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Feb 25, 2015 1:59 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Don Shirer
Westbrook, CT (Zone 6a)
Tomato Heads Vegetable Grower Peppers Seed Starter Region: Northeast US Avid Green Pages Reviewer
Just read a great book on tomatoes. Is there a book review section on ATP where I could post a review?
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Feb 25, 2015 2:15 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Tip Photographer Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Hibiscus
No, but that would be a great idea for a forum or a recommendation database like the green pages. @dave
I like the idea of a Green Pages type database. It would be cleaner looking and easier to find the books.
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Feb 25, 2015 3:37 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
The Green Pages was designed to be easily extended to include other forms of things to be reviewed, and I have added books to the list. So when you add an entry to the green pages you can now select to add a book, and if you do then it'll ask for the author, publisher, ISBN, etc.

Thanks for the suggestion!
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Feb 25, 2015 3:37 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Example of a book that I just added: The Tao of Vegetable Gardening
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Feb 25, 2015 4:13 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
Composter Daylilies Garden Photography Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Garden Ideas: Master Level Plant Identifier
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Region: Alabama
I think the Popular Categories needs to include Books.
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Feb 25, 2015 4:15 PM CST
Name: woofie
NE WA (Zone 5a)
Charter ATP Member Garden Procrastinator Greenhouse Dragonflies Plays in the sandbox I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I was just going to ask. How do you search for recommended books in the Green Pages?
Confidence is that feeling you have right before you do something really stupid.
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Feb 25, 2015 4:29 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
I've added an option to the Green Pages front page to browse all the books.

At the moment the "Popular Categories" can't include books. I'll need to think how to do that.

For now, click on "New! Browse our list of recommended books."
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Feb 25, 2015 4:30 PM CST
Plants Admin Emeritus
Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)
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Is there a way to change an entries category or to list it in more that one category?
Cactus Bookstore (Chuck Everson) is in E-Commerce Companies.
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Feb 25, 2015 4:33 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Well, there's no way on the site to do it right now but I can manually change it. But what should they be changed to?
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Feb 25, 2015 4:49 PM CST
Plants Admin
Name: Zuzu
Northern California (Zone 9a)
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If you ever add a separate book review section, there are a few articles that could be moved there. I remember two book reviews by Sharon and at least one by you, Dave.
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Feb 25, 2015 4:58 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
I don't think we'll ever separate the books out of the green pages, but I can definitely see moving those articles over to the green pages as reviews under their corresponding books.
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Feb 25, 2015 5:19 PM CST
Plants Admin Emeritus
Name: Evan
Pioneer Valley south, MA, USA (Zone 6a)
Charter ATP Member Aroids Irises I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Tropicals Vermiculture
Foliage Fan Bulbs Hummingbirder Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Composter Plant Identifier
dave said:Well, there's no way on the site to do it right now but I can manually change it. But what should they be changed to?

I was thinking of moving it into Books, Smiling
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Feb 25, 2015 6:52 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
But that's not really a book is it? From the name is looks like a seller or publisher.
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Feb 25, 2015 7:17 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Tip Photographer Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Hibiscus
I clicked on their web link and it looks like a parked page anyway. I tried to look up Rainbow Gardens Bookshop and the only link I found with that name was a .org link. My antivirus flag it as a threat. Perhaps this one should just be removed.
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Feb 25, 2015 7:30 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
Composter Daylilies Garden Photography Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Garden Ideas: Master Level Plant Identifier
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Region: Alabama
Is this the same rainbow gardens bookshop?

http://www.rainbowgardensbooks...
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Feb 25, 2015 7:55 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Tip Photographer Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Hibiscus
That is the one my antivirus is blocking it as a threat.
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Feb 25, 2015 7:56 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
Composter Daylilies Garden Photography Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Garden Ideas: Master Level Plant Identifier
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Region: Alabama
Humm. mine is not detecting a threat.
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Feb 25, 2015 8:07 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Tip Photographer Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Hibiscus
Could be a false positive. But I hate taking chances.
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Feb 25, 2015 8:21 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Don Shirer
Westbrook, CT (Zone 6a)
Tomato Heads Vegetable Grower Peppers Seed Starter Region: Northeast US Avid Green Pages Reviewer
Dave:
Thanks for adding the book/printed matter option. Talk about rapid response!
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Feb 25, 2015 9:58 PM CST
Garden.org Admin
Name: Dave Whitinger
Southlake, Texas (Zone 8a)
Region: Texas Seed Starter Vegetable Grower Tomato Heads Vermiculture Garden Research Contributor
Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Region: Ukraine Garden Sages
Always glad to serve, especially when great suggestions are given. Thumbs up
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