Here is our recommended reading list on farming and gardening. We divided the titles into two groups: "Why" (inspiration) and "How" (information). Don't get stuck in either group; keep it moving back and forth. And don't get stuck in your reading chair; keeping a garden journal for your own particular plot may result in the most valuable gardening book on your shelf!
Enjoy. And don't hesitate to comment with your own recommendations.
Why:
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan.
The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life by Angelo Pellegrini.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan.
Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World by Scott and Helen Nearing.
The Education of a Gardener by Russel Page.
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn by Fritz Haeg.
How:
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman.
The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch.
How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons.
The Rodale Book of Composting by Grace Gershuny and Deborah L. Martin.
Teaming With Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis.
Organic Soil Fertility Management by Steve Gilman.
Let it Rot! A Gardener's Guide to Composting by Stu Campbell.
Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce.
Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy.
You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start and $ucceed in a Farming Enterprise by Joel Salatin.
Enjoy. And don't hesitate to comment with your own recommendations.
Why:
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education by Michael Pollan.
The Unprejudiced Palate: Classic Thoughts on Food and the Good Life by Angelo Pellegrini.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan.
Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World by Scott and Helen Nearing.
The Education of a Gardener by Russel Page.
Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn by Fritz Haeg.
How:
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener by Eliot Coleman.
The Garden Primer by Barbara Damrosch.
How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons.
The Rodale Book of Composting by Grace Gershuny and Deborah L. Martin.
Teaming With Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web by Jeff Lowenfels and Wayne Lewis.
Organic Soil Fertility Management by Steve Gilman.
Let it Rot! A Gardener's Guide to Composting by Stu Campbell.
Golden Gate Gardening by Pam Peirce.
Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy.
You Can Farm: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Start and $ucceed in a Farming Enterprise by Joel Salatin.
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one of my big inspirations for starting my own kitchen garden was barbara kinsolver's story telling ability. her book, animal vegetable miracle, really made me want to get my hands into that dirt and eat my own delicious food. i am now doing both! Y U M!!!
wendell berry has also written some fabulous farm related essays and novels. also, seed to seed by suzanne ashworth shares some very interesting info about seed saving. and...the real dirt on farmer john was a great dvd! okay...one more and i'll stop - worms eat my garbage by mary appelhof is a superb intro into vermicomposting.
i lied...last one. the dvd King Corn is a great lesson in what NOT to do. okay, that should cover all bases ;)
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