What is that growing there?

It would be nice to have a guide to crops grown near highways or big signs that declare this field has "xyz" planted. (Farmers might not think that was a good use of their resources.) I'm always asking "what do you think that crop is?" as we drive through Georgia on the interstate. Young plants look different than full grown plants (at least to this city person).

Our collection of horticulture books includes a large selection of electronic books. I searched our card catalog using the keyword "crops". An electronic book available through netLibrary , The new Oxford book of food plants (c1997) by J. G. Vaughan, was on the list. Interesting color illustrations for the food. Some illustrations show the plant at various stages.

Guess if I had a wireless computer I could check the book as we were driving along.

The password for home use of GALILEO is available to the citizens of Georgia from your librarian. Some resources noted in this BLOG are only available to NMTC patrons.