Gardening Books

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...

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...

76 useful things you can build to create customized working spaces and storage facilities, equip the garden, store the harvest, house your animals, and make practical outdoor furniture. Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love...

60 ways to cultivate joy, playfulness, and beauty along with a bounty of food. For decades, gardeners have approached vegetable gardening the same way: planting in square or rectangular beds or in straight rows, keeping vegetables separate from flowers,...

Easy Planting, Less Weeding, Early Harvests. A Storey Basics Title Straw bale gardening is an inexpensive, low-maintenance way to grow a bounty of food in a small space. All you need is a bale of straw, some fertilizer, and your favorite vegetable seeds!...