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  • Book cover of The Four Season Farm Gardener's Cookbook

    Barbara Damrosch and Eliot Coleman are America’s foremost organic gardeners—and authorities. Barbara is the author of The Garden Primer, and Eliot wrote the bible for organic gardening, The New Organic Grower. Today they are the face of the locavore movement, working through their extraordinary Four Season Farm in Maine. And now they’ve written the book on how to grow what you eat, and cook what you grow. The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook is two books in one. It’s a complete four-season cookbook with 120 recipes from Barbara, a master cook as well as master gardener, who shows how to maximize the fruits—and vegetables—of your labors, from Stuffed Squash Blossom Fritters to Red Thai Curry with Fall Vegetables to Hazelnut Torte with Summer Berries. And it’s a step-by-step garden guide that works no matter how big or small your plot, with easy-to-follow instructions and plans for different gardens. It covers size of the garden, nourishing the soil, planning ahead, and the importance of rotating crops—yes, even in your backyard. And, at the core, individual instructions on the crops, from the hardy and healthful cabbage family to fourteen essential culinary herbs. Eating doesn’t get any more local than your own backyard.

  • Book cover of Florida's Best Fruiting Plants

    *Details on how to turn your Florida yard into a cornucopia of delicious fruit *Plants will succeed in every region of the state. *Profiles of more than 80 species ranging from familiar strawberry to obscure jaboticaba *Maps and fruiting calendars to help with planning.

  • Book cover of The Horticulturist

    This 1871 volume, a revision and enlargement by William Robinson of John Loudon's original text, is a classic work on the growth and management of fruits and vegetables.

  • Book cover of Seed to Seed

    This is a complete seed saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. 80 photos.

  • Book cover of The Compleat Squash

    No author available

     · 2004

    Detailed instructions on how to plant, cultivate, harvest, and propagate a variety of pumpkin, squash, and ornamental gourd varieties are accompanied by more than 150 glorious color photographs, horticultural tips, and delicious recipes.

  • Book cover of My Garden (Book)

    A collection of essays in which author Jamaica Kincaid discusses all she loves about gardening and plants.

  • Book cover of Apples
    Roger Yepsen

     · 2017

    90 beautifully illustrated common and rare apples from the orchards of North America. Roger Yepsen knows his apples. He should, as he is a seasoned orchardist as well as a talented writer and illustrator. Here he presents fascinating facts about 90 mainstay and unusual varieties of apples grown in the United States, from Red Delicious and Granny Smith to Knobbed Russet and Hubbardston Nonesuch. Each entry identifies the variety’s harvest season, unique taste,and best uses, and Yepsen’s beautiful and distinctive watercolors make identification a snap. This new edition has been updated with entries on Honeycrisp and other varieties that have becomes popular since the first publication of Apples in 1994. But this is not just a grower’s catalog. Yepsen also includes a brief history of apples in North America, and recipes for pies, sauces, ciders, and more.

  • Book cover of Apple Growing in California

    George Weldon, in conjunction with the California State Commission of Horticulture, created this 1914 work to aid in the successful commercial cultivation of apples within the state.

  • Book cover of Edible Schoolyard
    Alice Waters

     · 2008

    Offers a look at an organic garden on school grounds, which are tended and harvested by students and the benefits that arise from it.

  • Book cover of Fruits of Warm Climates

    Handleiding over fruit uit de tropen en de subtropen.