Backyard Gardening

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. Gardening is possible in almost any environment. These books, written by some of the best voices in the modern home gardening movement, will plant seeds and sprout ideas about gardening outside of the box.

Updated June 26, 2023
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The First-Time Gardener Growing Vegetables: All the know-how and encouragement you need to grow--and fall in love with!--your brand new food garden
Sowards, Jessica.
Ebook
No dig : nurture your soil to grow better vegetables with less effort
Dowding, Charles
Paper Book
Join the No Dig revolution to boost your soil's vitality and grow more veg with less effort. Transform a weedy plot into a thriving vegetable garden by following simple steps achieved in a few hours and with plants in the ground from day one. The crucial factor is understanding...
Veg in one bed : how to grow an abundance of food in one raised bed, month by month
Richards, Huw
Paper Book
Grow your own vegetable garden with this practical, straightforward gardening guide.  There is nothing more fulfilling than growing your own home produce. You don't have to be a seasoned gardener to produce a healthy, flourishing garden -- all you need is a few seeds, water,...
Rebel Gardening: A Beginner's Handbook to Organic Urban Gardening
Vitale, Alessandro
Paper Book
This is the ultimate beginner's guide to establishing and tending an organic kitchen garden in any urban space, no matter how small, written by the YouTuber and TikToker known as Spicy Moustache. Do you live in the city and yearn for the space and time to grow your own food and...
The Modern Homestead Garden Growing Self-sufficiency in Any Size Backyard
Pilarchik, Gary.
Paper Book
Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food.
The modern homestead garden : growing self-sufficiency in any size backyard
Pilarchik, Gary
Paper Book
Filled with easy-to-employ ideas and lessons for improving your food self-sufficiency no matter how much land you have, The Modern Homestead Garden focuses on planting, growing, harvesting, and preserving food.
Raised bed gardening : all the know-how you need to build and grow a raised bed garden
CaliKim
Paper Book
Raised Bed Gardening (First-Time Gardener) is an essential beginner's guide to building, filling, and growing a raised bed vegetable garden.
The year-round vegetable gardener : how to grow your own food 365 days a year no matter where you live
Jabbour, Niki.
Paper Book
Stretch the gardening season with intensive planting techniques, cold-weather care tips, and vegetable varieties picked for flavor and growing success. Even in winter's coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from...
The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener How to Grow Your Own Food 365 Days a Year, No Matter Where You Live
De Sciose, Joseph.
Paper Book
Stretch the gardening season with intensive planting techniques, cold-weather care tips, and vegetable varieties picked for flavor and growing success. Even in winter's coldest months you can harvest fresh, delicious produce. Drawing on insights gained from...
Plant grow harvest repeat : grow a bounty of vegetables, fruits, and flowers by mastering the art of succession planting
Cowden, Meg McAndrews
Paper Book
"Wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated, and everything you need to know to get more productivity out of your food garden." --Joe Lamp'l, creator and executive producer, Growing a Greener World Discover how to get more out of your growing space with succession planting--carefully planned,...
Plant Grow Harvest Repeat Grow a Bounty of Vegetables, Fruits, and Flowers by Mastering the Art of Succession Planting
Cowden, Meg McAndrews.
Paper Book
"Wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated, and everything you need to know to get more productivity out of your food garden." --Joe Lamp'l, creator and executive producer, Growing a Greener World Discover how to get more out of your growing space with succession planting--carefully planned,...
Growing Under Cover Techniques for a More Productive, Weather-Resistant, Pest-Free Vegetable Garden
Jabbour, Niki.
Paper Book
Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today's vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use small solutions like cloches, row covers, shade cloth, cold...
Growing under cover : techniques for a more productive, weather-resistant, pest-free vegetable garden
Jabbour, Niki
Paper Book
Increasingly unpredictable weather patterns and pest infestations are challenging today's vegetable gardeners. But best-selling author Niki Jabbour has a solution: Growing Under Cover. In this in-depth guide, Jabbour shows how to use small solutions like cloches, row covers, shade cloth, cold...
Grounded : a gardener's journey to abundance & self-sufficiency
Zorab, Liz
Paper Book
*From Liz Zorab, Winner of the Garden Media Guild's Vlog of the Year 2022 "It's on the top shelf of my self-sufficiency library"--Mark Valencia, Founder of the YouTube Channel and Blog Self Sufficient Me "An invaluable resource"--Huw Richards "A lovely description of making a...
The complete gardener
Don, Monty
Paper Book
Even great gardeners like Monty Don are always learning and always experimenting. This extensively revised new edition of his Complete Gardener, first published in 2003, brings you right up-to-date on how Monty gardens today - and his recommendations for you. 
Floret Farm's cut flower garden : grow, harvest & arrange stunning seasonal blooms
Benzakein, Erin
Paper Book
From an industry leader in the farm-to-centerpiece movement comes this book on how to grow, harvest, and arrange gorgeous blooms year-round. Owner of Floret Flower Farms in Skagit Valley, Washington, Erin Benzakein combines her passion for farming local with her knack...
Carrots love tomatoes : secrets of companion planting for successful gardening
Riotte, Louise.
Paper Book
The 50th anniversary edition of this classic guide features a foreword from renowned gardening influencer Charles Dowding and timeless tips on creating a bountiful and balanced garden. Plant parsley and asparagus together and you'll have more of each, but keep...
Carrots Love Tomatoes Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening
Riotte, Louise.
Paper Book
The 50th anniversary edition of this classic guide features a foreword from renowned gardening influencer Charles Dowding and timeless tips on creating a bountiful and balanced garden. Plant parsley and asparagus together and you'll have more of each, but keep...
Roses love garlic companion planting and other secrets of flowers
Riotte, Louise.
Paper Book
Discusses companion planting with flowers, explains why specific plants can be beneficial for their neighbors, and gives advice on wildflowers, night-blooming gardens, and growing flowers for dyes.
Roses love garlic
Riotte, Louise.
Paper Book
Discusses companion planting with flowers, explains why specific plants can be beneficial for their neighbors, and gives advice on wildflowers, night-blooming gardens, and growing flowers for dyes.
Growing vegetables : all the know-how and encouragement you need to grow and fall in love with! your brand-new food garden
Sowards, Jessica
Paper Book
Growing Vegetables (The First-Time Gardener) is an essential tool for newbie gardeners, handing them all the practical and inspirational know-how they need to grow a fruitful garden, even if its their very first time sinking a seed into the soil.

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