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About meMad keen vegetable gardener/grower. Married and doing the self-sufficiency thing on 8 acres of heaven in the south-west of Western Australia. Collect heirloom/heritage vegetable seeds. I also have many scientific and artistic interests.

About my libraryI collect gardening,vegetable growing and self-sufficiency books. Also collect sci fi and fantasy. Still cataloging books and may be at it for quite a while yet.

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Real nameGavin Edwards

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The Green Gardener : Sustainable Gardening in Your Own Backyard by Josh Byrne

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The Vegetable & Herb Expert by D.G. Hessayon

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Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling,No Weeding, No Kidding! by Patricia Lanza

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Keepsakes: Gardens by Kenneth Deare

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CV by Damon Knight

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Reinventing socialism

thanks very much, just had a quick peek through yours and it dwarfs mine! v imppressive. I have to be honest though, they havnt had much use since iv been living in a flat and unable to afford an allotment :(
I am moving soon and will have a tiny garden to grow in, a start on the dream. whats the growing like in aussie? your where permaculture all began.

posted by weaponxgirl at 9:05 am (EST) on Sep 26, 2009

I would find it unbearable to get rid of 4000 books but as you said it makes room in the place to collect more and obtaining the books is half the fun.

My brother had a twelve acre plot and built a house of rammed earth construction. He used to collect old tractors and farm implements along with the odd stationery engine. He's more recently downsized to about an acre and an 'off the peg' house. He's a part-time 'grey nomad' now in his converted school bus and drove over to Taz a couple of years ago.

posted by Stilestrider at 2:31 am (EST) on Sep 26, 2009

I've long beeen a fan of DS9/TNG/Voyager on TV (repeated daily here) but only just started collecting some of the books. We don't seem to share any Star Trek titles yet, but there are a hell of a lot of them!

posted by Stilestrider at 6:13 am (EST) on Sep 25, 2009

Sorry to hear your news - he lives on in you. My brother sent me a message today, he just got home from a visit to Perth.

posted by Stilestrider at 12:05 pm (EST) on Sep 23, 2009

A great selection of books being added there.

Happy collecting/reading/growing!

posted by Stilestrider at 2:58 am (EST) on Sep 23, 2009

"Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again." -- Og Mandino

posted by theoldman at 8:24 am (EST) on Aug 31, 2009

Thanks for the welcome to the group!

posted by flpierri at 10:55 pm (EST) on Aug 27, 2009

Hi there, Last year was a wash out in the UK. It seemed to rain almost constantly and was a very poor year for growers. The weather people had promised us 'a scorcher' of a summer this year but then last months decided it was going to be wet after all.

The slugs and snails seem to decimate the treasured plants and leave the weeds alone!

posted by Stilestrider at 12:57 pm (EST) on Aug 23, 2009

Good to see more books on the shelves, especially John Seymour. Soon be Spring your way eh? A very mixed Summer in the UK - Brilliant Sunshine one day and then overcast with heavy rain the next. Humid and damp, great for snails and slugs!

posted by Stilestrider at 11:29 am (EST) on Aug 22, 2009

I see you have 'The Chinese Art of T'ai Chi Ch'uan' by Chee Soo in your library as do I. I met Chee Soo a number of times. He used to live in Coventry(UK).

posted by Stilestrider at 6:43 pm (EST) on Jul 20, 2009

G'day mate! Thanks for adding my library to you 'interesting libraries' category. You have plenty of interesting stuff too it seems. I'm not a heritage seed grower but support the work of Garden Organic(HDRA)Heritage Seed Library.
You live three hours drive from my brother in WA.

posted by Stilestrider at 1:36 am (EST) on Jul 18, 2009

Thanks for the invite. Not sure how much I will be able to contribute (not the world's best gardener), but I look forward to gleaning a few tips...

posted by sarahemmm at 1:07 pm (EST) on Jul 1, 2008

Thanks for suggesting the Self-Sufficiency Thingers. I don't spend much time on here during the warm months and hadn't come across the group before.

posted by WalnutSpinney at 11:19 pm (EST) on Jun 22, 2008

Hi Gavin - thanks for adding me to your interesting libraries list. I'm flattered! We're trying to do the self-sufficiency thing too - although I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed with weeds at the moment - just on my way back outside to battle with them further.

Cheers,

Amanda

posted by mandahill at 6:05 pm (EST) on Jun 20, 2008

Hi Gavin,
many thanks for adding my library to your list!
I still have a lot of books to add to it, including many self-sufficiency, permaculture and gardening ones. I'm checking through your library now too, yours looks quite interesting. Balingup, eh? Was in Perth and southwest coast two years ago.
All the best,
Tim (Gurdur)

posted by Gurdur at 11:11 am (EST) on Jun 13, 2008

Thanks for the link. I'm not much of a gardener - not enough time - but I have been doing environmental work for 20 years or so.

posted by setnahkt at 10:55 am (EST) on Jun 9, 2008

Thank you very much. Your self-sufficiency collection is pretty impressive, too. I obviously have to expand mine in the direction of permaculture.

posted by JMAlexander at 12:30 pm (EST) on May 30, 2008

Thanks for your interest Gavin - the library goes back to the early '70's when I started work in horticulture. My favourite book from those years is still my favourite - George Seddon's 'Sense of Place" He hated the errors the publishers made but I was happy to overlook that.
My interest in science fiction started with Ray Bradbury during high school. Have now joined the Australian Gardeners group - I work with plants again after 10 years in the book trade, and have a home garden I don't ever seem to get control of.

posted by Beraketa at 7:42 am (EST) on May 28, 2008

I'm afraid I am a very lazy gardener, but I do love to read about it... Its a shame we are antipodean, or we could swap some books.

Still, the greenhouse is now looking busy and I have a few things outside too.

posted by sarahemmm at 9:02 am (EST) on May 26, 2008

Glad you like my library - I am happy to return the compliment! However many bookshelves do your gardening books fill? Should be very interested in any reviews you write.

posted by sarahemmm at 10:45 am (EST) on May 23, 2008

Hi! Thanks for the "Interesting Libraries" linkage (and good luck with the self-sufficiency thing).

- Bob

posted by AsYouKnow_Bob at 11:27 pm (EST) on Apr 21, 2008

Hi and thanks for the friend invite - I love gardening books that you've got catalogued.

We're doing the self-sufficiency thing on 2 acres in the hills just outside Melbourne :)

posted by austcrimefiction at 9:23 am (EST) on Apr 21, 2008

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