RESOURCES FOR ADVANCED GARDENING

These books are some of our favorites and they are where we recommend all of our gardeners to start when working to develop new and more advanced gardening skills.

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Organic Growing Techniques

New Organic Grower: A Masters Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener By Eliot Coleman How to Grow More Vegetables By John Jeavons All New Square Foot Gardening By Mel Bartholomew

Soil Studies
Pay Dirt: Farming and Gardening with Composts By J.I. Rodale Building Soils for Better Crops By Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es

Fruit Production
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden By Lee Reich Taylors Guide to Fruits and Berries By Roger Holmes

Alternative Growing Styles

Micro Eco-Farming by Barbara Berst The Basics of Permaculture By Ross Mars Biodynamic Farming Practice By Fritz Sattler and Eckard von Wistinghausen One Straw Revolution: An Introduction to Natural Farming By Masanobu Fukuoka

Botany
Botany for Gardeners By Brian Capon The Private Lives of Plants By David Attenborough

Food System
The Omnivores Dilemma & In Defense of Food By Michael Pollan

Food & Community

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle By Barbara Kinsolver Good Food Revolution By Will Allen The Town That Food Saved By Ben Hewitt

Sustainable Farming History

The Living Soil By Lady Eve Balfour An Agricultural Testament By Sir Albert Howard

For additional resources online, please visit the Resources section at: www.growfoodgrowhope.com