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Farming and Gardening
If times get difficult, you may just have to provide your own food, by some method less baroque than our current hypercomplex food production and marketing system. Growing it yourself is among the few really workable options - and you'll need to know how.

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Growing, Gardening, & Cooking with Herbs One of a series of books spun off by Yankee Magazine, this gives a good look at traditional methods of herb growing and use.		Square Foot Gardening This is the system featured on PBS some years ago, a space- and labor-saving approach to organic gardening. Very detailed and comprehensive.
Earth Market As much a work of art as a book on farming, this little delight is about organic farming in maritime British Columbia, with a range of useful tips and charming linoleum-print illustrations.		Let It Rot! The Gardener's Guide to Composting The book that launched a thousand compost bins. Everything you need to know about making compost - the best organic fertilizer there is.
The Mulch Book Another standard ingredient in organic gardening, mulch has its supporters and its detractors, but mulch mavens seem to produce some of the best organic gardens going. Here's everything you need to know on how it's done.		Botany for Gardeners A little less hands-on in its approach than other things in this Library, but vital if you want to understand what's actually going on in your garden, this is an introductory textbook of botany aimed at people who actually grow things.
Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest Just about everybody who grows vegetables in the Puget Sound area has a dogeared copy of this book somewhere. (This is the new, expanded edition; the original came out in 1977.) If you live anyplace where the winters are soggy rather than snowy, it's worth having - a detailed guide to putting fresh vegetables on your table throughout the cold half of the year.		The Organic Gardener Detailed and very comprehensive, with tricks for chemical-free gardening that most experienced organic gardeners don't know.
Survival Gardening The subtitle is 'Enough Nutrition From 1000 Square Feet To Live On - Just In Case!' The contents more than justify the billing. Packed with tables and solid info; the list of what vegetables provide what nutrients in what quantities are particularly useful.		The One-Straw Revolution One of the classic texts of natural farming. Well worth revisiting.
Good Food Naturally Another treasure for inhabitants of soggy climates, an early and excellent introduction to the philosophy and practice of organic farming.		Bugs, Slugs and Other Thugs: Controlling Garden Pests Organically As a gardener, you're in ecological competition with a lot of other life forms. This book is the best guide I've seen on how to win the competition without petrochemical poisons.
Growing 101 Herbs That Heal A good and thoroughly illustrated guide to growing your own medicinal herbs.		Gardening Under Cover All about solar greenhouses, cold frames and cloches - tools you can use to extend the growing season by months. Pacific Northwest focus, but the information is good for nearly any maritime climate.

Growing, Gardening, & Cooking with Herbs

One of a series of books spun off by Yankee Magazine, this gives a good look at traditional methods of herb growing and use.

Square Foot Gardening

This is the system featured on PBS some years ago, a space- and labor-saving approach to organic gardening. Very detailed and comprehensive.

Earth Market

As much a work of art as a book on farming, this little delight is about organic farming in maritime British Columbia, with a range of useful tips and charming linoleum-print illustrations.

Let It Rot! The Gardener's Guide to Composting

The book that launched a thousand compost bins. Everything you need to know about making compost - the best organic fertilizer there is.

The Mulch Book

Another standard ingredient in organic gardening, mulch has its supporters and its detractors, but mulch mavens seem to produce some of the best organic gardens going. Here's everything you need to know on how it's done.

Botany for Gardeners

A little less hands-on in its approach than other things in this Library, but vital if you want to understand what's actually going on in your garden, this is an introductory textbook of botany aimed at people who actually grow things.

Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest

Just about everybody who grows vegetables in the Puget Sound area has a dogeared copy of this book somewhere. (This is the new, expanded edition; the original came out in 1977.) If you live anyplace where the winters are soggy rather than snowy, it's worth having - a detailed guide to putting fresh vegetables on your table throughout the cold half of the year.

The Organic Gardener

Detailed and very comprehensive, with tricks for chemical-free gardening that most experienced organic gardeners don't know.

Survival Gardening

The subtitle is 'Enough Nutrition From 1000 Square Feet To Live On - Just In Case!' The contents more than justify the billing. Packed with tables and solid info; the list of what vegetables provide what nutrients in what quantities are particularly useful.

The One-Straw Revolution

One of the classic texts of natural farming. Well worth revisiting.

Good Food Naturally

Another treasure for inhabitants of soggy climates, an early and excellent introduction to the philosophy and practice of organic farming.

Bugs, Slugs and Other Thugs: Controlling Garden Pests Organically

As a gardener, you're in ecological competition with a lot of other life forms. This book is the best guide I've seen on how to win the competition without petrochemical poisons.

Growing 101 Herbs That Heal

A good and thoroughly illustrated guide to growing your own medicinal herbs.

Gardening Under Cover

All about solar greenhouses, cold frames and cloches - tools you can use to extend the growing season by months. Pacific Northwest focus, but the information is good for nearly any maritime climate.