Suggested Gardening Reading

Books we’ve read, and books that have been suggested that we read. Check back for new selections!

Vegetable Gardening/Farming

The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide, Seattle Tilth.
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, by Steve Solomon.
How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.
The New Organic Grower, by Eliot Coleman.
Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest, by Binda Colebrook.
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardners, by Suzanne Ashworth & Kent Whealy
Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally, by Robert Kourik.

Soil and Compost

Soil Biology Primer, by Soil and Waster Conservation Society.
Start With the Soil, by Grace Gershuny.
Worms Eat My Garbage, by Mary Appelhof.

Sustainable Gardening

Growing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape, Naturally, by Robert Kourik.
One-Straw Revolution, by Masanobu Fukuaka.
Permaculture: A Designers’ Manual, by Bill Mollison.
Gaia’s Garden, by Toby Hemenway.
Right Plant, Right Place, by Nicola Ferguson.

Integrated Pest Management

Bugs, Slugs and Other Thugs: Controlling Garden Pests Organically, by Rhonda Massingham Hart.
The Organic Gardener’s Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control, by Ellis and Bradley.
Rodale’s Pest and Disease Problem Solver: A Chemical-Free Guide to Keeping Your Garden Healthy, by Linda Gilkeson, Pam Peirce, & Miranda Smith

General Organic Reference

All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening, by Rodale Press.
Any Rodale Press Series Gardening Book

Themed Garden Reading

Edible French Garden, by Rosalind Creasy

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