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Sweet Potato Growing
Taken from the Introduction: The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L. (LamK) seemed to have originated in Tropical America, but, the exact location is not known. This crop is now grown throughout the tropics for its edible tubers, which are an important food source in many countries. Guyana is one of...
Avacado Growing - free ebook
Taken from the Introduction: The Avocado ( Persea Americana Miller) is an evergreen tree of the family Lauraceae with seedling plants reaching 67ft (20m) in height with small large, single seeded fruits having yellow to yellowish green butter-like flesh. Mature fruit vary in colour and may be...
How to Build a Better Home
Did you know the building decisions you make today will affect the environment and your wallet for years
to come? That's why you should consider your home's total environmental and energy-saving potential before you build or buy.
If you’re considering building a solar house or
retrofitting an...
A Heat Transfer Textbook
High Quality illustarted tectbook. This book is meant for students in their introductory heat transfer course
—students who have learned calculus (through ordinary differential equations)
and basic thermodynamics. It includes the needed background in
fluid mechanics, although students will be...