Grow Your Food Forest: A Permaculture GuideUnpublished

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Harvest year-round from your bountiful and sustainable fruit and vegetable garden. Huw Richards' ultimate guide to permaculture gardening, outlining the regenerative methods that make gardening easier to do while being more productive. Huw shows you how to expand your growing...

Permaculture--rooted in centuries-old techniques for growing food with care for the Earth--is the key to producing a bigger harvest than you ever thought possible on your balcony, patio, driveway, deck, and anywhere in between! With sustainability as her guiding principle, Valéry Tsimba...

"A useful and a wonderful resource whether you grow on a balcony, rooftop or in the ground." --Yolanda Burrell, owner of Pollinate Farm and Garden Supply Once a fringe topic, permaculture is moving to the mainstream as organic gardeners discover the wisdom of a...

The first in-depth guide for farmers and gardeners who have access to an established woodland and are looking for productive, innovative ways to create a natural forest ecosystems that produces a wide range of food, medicinals, and other non-timber products. "What a joy to...

Design, plant, and tend a self-sustaining, high-yielding food garden that saves space by growing plants the way nature intended--in layers.  Say goodbye to long, straight rows of vegetable plants lined up and waiting for attacks from pests and diseases, and say hello to...

ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award: Home & Garden American Horticultural Society Book Award This illustrated gardening handbook offers sound vegetable gardening advice for growing over 100 low maintenance species throughout the season and delicious...

Perfect for any aspiring backyard gardeners, this book offers a doable, incremental program for turning any yard into a primary food source with vegetables, fruits, chickens, pollinator plants, and medicinal herbs. Today's gardeners want a bit of everything-...

How to Grow Perennial Vegetables gives comprehensive advice on all types of perennial vegetables, from ground-cover plants and coppiced trees to plants for bog gardens and edible woodland plants. Perennial vegetables are a joy to grow. Whereas traditional vegetable...

Discover the benefits of companion planting with this comprehensive guidebook. Plant Partners delivers a research-based rationale for the ever-popular growing technique of companion planting, offering dozens of ways you can use scientifically tested plant...

Go back to basics--compost, raising chickens, water and irrigation, dealing with pests, and much more--with this unique, full color bestseller (over 400,000 sold). Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent...

Grow an abundance of food with less work and more joywith this comprehensive, practical guide--whether you're a first-time gardener tending a few raised beds or a seasoned grower managing a large field. Learn to observe, adapt, and make confident choices for your garden,...

Medicinal herbs aren't just for traditional medicinal preparations, they are also a wonderful way to complement a healthy diet. The Healing Garden is the perfect guide to revitalizing your health with ingredients you can grow and forage yourself. From edible treats to therapeutic remedies,...

The ultimate resource for growers interested in no-till market gardening, sustainable agriculture principles, and farm-tested practices for healthier, more productive soil From the host of the popular The No-Till Market Garden Podcast--heard around the world with nearly one...

Author Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist and a member of the Squamish Nation, provides a beautifully illustrated essential introduction to Indigenous plant knowledge. Plants can be a great source of healing as well as nourishment, and the practice of...

Revised and updated, this all-in-one guide designed for northern-tier gardeners from coast to coast features: * more than 2,000 varieties proven to thrive in cold climates* five-star ratings to help you choose top-performing perennials * new selections of varieties with...

Learn how to build an enduring, resilient, and biodiverse landscape prized by pollinators and people alike from the foremost authority on gardening in North America. The second book in the American Horticultural Society's series of growing guides, Essential Guide to...

Bring your garden to life--and life to your garden! Do you want a garden that makes a real difference? Choose plants native to our Midwest region. The rewards will benefit you, your yard, and the environment--from reducing maintenance tasks to attracting earth-friendly...

Native Plants of the Midwest, by regional plant expert Alan Branhagan, features the best native plants in the heartland and offers clear and concise guidance on how to use them in the garden. Plant profiles for more than 500 species of trees, shrubs, vines, perennials, ground covers,...

Essential Perennials focuses on what every gardener needs to know to choose from the thousands of perennials available, and care for the ones you already have. This A-to-Z guide is packed with more than 2,700 plants, with each entry listing flower color, bloom time,...

"The wonder of woodland gardening is that it looks like plants grow themselves there. After reading this book, gardeners can make that happen." --Publishers Weekly Woodlands are magical places and even small gardens can capture the atmosphere with carefully chosen trees...

"A radical yet timeless understanding of what organic farming is truly about. . . . Only Eliot could bring such clarity and wisdom to the conversation. . . . A must-read for anyone who believes that food can be a force for change. . . . A new classic for the ages." --Jean-Martin Fortier,...

One farm's decades-long journey into regenerative agriculture--and how these methods enhance biodiversity, pollinators, and soil health Northern Vermont's Nancy and John Hayden have spent the last 25 years transforming their draft horse-powered, organic vegetable and livestock...

A practiculture way to grow nutrient-dense food, produce healthy fats, and live the good life The Nourishing Homestead tells the story of how we can create truly satisfying, permanent, nourished relationships to the land, nature, and one another. The Hewitts offer practical ways to...