Library for the Development of a BioCulturally Diverse and Sustainable Lifestyle and Community

(see the actual book covers with links below)


Top Ten Essential, Practical Books for Everyone (so far!)

"Introduction to Permaculture"

"Food, Not Lawns"

"How to Grow More Vegetables" 

"Seed to Seed (Second Edition): Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners"

"Teaming with Microbes - The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web" 

"The New Create an Oasis with Greywater"

"Home Orchard:  Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees"

"Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning:  Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage and Lactic Fermentation"

"Renewing America's Food Traditions:  Saving and Savoring the Continents Most Endangered Foods"

"Bringing Nature Home:  How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants"

BioCulturally Significant Books in red

(see the actual book covers with links below this list)

Community

"Growing a Garden City"

"How to Grow a School Garden:  A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers"

"Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom: The Garden Companion"

"Local Money:  How to Make it Happen in Your Community"


Parents

"Genetic Roulette:  The Documented Health Effects of Genetically Engineered Foods"

"A Child's Garden:  60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children" 

"Sunflower Houses:  A book for Children and Their Grown-ups; Inspiration from the Garden"

"The Family Kitchen Garden:  How to Plant, Grow and Cook Together"


Kids

"Compost By Gosh! An Adventure with Vermicomposting" 

"Grow a House:  Zeri Fables to Never Stop Dreaming"

"Dig Your Hands in the Dirt:  A Manual for Making Art out of Earth"

Permaculture

"Introduction to Permaculture"

"Gaia's Garden, Second Edition:  A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture"

"The Basics of Permaculture Design"

Food Forests

"Edible Forest Gardens:  The Ecology and Design of Home Scale Food Forests" 

"Creating a Forest Garden - Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops"   

"Forest Gardening:  Cultivating an Edible Landscape"


Science & Reference

"Seed to Seed (Second Edition): Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners"

"Teaming with Microbes - The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web" 

"IPM for Gardeners:  A Guide to Integrated Pest Management"

"Native American Food Plants:  An Ethnobotanical Dictionary - The food uses of more than 1500 plants by 221 Native American Groups"

"American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation:  The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques"

"Botany for Beginners - Third Edition:  The most useful and accesible introduction to the science of plants" 

"The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names" 

"The Rodale Book of Composting:  Easy Methods for Every Gardener - Improve your soil, recycle kitchen wastes, grow healthier plants, create an Earth-Safe Garden" 

"What's Wrong With My Plant (And How Do I Fix It?) A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies"

"Mycelium Running:  How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World"





Food Gardening & Garden Concepts 

"California Master Gardener Handbook"

"How to Grow More Vegetables" 

"Renewing America's Food Traditions:  Saving and Savoring the Continents Most Endangered Foods"


"Home Orchard:  Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees"

"All New Square Foot Gardening - Grow More in Less Space!"

"Fresh Food From Small Spaces:  The Square Inch Gardeners Guide to Year Round Growing, Fermenting and Sprouting" 

"Carrots Love Tomatoes - Secrets to Companion Planting for Successful Gardening"
 
"The Nonstop Garden:  A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs"

"The Resilient Gardener:  Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times",   

"You Grow Girl:  The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening" 

"Fruit & Nuts:  A comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 300 food producing plants"

"The Backyard Berry Book:  A Hands-On Guide to Gardening Berries, Brambles & Vine Fruit in the Home Garden"

Niche Food Products

"Growing and Using Stevia:  The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table" 

"Good Spirits:  A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol"

"Asian Vegetables:  A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Spices from the Asian Subcontinent" (India)  


Super Nutrient Dense or Medicinal Foods

"Miracle Tree - Moringa Oleifera"

"Growing Gourmet & Medicinal Mushrooms"


Herbs

"Native American Medicinal Plants:  An Ethnobotanical Dictionary - The medicinal uses of more than 3000 plants by 218 Native American Tribes"

"The Encyclopedia of Herbs:  A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance"

Herbs for Home Treatment:  A Guide to Using Herbs for First Aid and Common Health Problems" Anna Newton 


Preserve & Process & Cook

"Nourishing Traditions"

"Cooking Close to Home:  A Year of Seasonal Recipes"

"Wild Fermentation:  The Flavor, Nutrition and Craft of Live-Culture Foods"

"Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning:  Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage and Lactic Fermentation"

"How to Store Your Garden Produce, Revised Edition:  The Key to Self-Sufficiency"

 "Root Cellaring:  Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables"

"Build Your Own Earth Oven:  A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves"

"Complete Book of Home Preserving"   


Design & Landscape

"The Self-Sustaining Garden:  The Guide To Matrix Planting"

"Gardening on Pavement, Tables, and Hard Surfaces"

"The Revolutionary Yardscape:  Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials to Create Containers, Pathways, Lighting, and More"

 

Water

"Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape"

"The New Create an Oasis with Greywater"

"Drip Irrigation in the Home Landscape"

"Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and all Climates:  Helping Your Garden Flourish, While Conserving Water!" 


Wildlife 

"Bringing Nature Home:  How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants"

 "Songbird, Bat and Owl Boxes", Heaton, Long, Ingels and Hoffman


Homesteading

-"The Backyard Homestead"

"A Handmade Life:  In Search of Simplicity"

"Aquaponic Food Production:  Raising Fish & Plants for Food and Profit"

"Mortgage Free:  Innovative Strategies for Debt Free Home Ownership" 



 

Product Details 

"The Backyard Homestead", Jeavons, Griffin, and Lele

 


Product Image

 

"Food, Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden And Your Neighborhood into a Community"

Introduction to Permaculture 

"Introduction to Permaculture", Bill Mollison 


 

"How to Grow More Vegetables",  John Jeavons.  Designed for all gardeners.

 Growing a Garden City: How Farmers, First Graders, Counselors, Troubled Teens, Foodies, a Homeless Shelter Chef, Single Mothers, and More are Transforming ... of Local Agriculture and Community

"Growing a Garden City", Jeremy N. Smith

 

"How to Grow a School Garden:  A Complete Guide for Parents and Teachers",  Arden Bucklin-Sporer, Rachel Kathleen Pringle

"Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom: The Garden Companion"  Chez Panisse Foundation

Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening 

"Carrots Love Tomatoes - Secrets to Companion Planting for Successful Gardening", Louise Riotte 

All New Square Foot Gardening: Grow More in Less Space! 

 "All New Square Foot Gardening - Grow More in Less Space!", Mel Bartholomew


 

"fruit & nuts:  A comprehensive guide to the cultivation, uses and health benefits of over 300 food producing plants", Susanna Lyle

 The Home Orchard

"Home Orchard:  Growing Your Own Deciduous Fruit and Nut Trees", P.C. Ingels


 

You Grow Girl: The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening 

"You Grow Girl:  The Groundbreaking Guide to Gardening", Gayla Trail 

"Seed to Seed (Second Edition): Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners",  Suzanne Ashworth 


 

Gaia's Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture 

"Gaia's Garden, Second Edition:  A Guide To Home-Scale Permaculture", Toby Hemenway 

"The Resilient Gardener:  Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times", Carol Deppe 


 

 

"Native American Food Plants:  An Ethnobotanical Dictionary - The food uses of more than 1500 plants by 221 Native American Groups",   Daniel E. Moerman

 "The Nonstop Garden:  A Step-by-Step Guide to Smart Plant Choices and Four-Season Designs", Stephanie Cohen, Jennifer Benner


 

 

 "A Child's Garden:  60 Ideas to Make Any Garden Come Alive for Children" By Molly Dannenmaier

"The Family Kitchen Garden:  How to Plant, Grow and Cook Together"


 

"IPM for Gardeners:  A Guide to Integrated Pest Management"   By Raymoned A. Cloyd, Philip L. Nixon, and Nancy R. Pataky 

 

"What's Wrong With My Plant (And How Do I Fix It?) A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies",  David Deardorff, Kathryn Wadsworth


 

 

"The Encyclopedia of Herbs:  A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance",  Arthur O. Tucker, Thomas DeBaggio

 "Native American Medicinal Plants:  An Ethnobotanical Dictionary - The medicinal uses of more than 3000 plants by 218 Native American Tribes",   Daniel E. Moerman


 

"Fresh Food From Small Spaces:  The Square Inch Gardeners Guide to Year Round Growing, Fermenting and Sprouting"  

"Wild Fermentation:  The Flavor, Nutrition and Craft of Live-Culture Foods", Sandor Ellix Katz 


 

"The Rodale Book of Composting:  Easy Methods for Every Gardener - Improve your soil, recycle kitchen wastes, grow healthier plants, create an Earth-Safe Garden", Grace Gershuny 

 

"Teaming with Microbes - The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web" - Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis 

 


 "American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation:  The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques", Alan Toogood

American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques 

"the self-sustaining garden:  the guide to matrix planting",  Peter Thompson 


 

 

"The Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names" 

Botany for Gardeners: Third Edition 

"Botany for Beginners - Third Edition:  The most useful and accesible introduction to the science of plants", Brian Capon 

"Root Cellaring:  Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables", Mike & Nancy Bubel 


 

"Preserving Food Without Freezing or Canning:  Traditional Techniques Using Salt, Oil, Sugar, Alcohol, Vinegar, Drying, Cold Storage and Lactic Fermentation", The Gardeners and Farmers of Centre Terre Vivante and Deborah Madison


 

 

Edible Forest Gardens:  The Ecology and Design of Home Scale Food Forests - Dave Jacke 

 Creating a Forest Garden: Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops

"Creating a Forest Garden - Working with Nature to Grow Edible Crops"  - Martin Crawford 


 

Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape 

"Forest Gardening:  Cultivating an Edible Landscape", Robert A. de J. Hart 

"Bringing Nature Home:  How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants", Douglas W. Tallamy 

 


 

Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape 

"Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape", Brad Lancaster 

The New Create an Oasis with Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems - Includes Branched Drains 

"The New Create an Oasis with Greywater",  Art Ludwig 


 

 "Songbird, Bat and Owl Boxes", Heaton, Long, Ingels and Hoffman

 Songbird, Bat and Owl Boxes

 "Drip Irrigation in the Home Landscape", L. Schwankle, T. Prichard


 

"Gardening on Pavement, Tables, and Hard Surfaces",  George Schenk

"The Revolutionary Yardscape:  Ideas for Repurposing Local Materials to Create Containers, Pathways, Lighting, and More",  Matthew Levesque

 

Growing and Using Stevia: The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table with 35 Recipes 

"Growing and Using Stevia:  The Sweet Leaf from Garden to Table" 

Miracle Tree 

"Miracle Tree - Moringa Oleifera" 

 Aquaponic Food Production 

"Aquaponic Food Production:  Raising Fish & Plants for Food and Profit", Rebecca L. Nelson

 

A Handmade Life

In Search of Simplicity

by William CoperthwaitePeter ForbesJohn Saltmarsh

The Nautilus Award 2004
Category: Ecology/Environment

Honoring Distinguished Literary Contribution to Conscious Living and Positive Social Change

 

 

Cooking Close To Home

A Year of Seasonal Recipes

by Diane ImrieRichard Jarmusz

 

 

"Local Money:  How to Make it Happen in Your Community"  Peter North

 

Dig Your Hands in the Dirt

A Manual for Making Art Out of Earth

by Kiko Denzer

 

 

Compost, By Gosh!

An Adventure with Vermicomposting

by Michelle Eva Portman

 

 

 

Grow a House

Zeri Fables to Never Stop Dreaming

by Pamela SalazarGunter Pauli

 

 

Mortgage Free! Second Edition

Innovative Strategies for Debt-free Home Ownership

by Rob Roy

 Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms

Written by Paul Stamets

 Build Your Own Earth Oven

A Low-Cost Wood-Fired Mud Oven; Simple Sourdough Bread; Perfect Loaves

by Kiko DenzerHannah Field

 Genetic Roulette

The Documented Health Risks of Genetically Engineered Foods

by Jeffrey M. Smith

Good Spirits

A New Look at Ol' Demon Alcohol

by Gene Logsdon

 

Herbs for Home Treatment

A Guide to Using Herbs for First Aid and Common Health Problems

by Anna Newton

 

 

 How to Store Your Garden Produce, Revised Edition

The Key to Self-Sufficiency

by Piers Warren

renewing food trations large

Renewing America's Food Traditions

Saving and Savoring the Continent's Most Endangered Foods

Edited by Gary Nabhan

 

Asian Vegetables

A Guide to Growing Fruit, Vegetables and Spices from the Asian Subcontinent  (India)

by Sally Cunningham

 The Backyard Berry Book

A Hands-on Guide to Gardening Berries, Brambles, & Vine Fruit in the Home Garden

by Stella Otto

The Basics of Permaculture Design

by Ross Mars

 

"Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and all Climates:  Helping Your Garden Flourish, While Conserving Water!"  Robert Kourik 

 "Sunflower Houses:  A book for Children and Their Grown-ups; Inspiration from the Garden", Sharon Lovejoy

"Complete Book of Home Preserving"   Judi Kingry and Laura Devine 

 

 "Nourishing Traditions"  Sally Fallon

 

 Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

 Growing & Cooking Beans

 

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