Although probably not what keeval is really looking for that is a good basic book on what is going on in the soil. Here is a link that might be useful: Soil Biology Primer

Rose viewing is right here in the gallery forum there much better truer pics than a glossy expensive book can offer and alot of people have great skills in getting real nice picks I tend to think some of em are pros but I know it is a passion of sharing they posses Zone rose growing is a very good idea but you can read up Chances are there posting there zone like you did Types of roses Well there are many from climbers HTS to ground covers oldfasions ect ect ect sometimes you can read a lil bit on the general rose forum for a better discription but youll catch on from a HT to a climber in no time I found organic rose growing to be a very good place to post about pest and problems a webb site from a rather humorus guy named Bob he,ll tell you lots too he has 1000's of em too including pics it is very informative from whos who to where to pest site prep how to buy ect ect ect it's not a nice glossy book but for a beginner I reccomend it highly after a while you can buy the book if you want but by far the pics here show a rose as it realy is... if you find a rose you want but still want to see it dont hessitate to ask for a pic or two of it someone proberly has it Roses and everything about em copy save and read away he has 1000's of good pics too Bobs humor and visit us often http://www.rose-roses.com/index.html

I would not waste your time building a garden for your bees unless you lots of land to add a crop too or you just want too. The bees will go to "wild" sources to get honey. The best resource to use would be an experience beekeeper to mentor you and help you. Try to find a local beekeeping club this is the best way to get started with beekeeping. Some good books are the abc and xyz's of Bee Culture. This book has everything about beekeeping you could possibly want to know. Another good book is the hive and the honey bee if your looking for more on the scientific side of beekeeping more the experienced beekeeper. But one thing to remember read different books and listen to different beekeepers because each book and beekeeper have different styles and techniques of beekeeping. Also remember expensive is not always better. Happy Beekeeping! -Alex

I haven't read either, but of the two I would recomend the Burpee book to beginners (and non beginners). Those folks have a lot of knowledge and the emphasis on organics probably means they will explain things in more depth than what the 'typical' book would that simply says do, this, this and then this and never explains why. The other book is written by people in Europe and the environmental differences may not seem like much, but they are significant. Their experience is growing in a different part of the world than yours. In general anything Burpee puts it's effort behind is quality. On that basis alone I would go with the Burpee book.