This comprehensive two-volume book constitutes an in-depth course in ecological garden design. Written in a passionate, clear, and engaging style, it integrates the vision and ecology of forest gardening with practical design, establishment, and management strategies.

Detailed information on plant descriptions, cultivation, propagation and recommended cultivars.

Her book presents a nine-step plan to transform the typical wasteland of turf into a productive, environmentally friendly "paradise garden" bursting with edible bounty. "The average American lawn," according to Flores, "could produce several hundred pounds of food a year."

The definitive guide to growing apples wisely, naturally, and with gentle impact on the earth.

Part of the allure of perennial gardening is the fact that a gardener can plant something once and enjoy it for several years, a benefit that has rarely been extended to vegetable gardeners. Save for such stalwarts as asparagus and rhubarb, most edible crops can be used only annually. Thanks to Toensmeier, gardeners need no longer be frustrated by such limitations.

An invaluable resource in understanding exactly what the differences were in berries, pitfalls of growing (and harvesting), pruning, diseases, caveats and just setting the growers expectations (so you're neither disappointed or overwhelmed by your results).

A classic in the field of sustainable gardening, HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES shows how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it's just a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family of four on less than half an acre.

Seed to Seed is a complete seed-saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. This book contains detailed information about each vegetable, including its botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, required population size, isolation distance, techniques for caging or hand-pollination, and also the proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.

Growing Unusual Vegetables is for gardeners who like to try something different. In this book they will find more than ninety unusual plants, all of them edible.

An illustrated guide to thousands of plants.

Description, utilization of bamboo, plus the culture that surronds it.

How to improve your landscape with good-looking vegetables.

A thoughtful investigation of the cultural importance, uses and varieties of bamboo.

A good book for learning how to breed plants.

A look at the farming methods of the first farmers of North America.

Focuses on crop selection for cities

A classic book on garden design

This hefty, feature-packed book shows how you can create beauty around your home, grow delicious healthful produce, and save money and natural resources all at the same time -- by landscaping with edible plants

The definitive guide to herbs and spices with great illustrations.

A Technical guide to 224 species of weeds

A comprehensive list of edible flora.

First published in 1986, this classic is back in print by popular demand. It is the authoritative text on edible landscaping, featuring a step-by-step guide to designing a productive environment using vegetables, fruits, flowers, and herbs for a combination of ornamental and culinary purposes.

An analysis of ancient farming techniques.

Emphasizing the enhancement of nutrition, this is one of the most comprehensive books available today on the subject of storing and preserving foods.

About restoring soils through polyculture pastures.

Without a kitchen garden . . . it is not possible to produce decent and savory food for the dinner table," claims Angelo Pellegrini in The Food Lover's Garden, in which he offers sage counsel on growing a variety of herbs and vegetables, and delectable recipes by which to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

How to extend the harvest season to 365 days a year.

A listing of fruits, berries and nuts.

This fascinating book chronicles the development of Janzen and Martin's theory and extends it by looking at new discoveries that help the experts learn how the world's ecosystems have evolved.

A classic on the art of grafting

This isn't another uninforamtive how to grow a tomato book. It does discuss growing certain vegetables but talks about our environment, our current food productions inpact on earth and the inpact on people's health who consume these foods (both meat and vegetable).

A comprehensive guide to growing herbs in the Pacific Northwest.

A guide to extending the growing season, high density planting and increasing productivity of your garden.

About little known crops of the Andes which can be cultivated world-wide.

Covers many of the basic aspects of gardening.

A good guide to the art of mulching.

How to create praries, meadows, woodlands and wetland gardens usign native plants.

A classic which applies what one can learn from nature into agriculture.

A list of wild fruits in North America.

one of the founding documents of the alternative food movement, and indispensable to anyone hoping to understand the future of food and agriculture.

Has descriptions of over 130 edible, ornamental plants

Covers a wide range of multi-functional plants.

Information on the art of deep mulching.

The best fully illustrated plant by plant training.

About how to use and maintain a scythe.

A guide to foraging and preparing nutritious sea vegetables.

A good book for general gardening.

Shows how to maximise crop output on a small farm.

A guide to laying out and maintaining gardens.

STALKING THE WILD ASPARAGUS is a bible of the environmental movement--as well as a primer for anyone interested in healthy, inexpensive eating

Filled with food preservation techniques.

A manual for working in humid, tropical areas.

Good for both traditional and modern farming techniques.

About unknown plants with real economic value.

How to use weeds to asses the type and fertility of the soil.

Describes the usefulness of weeds as indicators of the fertility of the soil.

A good field guide

a guide to growing vegetables from October-May in the Maritime Northwest

About biotech and what it's doing to seed savers.

A good guide to seeds for a variety of vegetables, fruits, trees, grains, herbs etc.

One of the most permaculturally correct books on plant breeding.

Good for techniques on seed saving.

Good for descriptions on plants of the Northwest and how to care for them.

Complete guide to all the plants of the Pacific Northwest of the USA.

Good book on plants of the Northwestern region of the United States with great pictures.

Good for information on both the plants and animals that are native to the Pacific Northwest region of the USA.

A good book on the mating rituals of the plants which are native to the Pacific Northwest region of the USA.

A good guide to plants of that region with plenty of photos.