James Underwood Crockett (1915–1979)

This book is pretty outdated at this point - I'm sure I have read at least 10 more recent gardening books that talk about growing month-by-month. This one also has the disadvantage of being decidedly not organic. The author refers to dosing his plants with diazinon, and uses commercial fertilizer instead of compost.

The most indispensible book on indoor house gardening that I own. It came highly recommended to me and has lived up to every good word I've heard about it. Gardenias? Piece of cake.

My husband and I learned to garden from this book. We watched the TV show and fell in love with Jim Crockett. Every time we had a question, we would look at each other and say, "Go ask Crockett," and he would always have the answer. His death was such a loss to the gardening world. We loved him, and cherish this book,though it is old and garden-worn.

Dad's favorite resource for his vegetable and herb gardening. He also liked the TV series. Judging by Dad's tomatoes and other produce, it helped.

Dad referred to him as "Saint Crockett."