The Caribbean Home Garden Guide

This marvelous book has it all! It is a complete guide to growing your own food in a warm climate butalso a treasure trove of information on the origin of plants, natural remedies, delicious recipes, and aglossary of agricultural and medical terms. You don't have to be a gardener or live in the Caribbean toenjoy Trout's delightful blend of knowledge about 160 food plants and his personal anecdotes.I'm a University of Florida trained Master Gardener and have some hundred books about gardens andgardening. Ralph Trout's fascinating book is one of my favorite's.

Ralph Trout has done a tremendous job putting together this vast wealth of gardening tips, plant ID's and Caribbean anecdotes.I reside in Costa Rica and there is no reference book available there that explains tropical plant life better. The food section is also well rsearched with delicious recipes and is an added bonus to this book. Mr Trout thank you for this excellent manual on tropical gardening.G McIverCosta Rica

Very helpful for the tropical gardener as there are few books on this topic.Covers all topics I could think of in simple, easy to understand terms. After he describes each plant, easy recipes are given using that plant.I consider this a book worth keeping in your gardening library.

This book is amazing. There are a LOT of great recipes for dishes I"d never hear of, but look delicious. I live in a fairly tropical climate in Texas and the growing tips would do well here. Even if you don't garden, learning how to cook so many great Caribbean dishes makes this book very worthwhile. A great find, thanks Mr. Trout!

This is a great read even if you do not have these plants in your garden. You get a lot of information about plants including history and medicinal properties. I recommend this book to anyone interested in plants or then Caribbean. I hope there is a North American version sometime soon!

This book is 100% plagiarism of Shirley Hall's The New Caribbean Home Garden Handbook, published in 2011,, by Guardian Media Ltd. bearing a a USA copyright statement. The Hall book is not referenced. Every word is a copy of the Hall book other than the Acknowledgment in which the "author" takes credit for writing the book. Submitted are photos of Hall's and Trout's Introductions for comparison. This book should not be being sold.

The book has several small typos which I find funny, but it is incredibly well written with invaluable gardening advice. It covers everything you need to know. The recipes in the back are also very cool and unusual.

Disgraceful. Why is this for sale under the name "Ralph Trout"? It is almost a word for word transcript of Shirley Hall's "The new Caribbean Home Garden Handbook" published 2011, after years of her research. What's going on?