Great Garden Companions: A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden39 reviews
Sally Jean Cunningham

Rodale Books, 2000

reference it every day!

+ Must have
+ Great Gardening Companions
+ GREAT Gift for a Gardener or Yourself
+ Invaluable advice from years of experience
  
  











  



  
The Charmed Garden: Sacred and Enchanting Plants for the Magically Inclined Herbalist3 reviews
Diane Morgan

Findhorn Press, 2004

A highly readible and easy-to-use account

+ A wonderfully way of connecting with herbs
+ enjoyable, easy to follow

The Charmed Garden: Sacred and Enchanting Plants for the Magically Inclined Herbalist is a straightforward, alphabetical listing of various common plants and their occult or magical applications. An introduction to cultivating a garden of a specific symbolic theme heralds the entries of individual ...
  
  











  



  
American Horticultural Society Pruning & Training (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides)22 reviews
David Joyce, Christopher Brickell

DK ADULT, 1996

One of my top resources as a professional landscaper

+ American Horticultural Society Pruning & Training
+ Very thorough, great book
+ Yeah I can prune now!
+ American Horticultural Society Pruning and Training
  
  











  



  
Building My Zen Garden2 reviews
Kieran Egan

Houghton Mifflin, 2000

Go to Amazon dot com and get it!

+ fun book

Get this book if you have been suspicious about the hype surrounding the Zen of garden building or if you want a hilarious account of a brave amateur confronting the sham purity of Japanese garden design. But this is also a serious and wryly understated account of how to confront the task armed ...
  
  











  



  
Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden7 reviews
Lewis Hill

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1992

Fruits and Berries

+ Good Book for Home Berry Growers
+ Great book

I am very happy with this book. It you are looking for information about any berry or fruit you will find it in this book. If there is something special you are looking for, it will have it. So far anything I have wanted to know I have been able to find it in this book. It will tell you ...
  
  











  



  
The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A ...17 reviews
Eliot Coleman

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1995

simply down to earth - literally

+ Lots of new ideas!
+ Amazing Book... A must have for organic gardening
+ Wooo...
+ My new constant companion
  
  











  



  
American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants71 reviews
Christopher Brickell, H. Marc Cathey

DK ADULT, 2004

A-Zplant guide Horticultural Encyclopedia

+ Carol H
+ My Bible of Gardening
+ Outstanding Plant Bible
+ Excellent
  
  











  



  
Seeds: The Ultimate Guide to Growing Successfully from Seed1 review
Jekka McVicar

The Lyons Press, 2003

From ferns and herbs to annuals

This thoroughly "user friendly" guide to growing successfully from seed covers a range of gardening concerns; from the season best to sow seeds to the resulting plant. Organized by type of plant, from ferns and herbs to annuals, this provides an in-depth coverage on the particular seed-starting ...
  
  











  



  
The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to ...28 reviews

Rodale Books, 1996

The perfect handbook

+ Excellent reference for "natural" pest control!
+ Excellent reference book
+ Great book.
+ Very Good Reference
  
  











  



  
Square Foot Gardening77 reviews
Mel Bartholomew

Rodale Books, 1981

Not "Just" for Small Spaces

+ gardening choices
+ Gardening delight
+ Best Garden Book for Beginers
  
  











  



  
The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-On Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden13 reviews
Stella Otto

Ottographics, 1995

Excellent Book

+ Great Berry Info for the Home Gardener
+ Very helpful and comprehensive.
+ The Backyard Berry Book: A Hands-On Guide to Growing Berries, Brambles, and Vine Fruit in the Home Garden
  
  











  



  
The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden19 reviews
Stella Otto

Ottographics, 1995

The Backyard Orchardist: A Complete Guide to Growing Fruit Trees in the Home Garden

+ The Backyard Orchardist
+ great reference on fruit trees

Extremely helpful! Just moved to a new home and wanted to start my plants off right. This book helped me not only in the selection of my plants, but where on my property it is best to plant them, and how to properly plant them. I also learned the correct ways of pruning and fertilizing each plant. ...
  
  











  



  
Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food and Flowers in Your Greenhouse or Sunspace30 reviews
Shane Smith

Fulcrum Publishing, 2000

The best book for experienced gardeners new to greenhouses

+ Great book
+ greenhouse companion manual
+ Reads Like a Storybook Yet Information Easily Found
+ Great Buy
  
  











  



  
Pruning Made Easy: A gardener's visual guide to when and how to prune everything, from flowers to trees ...14 reviews
Lewis Hill

Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998

Highly Recommended

+ Pruning made DEFINATELY Easy
+ Pruning Made Easy
+ Pictures are worth one thousand words!
+ PRUNING
  
  











  



  
The Pruning Book6 reviews
Lee Reich

Taunton, 1999

The Pruning Book

+ The Pruning Book by Lee Reich
+ For the gardening-challenged
+ Practical, clear advice for pruning of all sorts
+ A Gem
  
  











  



  
The New Seed Starter's Handbook7 reviews
Nancy Bubel

Rodale Books, 1988

Great All-Around Gardening Book

+ Best Seed Info Book made
+ Superb Manual for all Plants. Buy It!
+ Indispensable for serious start from seed gardeners
+ Vegetable Gardening in Northern Climates
  
  











  



  
Breeding New Plants and Flowers
Charles W. Welch

Crowood Press, 2002

Breeding New Plants and Flowers brings the skills of hybridizing a unique plant within the scope of every gardener. Over 180 color illustrations and 50 line drawings support the text and explain the steps to this most rewarding and magical aspect of gardening. Topics covered include an introduction to the principles of breeding; descriptions of the breeding of some 30 plants, ranging from ...
  
  











  



  
Farm Appliances: And How to Make Them1 review
George A. Martin

The Lyons Press, 1999

Things you won't find anyplace else

This book is full of things you won't find anyplace else, maybe because most of them haven't been around for a hundred years or so. The book is like wandering through a living museum. We bought a country place a year ago and this book (and Farm Devices, Harris on the Pig, Farm Conveniences and ...
  
  











  



  
Zen Gardening6 reviews
Harte

Harry N. Abrams, 1999

Visual Zen

+ Why rather than how.
+ Beautiful book...
+ inspirational book
+ A good introduction book for Japanese garden
  
  











  



  
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long40 reviews
Eliot Coleman, Barbara Damrosch

Chelsea Green, 1999

Great food, anytime; anyplace, anyone.

+ The College Course for Gardening!
+ Four Season Harvest
+ Great gardening reference.
+ inspiring!