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• The Living Soil Handbook

  the No-till Grower's Guide to Ecological Market Gardening

  Frost, Jesse, 1982-

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  The Living Soil Handbook is centered around the three basic principles of no-till market gardening: 1) disturb the soil as little as possible, 2) keep it covered as much as possible, and 3) keep it planted as much as possible.

• The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Pest and Disease Control

  a Complete Guide to Maintaining a Healthy Garden and Yard the Earth-friendly Way

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• Vertical Gardening

  Grow Up, Not Out, for More Vegetables and Flowers in Much Less Space

  Fell, Derek

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• How to Grow More Vegetables* (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) *than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land With Less Water Than You Can Imagine

  Jeavons, John,

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  The world's leading resource on biointensive, sustainable, high-yield organic gardening is thoroughly updated throughout, with new sections on using 12 percent less water and increasing compost power.

• The Vegetable Gardening Book

  Your Complete Guide to Growing An Edible Organic Garden From Seed to Harvest

  Lamp'l, Joe,

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  The Vegetable Gardening Book, Joe distills insight from years interviewing highly experienced growers for public television's “Growing a Greener World” and “The Joe Gardener® Show” Podcast along with his own extensive, hands-on knowledge of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gaia's Garden

  A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture

  Hemenway, Toby

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  Gaia's Garden has sparked the imagination of home gardeners the world over by introducing a simple message: working with nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.

• Worms Eat My Garbage

  How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System

  Appelhof, Mary,

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  Don't let your food waste go to waste! With a little help from a family of worms, you can turn all your kitchen scraps and leftovers into rich, valuable vermicompost for your garden and houseplants.

• Bringing Nature Home

  How You Can Sustain Wildlife With Native Plants

  Tallamy, Douglas W.

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  In Bringing Nature Home, Douglas W. Tallamy reveals the unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife--native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Backyard Homestead

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  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 honey bees for your sweeter days. With…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Go Outside!

  Over 130 Activities for Outdoor Adventures

  Blakey, Nancy

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  Presents outdoor activities and creative projects, organized by the seasons.

• Growing Vegetable Soup

  Ehlert, Lois

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  A father and child grow vegetables and then make them into a soup.

• Uncle John's City Garden

  Ford, Bernette G.

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  While visiting her uncle John in the city for the summer, an African American girl, L'il Sissy, her siblings, and uncle transform an empty lot into a vegetable garden. Includes recipe for succotash.

• (Im)possible

  the Untold Story of Henry Kirklin, the Father of Agriculture

  Jeanette, Charlis,

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• The Carrot Seed

  Krauss, Ruth

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  Despite everyone's dire predictions, a little boy has faith in the carrot see he plants.

• The Ugly Vegetables

  Lin, Grace

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  A little girl thinks her mother's garden is the ugliest in the neighborhood until she discovers that flowers might look and smell pretty but Chinese vegetable soup smells best of all. Includes a recipe.

• Betty and the Mysterious Visitor

  Twist, Anne

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  Betty loves visiting Grandma and playing in her beautiful garden, Acorn Hollows. It is her most favorite place in the whole world! Together they tend to Grandma's wildflowers and berry bushes, and even make jam to sell at the local farmers market.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Tops & Bottoms

  Stevens, Janet

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  Hare turns his bad luck around by striking a clever deal with the rich and lazy bear down the road.

• The Tiny Seed

  Carle, Eric

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  A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons.

• Seed by Seed

  the Legend and Legacy of John "Appleseed" Chapman

  Codell, Esmé Raji, 1968-

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  Johnny Appleseed--an American folk hero--changed our nation seed by seed, deed by deed, and now the acclaimed Esmé Raji Codell and award-winning Lynne Rae Perkins celebrate his legendary life.

• Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt

  Messner, Kate

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  Up in the garden, the world is full of green--leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden…Read moreRead more of this annotation