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Practical and innovative references to gardening methods and practices.

 

Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally - Robert Kourik. Transform your home with beautiful, bountiful landscape using natural systems

 

Great Garden Formulas : The Ultimate Book of Mix-It-Yourself Concoctions for Your Garden - Joan Benjamin and Deborah Martin. Great collection of 350 formulas for taking care of your garden naturally.

 

How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine - John Jeavons.  A primer on life-giving sustainable biointensive method of organic horticulture.

 

The Backyard Homestead: Mini Farm & Garden Log Book - John Jeavons.  A practical guide to becoming more economically independent.

 

Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants - Lewis Hill.  A wonderful resource for starting and expanding your garden plants.

 

Step by Step Organic Vegetable Gardening - by Shepherd Ogden. Classic gardening book is packed with practical knowledge.

 

The One-Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming - by Mansanobu Fukuoka. Excellent book on natural farming practices.

 

PERMACULTURE: A Designers' Manual - by Bill Mollison.  Essential reading and textbook for permaculture design.

 

Edible Flowers: From Garden to Palate - by Cathy Barash. 

 

The Garden Problem Solver - Reader's Digest.  Reference to symptoms, diagnosis, cure and prevention in the garden.

 

Western Garden Book - Kathleen Brenzel.  Guide to plant selection and hefty plant encyclopedia.

 

Backyard Fruits and Berries: Everything You Need To Know About Planting & Growing Fruits, Berries In Your Own Backyard - Miranda Smith. Offering practical tips on every phase of successful fruit growing, plus comprehensive pest and disease coverage.

 

You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide To Start & Succeed In A Farming Enterprise  - Joel Salatin.  Approach to successful, sustainable farming.

 

One Circle: How to Grow a Complete Diet In Less Than 1,00 Square Feet - by David Duhon. This book teaches you how to plan a garden which can meet all needed nutrients.

 

The Gardener's Guide to Common-Sense Pest Control - by William Olkowski, Shelia Daar, Helga Olkowski. This important resource gives homeowners hundreds of environmentally effective ways to control garden pests.

 

Cornucopia II: A Source Book of Edible Plants - by Stephen Facciola.  An encyclopedia of some 3,000 species of edible plants, selecting those cultivars of them that are traditional and well-adapted favorites, family heirlooms, gourmet and specialty market items.

 

Lazy-Bed Gardening: The Quick and Dirty Guide - John Jeavons.  Basic principles on biointensive growing methods.

 

Plants for a Future: Edible & Useful Plants for a Healthier World - Ken Fern.  Describing edible and other useful plants.

 

The Complete Book of Herbs - by Lesley Bremmes.  A practical guide to growing and using herbs.

 

Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens:  No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding! - Patricia Lanza, Elayne Sears. Lasagna gardening is a unique and environmentally friendly method that employs layering mulch materials such as old newspapers, fallen leaves, and grass clippings to provide a nutrient-dense base for healthy gardens. It is a time-saving technique that works.

 

Lasagna Gardening for Small Spaces: A Layering System for Big Results in Small Gardens and Containers:  Garden in Inches, Not Acre - Patricia Lanza. Now you can create the garden of your dreams, no matter how limited your growing space is. The author's proven lasagna gardening method produces amazing results in pots and small plots. Even in beds just 4 inches wide, you can grow bountiful, beautiful gardens with no digging, no weeding--no kidding!