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Garden Books

The basics, all about soil & starting seeds

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 Growing an edible garden

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The Front Garden: New Approaches to Landscape
Design - by Mary Riley Smith

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculure
- by Toby Hemenway and John Todd

Front Yard Gardens: Growing More Than Grass
- by Liz Primeau, Andrew Layerle

Growing California Native Plants
- by Marjorie G. Schmidt

Native Treasures -
Gardening with the Plants of
California - by M. Nevin Smith

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain
Wildlife in Our Gardens - by Douglas Tallamy

Soil Biology Primer
- by Elaine R. Ingham, Andrew R. Moldenke &
Clive A. Edwards
* Available: http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/concepts/
soil_biology/biology.html

Teaming with Microbes ...
- by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis

Building Soils for Better Crops - Soil
Management - by Magdoff, Fred / Es Harold van

Micro Eco-Farming ...
- by Barbara Berst Adams

Seed to Seed ... - by Suzanne Ashworth
* great book on how to start & save seed


Plant Propagation

- by Philip McMillan Browse

Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties ...
- by Carol Deppe

 

Gardening with Ed Hume: Northwest 
Gardening Made Easy - by Ed Hume

All New Square Foot Gardening
- by Mel Bartholomew

The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
- by Tracy diSabato-Aust

Weedless Gardening - by Lee Reich

The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book
- by Ruth Stout

Lasagna Gardening...- by Patricia Lanza

Joy of Gardening - by Dick Raymond

Brother Crow, Sister Corn: Traditional
American Indian Gardening
- by Carol Buchanan
*gardening & connecting with the earth

The New Organic Grower ...
- by Eliot Coleman

Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening - by Louise Riotte

Wild Trees - by Richard Preston

The New Create an Oasis with Greywater ... - by Art Ludwig

 to plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow

Creative Vegetable Gardening
- by Joy Larkcom

Landscaping with Fruits and Vegetables
- by Fred Hagy

Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long
- by Eliot Coleman

Growing Great Garlic - by Ron Engeland

How to Grow More Vegetables and Fruits: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) - by John Jeavons

Creative Vegetable Gardening: Accenting Your Vegetables With Flowers
- by Joy Larkcom

Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally
- by Robert Kourik

The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping: Home Landscaping with Food-Bearing Plants ... - by Rosalind Creasy

The Grape Grower - A Guide to Organic Viticulture - by Lon Rombough

From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine - by Jeff Cox

The Home Orchard - Growing your own. . . - by C. Ingels, P. Geisel, M. Norton
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