Gardening Books

The organic gardener's guide to endophytic bacteria and the rhizophagy cycle. A must-read handbook for organic gardeners and small-scale growers. Thanks to research conducted over the last few decades, know that most plants get a significant portion of...

Everything you need to know about these fascinating birds. "Captures the spirit and allure of these captivating birds in every fascinating fact, historical tidbit, amusing anecdote, species profile and plant pick." - Birds & Blooms. Hummingbirds...

How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System: Compost Food Waste, Produce Fertilizer for Houseplants and Garden, and Educate Your Kids and Family. For more than three decades, this best-selling guide to the practice of vermicomposting has taught...

Create a Healthy Habitat to Sustain North America's Most Beloved Butterfly. The plight of the monarch butterfly has captured public attention and sparked widespread interest in helping to save their dwindling populations. In this in-depth portrait of the...

Banner Batches, Grow Heaps, Comforter Compost, and Other Amazing Techniques for Saving Time and Money, and Producing the Most Flavorful, Nutritious Vegetables Ever. Develop mature compost right in your garden. Barbara Pleasant and Deborah Martin explain...

A gardener's guide to selecting the best varieties & planting the perfect amounts for what you want to eat year-round. Now that you've mastered gardening basics, you want to enjoy your bounty year-round, right? Homegrown Pantry picks up...

Simple and advanced techniques for growing shiitake, oyster, lion's mane, and maitake mushrooms at home. From the basics of using mushroom kits to working with grain spawn, liquid cultures, and fruiting chambers, Stephen Russell covers everything you...

How to create a customized herb garden to support your health & well-being. Expert herbalist Maria Noël Groves has advice for budding herb gardeners: grow just what your body needs! In Grow Your Own Herbal Remedies, Groves provides...

Low-tech, low-cost techniques; use up to 90% less water in your garden. Are you facing drought or water shortages? Gardening with Less Water offers simple, inexpensive, low-tech techniques for watering your garden much more efficiently using up...

How to select and grow the best varieties of all time. Savor your best tomato harvest ever! Craig LeHoullier provides everything a tomato enthusiast needs to know about growing more than 200 varieties of tomatoes, from planting to cultivating and...

The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Third Edition). Transform leaves, grass, and kitchen scraps into gardener's gold! This easy-to-use guide shows you how to turn household garbage and backyard refuse into nutrient-filled compost that can nourish your...

Improve water retention and infiltration; Support microorganisms and other soil life; Capture more sunlight; And build better soil with no-till, cover crops, and carbon-based soil amendments. Healthy soil is key to sustaining life on Earth. While more...

"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...

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...

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,...