Garden Resources

Teaming with Fungi

Teaming with Fungi: The Organic Grower's Guide to MycorrhizaeBy Jeff Lowenfels Teaming with Fungi is the first book to accessibly explain the essential symbiotic relationship between soil-dwelling mycorrhizal fungi and plants. “Accomplishes what...

Teaming with Microbes

Teaming with MicrobesBy Wayne Lewis There is an alternative to the vicious circle of chemical fertilizers: to garden in a way that strengthens, rather than destroys, the soil food web—the complex world of soil-dwelling organisms whose interactions...

Teaming with Nutrients

Teaming with NutrientsBy Jeff Lowenfels Teaming with Nutrients will make you a better informed, more successful, more environmentally responsible gardener and will give you a new appreciation for the plants you grow.​“Gets deep into the...

The Beginner’s Guide to Growing Great Vegetables by Lorene Edwards Forkner

Millions of people started vegetable gardening this year for the first time—this beginner-friendly guide offers them all the information they need to do so successfully.“For new and novice gardeners who want a straightforward, unfussy guide...

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide

The Complete Compost Gardening Guide: Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the Most Flavorful, Nutritious Vegetables EverBy Deborah L. Martin and Barbara...

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs

The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, Flowers, Trees, and Shrubs By Robert E. Gough, Cheryl Moore-Gough   Learn how to collect, save, and cultivate seeds from more than 300 types of plants.   Enjoy...

The Creative Vegetable Gardener

The Creative Vegetable Gardener: 60 Ways to Cultivate Joy, Playfulness, and Beauty along with a Bounty of FoodBy Kelly Smith Trimble For decades, gardeners have approached vegetable gardening the same way: planting in square or rectangular...

The Garden Maker's Book of Wonder

The Garden Maker's Book of Wonder: 162 Recipes, Crafts, Tips, Techniques, and Plants to Inspire You in Every SeasonBy Allison Vallin Kostovick The joy and wonder of a garden-inspired lifestyle is captured in this colorfully photographed,...

The Living Soil Handbook

The Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower’s Guide to Ecological Market Gardeningby Jesse Frost Discovering how to meet the soil’s needs is the key task for every market gardener. In this comprehensive guide, Farmer Jesse Frost shares...

The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic Style

The Modern Cottage Garden: A Fresh Approach to a Classic StyleBy Greg Loades This design-forward guide teaches gardeners how to blend the best aspects of two important styles: the traditional cottage garden and the New Perennial movement...

The New Gardener’s Handbook

The New Gardener's Handbook  By Daryl Beyers   From one of the experts at the New York Botanical Garden, this guide shares the science of good gardening in a design-forward, beginner-friendly way that will appeal to new gardeners everywhere...

The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition

The New Organic Grower, 3rd Edition: A Master’s Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener, 30th Anniversary EditionBy Eliot Coleman “Updated for its 30th anniversary edition; [This book] remains as...

The Organic Grain Grower

The Organic Grain Grower: Small-Scale, Holistic Grain Production for the Home and Market ProducerBy Jack Lazor “The Organic Grain Grower is the best resource we’ve seen for small-scale grain growers everywhere. . . ...

The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition

The Resilient Farm and Homestead, Revised and Expanded Edition: 20 Years of Permaculture and Whole Systems DesignBy Ben Falk “This is one of the most practical, down-to-earth, dirt-under-the-fingernails, comprehensive explanations of...

The Seven-Step Homestead

The Seven-Step Homestead: A Guide for Creating the Backyard Microfarm of Your DreamsBy Leah M. Webb Perfect for any aspiring backyard gardeners, this book offers a doable, incremental program for turning any yard into a primary food source...