Books

"A comprehensive guide for growing vegetables and herbs filled with hands on advice and time-tested techniques."- The American Gardener. You can grow beautiful, healthy, delicious veggies and herbs right from the start - just follow the trustworthy...

This guide takes the mystery out of butchering, covering everything you need to know to produce your own expert cuts of beef, venison, pork, lamb, poultry, veal, rabbit and small game. John J. Mettler Jr. provides easy-to-follow instructions that walk...

Easy Ways to Make More Houseplants, Vegetables, and Flowers. "Everything a plant parent needs to take their plant collection-and plant knowledge-to the next level" - Maria Failla, founder, Bloom & Grow Radio podcast. Do you have a passion for...

What will you find?. Gold Mom's Choice Award Winner. Jump-start curiosity with this take-along field guide for children ages 4 to 8. From worms, birds, and spiders to trees, flowers, and clouds, young explorers learn what to look and listen for wherever...

The Essential, New York Times–Bestselling Guide to Botany and Booze “A book that makes familiar drinks seem new again . . . Through this horticultural lens, a mixed drink becomes a cornucopia of plants.”—NPR's Morning Edition “Amy Stewart has a way of...

Health, handling, breeding. Whether a farmer is raising one cow or a herd, Storey's Guide to Raising Beef Cattle is the most reliable reference for ensuring a successful, healthy cattle operation. In this fully updated, full-color fourth edition,...

Head outside and get the buzz on bugs! Packed with educational prompts and activities, this fourth book in the Backpack Explorer series encourages junior naturalists to spot insects while on a walk in the woods, playing in a park, or searching right...

The third book in the Backpack Explorer series from the Editors of Storey Publishing invites budding naturalists to head outside for a walk - in the woods, a park, or right in their backyard - to spot feathered friends. Backpack Explorer: Bird Watch...

How to train, care for, and play and communicate with your amazing pet! This fun and informative book gives young dog lovers the canine know-how they need to make having a dog a positive experience for all - pup, kids, and parents alike! A Kid’s...

California kids live in a magnificent natural playground, and 50 Hikes with Kids California helps them explore its beaches, deserts, mountains, and forests. Scavenger hunts for every hike make it fun for families to learn about the...

Garden like Mother Nature, with an organic system that’s good for plants and good for people. Say good-bye to backaches and weed problems!  Lee Reich’s organic Weedless Gardening eschews the traditional yearly digging up and...

The organic gardener's guide to optimizing plant nutrition. ​“Gets deep into the weeds, so to speak, of the microscopic architecture of plants and the biochemical processes at play.” -Washington Post. Most gardeners realize that plants need to be fed,...

The organic grower's guide to mycorrhizae. "Accomplishes what few other books have - helping growers use mycorrhizae to improve the immune systems of plants. This natural union between plants and fungi is the foundation of the food web."- Paul Stamets,...

The organic gardener's guide to the soil food web, revised edition. "A breakthrough book. No comprehensive horticultural library should be without it." - American Gardener. When we use chemical fertilizers, we injure the microbial life that sustains...

The complete guide to cultivating, harvesting, and preparing. "Plant a tea plant and watch it grow! Grow Your Own Tea is truly a masterpiece how-to guide to cultivating and enjoying the sacred leaf. It will delight even the armchair gardener...

A gardener's visual guide to when and how to prune everything, from flowers to trees. Proper pruning will keep your landscape beautiful and thriving year after year. This authoritative guide includes more than 300 step-by-step illustrations to clearly...

A step-by-step guide to 50 popular trees and shrubs. "One of the most practical and helpful how-to gardening books I have ever read." - The Oregonian. Are you intimidated by pruning? Or tired of paying a professional to tackle the task? You can prune...

Produce all the food you need on just a quarter acre! This comprehensive guide to homesteading provides all the information you need to grow and preserve a sustainable harvest of grains and vegetables; raise animals for meat, eggs, and dairy; and keep...