from: Tilth 'Rt. 2, Box 190~A Arlington, WA 98223 Our long-quiet friends at Tilth have just put out this excellent book with the help of former Rainmakers Steve Johnson and Rhoda Epstein. It is a beautifully done guide that should help you keep your cabbages, kelp, sp.inach and rqot crops coming during the rainier. part of the year. It came just in time for me to begin to think about planning my new g3:rden. - LdeM ; Windowsill Ecology, William 1-1. Jordan, . Jr., 1978, 24~ pp., 20 illustrations, 40 photographs, index, $8.95 fro·m: Rodale.Press Einmaus, PA 18049 Windowsill Ecology is a biological contrql manual for the greenhouse manager and house-plant enthusiast. Dr. Jordan, an ento_mologfst at the University of California's Division of Biological Control, has reviewed the state of the art of greenhouse pest management ~ith natural enemies as practiced in Europe on commercial vegetable and cut flower crops, with the specific intended pur- •pose of advancing such indoor pest management practices in the U.S. H_e has produced a valuable explanation of the biology of the more common greenhouse pests as it applies to their 'economic control through manipulation of natural enemies. His instruction~ and recommendations are sufficiently explicit and detailed to enable a careful greenhouse grower to immediately embark on a pest management program with confidence and probable I success. His explanations of the ecological dynamics of the plant-pest-natural enemy-environment relatidmships are so engaging, however, that the careful reader may also become·an effective experim•enter-developing new, modified control strategies that will transcend the cook book approach. Obviously written with the untrained amateur grower in mind, the book introduces the complexities of insect ecology with grace and a measure of chatty humor. It is intended a.,t least as much for the casual house-plant tenderras it is for the commercial greenhouse manager or practicing entomologist. Although I would have personally .preferred a more technical approach, I found that the book's popularizing style did not detract from its value to the serious student of pest _management. By synthesizing available knowledge on the ecology of greenhouse pests as well as tried and proven,management strategies, Windowsill EcolQgy makes an important coµtribution to our developing ' ecologically sensitive agriculture. I recommend it. -Woody Deryckx • ,.,. SHALLOTS (Allim~ asca'lonicum) Profitable Herb Growing at Home, Betty'E. M. Jacobs, 1976, $5.95 from: Garden Way Publishing _Charlotte, VT 05445 •This is a thorough, well-organiz'ed book for anyone interested in growing herbs as a cottage-scale industry. Profitable Herb Growing provides a clear, complete explanation of how-to for individuals with no previous·experience growing herbs. Ms. Jacobs c<jvers the different kinds of herbs, what they ca'n ' be_used for and their cultural requirements, care and propagation, harvesting and storing. For those in~erested in ' herb farming as a livelihood, i_ncluded are chapters on markets and marketing, herb products with com'mercial possibilities as well as separate chapters on growing parsley and chives. The myth- • ology and poetry of these plants is missing but the information is definitely there. -JM February/Ma_rch 1978 RAIN Page 7 When Tillage Begins, T. J. Gilles, 1977, $3.95 from: UMP Publishing Rt. 1, Box 300 Laurel, MT 59044· Here's another home-grown book, but from a different·climate. It's subtitled "History of Agriculture in Montana." Lots of details and i_nteresting stories here for Montanans who want to learn more about their roots. -LdeM ( HEALTH ) The New Birth Control Program, Christine Garfihk and Hank Pizer, 1977, $4.95 from: Bolder Books/Hampstead Hall Press. 10 East 40th St. New York, NY 10016 Natural, birth control is just like any other appropriate technology: we have to experiment and learn; trying out many different ways to see what me,thod suits our needs. This book is the .best I've yet seen on the subject. It outlines a method that. is a combination of the basal body temperature and mucous methods. The details are not all that different from discussions I've seen elsewhere, but the hows and whys are explained much more clearly. This looks like a good one. - LdeM Where There Is No Doctor, David Werner, 1977, $5.50 in U.S. ($3.50 in poorer countries) from:· Hesperian Foundation • P.O. Box 1692 Palo Alto,.CA 943 02 This is the promised English language - , translation of the excelle-nt village ; health c~re handbook, Donde No Hay Doctor (Spanish-$10 or $5 from the address above). The drawings by the author are a trip, but the information looks to be pretty complete. No nat'u-· ral remedies are included, but it would be a good companion book to one that does·include them. Write to them for information about bulk prices in the U.S. and elsewhere for both books. -LdeM Baltimore-Washington Healing Resources, 1977, $5 from: Healing Resources, Inc. P.O. Box 1100 Silver Spring, MD 209~0 Here's an excellent resource if yo4 live. in the D.C. a.r~a or a good model to copy if you don't. It is a listing of people practicing different kinds of esoteric and health-oriented medicine, cross referenced by the type of healing th~y offer. They intend to update and ex- , pand the book every couple of years so keep an eye on·them. -LdeM ,
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