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The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening ...
Edward C. Smith
Storey Publishing, LLC, 2000
Vegetable Gardener...
I wish I would had bought this book long time ago. So much it is written out there but this book gives you a clear explanation and it is so well written.
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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long
Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch
Chelsea Green, 1999
The College Course for Gardening!
Eliot Coleman is a superb author and teacher. This little book would inspire anybody to grow their own, stash and enjoy the larder of their labor and give humor along with it all! I also bought his other book on Organic Gardening and it's also very ...
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Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver, ...
Harper Perennial, 2008
Uplifting and fun
I love anything written by Barbara Kingsolver. She has a way with words that is amazing to me.
This is the first nonfiction I've read from her, and I love it. It was a perfect choice for me since I have lately been interested in starting my own garden, and eating ...
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Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners
Suzanne Ashworth, Kent Whealy
Seed Savers Exchange, 2002
Seed to Seed
This is perhaps the best book on the subject of raising heirloom plants and then harvesting the seed. It explains in detail procedures for timing, protecting from undesirable cross pollination, and harvesting seed. I would recommend to the author that at the end of ...
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All New Square Foot Gardening
Mel Bartholomew
Cool Springs Press, 2006
Excellent Update to Favorite Gardening Method
I have been using Mel's original SFG method since my mother first gave me the book over 20 years ago. Bought this updated version as a gift for a friend but snuck a peek at it first. The new method sounds even easier and more productive, so I will be purchasing another ...
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Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables
Mike Bubel, Nancy Bubel
Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991
I'm inspired
Well researched and considered. Thorough, yet practical and attainable. I appreciated learning about all the different types of root cellars and how to build them. Previous to reading this book, a root cellar to me was and expensive underground project with stairs and ...
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In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
Michael Pollan
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
Review of "In Defense of Food"
Michael Pollan's book is excellent! If you have even a slight interest in knowing more about nutrition, this book will take you through the industrialization of food and farming and will have you cheering for the farmers markets, organics and eating "real" food. ...
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The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...
Rodale Books, 1996
Excellent reference for "natural" pest control!
Living in the tropics, I have had frequent failures starting up my organic garden due to pests taking it over. This year I have used some tips and "natural pesticide" recipies from this book with great success. It has also helped me identify "good" versus "bad" ...
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Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
Steve Solomon
New Society Publishers, 2006
Just what I needed!
Only a few pages into this book I realized I needed to read it before continuing with my gardening plans.
I am thrilled to have the good solid advice. For me, I treasured the relearning of the things my father taught me so many years ago. Digging the garden, ...
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The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
Michael Pollan
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2002
Who wouldn't love this book?
You'll notice that a huge majority of readers found this book to be informative, thought provoking, and even enjoyable. It's the type of reading material that sticks with you, and changes your view of the world. It has changed my eating habits and gardening routines. A ...
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The Self-sufficient Life and How to Live It
John Seymour
DK ADULT, 2003
Timely advice
What a great find at a time when our lives are having to do an about face! We may not end up with a farm per se but will use the helpful pages in this book to make ourselves less dependent on the super market at the very least. The illustrations are particularly good.
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Marijuana Horticulture: The Indoor/Outdoor Medical Grower's Bible
Jorge Cervantes
Van Patten Publishing, 2006
Amazing book!
If you want to know anything and everything about growing, this is your book. Seriously, this guy goes in depth to explain things without making it overly complicated.
It's simple, thorough, worth the buy.
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The Herbal Medicine Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual
James Green
Crossing Press, 2000
Essential Herbal Guide
This man's witty guide to do-it-yourself herbalism is both entertaining and informative. Very interesting and useful guide.
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The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques
Tracy DiSabato-Aust
Timber Press, Incorporated, 2006
My new gardening bible
As a fairly new gardener I discovered this book at the library last year and it is wonderful. It really gets into how and when to pinch and prune (and what these terms mean) plants which I now realize is such an important part of how your flowers will look when they ...
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The Forager's Harvest: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants
Samuel Thayer
Forager's Harvest Press, 2006
Good Book
While this book doesn't cover a huge variety of wild edidbles the text and pictures on the ones it does cover are very useful. It is obvious that the author has actually collected the plants he is writting about. It is great that he offers new information on many of ...
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