Mandie Yanasak has compiled your responses to her request for book recommendations, and here they are! She's also created a cool Amazon "wish list" of them to make it easy to buy.
Books We'd Recommend
From the Ground Up: The Story of a First Garden by Amy Stewart
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable achievements of Earthworms By Amy Stewart
Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway
Edible Forest Gardens: Ecological Vision and Theory for Temperate Climate Permaculture, by Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier
How to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons
Small Space Gardening -- How to Successfully Grow Flowers and Fruits in
Containers and Pots b
y Peter Loewer. The Lyons Press, Connecticut,
2003.
The Bountiful Container by McGee and Stuckey's, Workman Publishing, NY, 20002.
The Edible Container Garden -- Growing Fresh Food in Small Spaces by Michael Guerra Fireside Books (Simon & Schuster), New York, 2000.
Square Foot Gardener by Mel Bartholomew
The New Victory Garden by Bob Thomson
Worms Eat My Garbage by Mary Applehoff
Life in the Soil, A Guide for Naturalists and Gardeners by James Nardi of the University of Illinois
One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka
The Good Life, by Helen and Scott Nearing
The Forager's Harvest, by Samuel Thayer
Teaming with Microbes, a Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels
Websites to peruse:
http://www.edibleforestgardens
http://www.growbiointensive.org
hey Mandie,
here's another one to extend your winter gardening, Gardening Under Cover, http://www.amazon.com/Gardening-Under-Cover-Northwest-Greenhouses/dp/0912365234
-I hear the Kingman garden is coming along spectacularly. can't wait for a spring tour next month.
Posted by: naomi | 2008.03.30 at 10:20 PM
Great idea guys, putting this on the blog where everyone can see it.
Posted by: Ed Bruske | 2008.03.19 at 08:14 AM