Gardening and Seed-Saving

Check out one of these titles to learn about seed-saving and gardening in spaces of all sizes!

Updated October 13, 2023
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Organic gardening for everyone : homegrown vegetables made easy (no experience required)
CaliKim
Paper Book
If you want to grow healthy vegetables at home, but have hesitated because it seems too hard and time consuming, Organic Gardening for Everyone is your perfect hands-on guide--an "if I can do it, you can do it" case study that addresses your concerns and gets you started. ...
Small-space vegetable gardens : growing great edibles in containers, raised beds, and small plots
Bellamy, Andrea.
Paper Book
"Size matters! Andrea Bellamy shares creative ways to grow a wide array of vegetables, fruits, and herbs in diminutive settings, year-round." --Debra Prinzing, author, speaker, and podcaster Small-Space Vegetable Gardens explains the basics of...
Attracting birds and butterflies : how to plant a backyard habitat to attract winged wildlife
Ellis, Barbara W.
Paper Book
A quick-reference guide to attracting birds and butterflies for gardeners with little experience and time. In the eye of a bird or butterfly, the typical suburban landscape resembles an unfriendly desert. Closely mowed lawns, tightly clipped shrubs, raked-up borders, and...
Grow all you can eat in 3 square feet
Johnsen, Kate
Paper Book
Want to grow your own vegetables and food, but don't have enough space for a garden? Don't let lack of space get in the way of growing healthy, organic foods at home. Apartment dwellers, schoolteachers, and anyone else who wants to grow a lot of food in a little space will find a great small garden...
The pollinator victory garden : win the war on pollinator decline with ecological gardening : how to attract and support bees, beetles, butterflies, bats, and other pollinators
Eierman, Kim
Paper Book
You can create a beautiful landscape that attracts and supports many different species of pollinators.
The vegetable grower's handbook : unearth your garden's full potential
Richards, Huw
Paper Book
Garden efficiently and grow more food - Huw Richards shows you how. Following the success of Veg in One Bed and Grow Food for Free, in his third book Huw shares his tried and tested methods to help you unearth your garden's potential and get better results without...
Seed to seed : seed saving and growing techniques for vegetable gardeners
Ashworth, Suzanne.
Paper Book
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...

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