Bugs & Pests

Bugs

Good Bugs for Your Garden
by Allison Mia Starcher
Hardcover (1995)

Bug Busters/Poison Free Pest Controls for Your House and Garden
by Bernice Lifton
Paperback (1991)

Insects in the Garden
(Creatures All Around Us)

by Dorothy Souza
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Library Binding (1991)

The Gardener's Bug Book:
Earth-Safe Insect Control

by Barbara Pleasant
Paperback (1994)

Bugs, Slugs & Other Thugs:
Controlling Garden Pests Organically

by Rhonda Massingham Hart
Paperback (1991)

See also Plant Disease

Pests & Diseases

Natural Pest Control:
Alternatives to Chemicals for the Home and Garden

by Andy Lopez
Paperback (1998)

Garden Pests & Diseases
by Sunset Magazine
Paperback (1993)

Pests & Diseases
(The Time-Life Complete Gardener)
Hardcover (1995)

Common-Sense Pest Control
by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar
Hardcover(1991)

The Gardener's Guide to Common-Sense Pest Control
by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar
Paperback (1996)

Dead Snails Leave No Trails:
Natural Pest Control for Home and Garden

by Loren Nancarrow, Janet Taylor
Paperback (1996)

Citrus & Tropical
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All About Citrus and Subtropical Fruits
by Maggie Klein, Paul Moore
Paperback (1985)

The Great Exotic Fruit Book:
A Handbook of Tropical and Subropical Fruits, With Recipes

by Norman Van Aken, John Harrisson
Paperback (1995)

Tropical Vegetables
by Tuttle Publishing Staff
Paperback (1997)

Tropical Herbs & Spices
by Wendy Hutton, Alberto Cassio
Hardcover (1997)

The Great Citrus Book:
A Guide With Recipes

by Allen Susser
Paperback (July 1997)

Oranges
by John A. McPhee
Paperback (1991)

Citrus:
Complete Guide to Selecting & Growing More Than 100 Varieties for California, Arizona, Texas, the Gulf Coast and Florida

by Lance Walheim, Michael Landis, Scott Millard
Paperback (1996)

Growing Tropical Plants
by John Mason
Paperback (1998)

Companion Planting

The details of the books below are here

Carrots Love Tomatoes:
Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening

by Louise Secrets of Companion Planting Riotte
Paperback (1998)

Roses Love Garlic:
Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers

by Louise Riotte
Paperback (1998)

Details of the books below are here

Harmonic Farming: a love style
by Werner Max Gysi, John Love
Paperback  (1995)

Plant Partners
(Successful Gardening)
by Thomas Christopher
Paperback  (1998)

 

The details of the books below are here

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening Companion Planting
by Susan McClure, Sally Roth
Paperback (1994)

Rodale's Successful Organic Gardening Companion Planting
by Susan McClure, Sally Roth
Hardcover $24.95 (1994)

Great Garden Companions:
A Companion-Planting System for a Beautiful, Chemical-Free Vegetable Garden

by Sally Jean Cunningham
Hardcover (1998)

Forest Gardening:
Cultivating an Edible Landscape

by Robert A. De J. Hart
Paperback  (1996)

The Wild Plant Companion: A Fresh Understanding of Herbal Food and Medicine
by Kathryn G. March
Paperback  (1986)

Composting

See reviews and covers of books below here

Backyard Composting:
Your Complete Guide to Recycling Yard Clippings

by Harmonious Technologies, John Roulac
Paperback (1997)

The Complete Book of Compost
by Robert Francis
Paperback (1998)

The Rodale Book of Composting
by Deborah Martin, Grace Gershuny
Paperback $11.96 (1992)

Let It Rot:
The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Storey's Down-To-Earth Guides)

by Stu Campbell
Paperback (1998)

Soil and Composting:
The Complete Guide to Building Healthy, Fertile Soil
(Taylor's Weekend Gardening Guides)

by Nancy Ondra, Barbara Ellis
Paperback (1998)

The Mulch Book: A Complete Guide for Gardeners
(Down-To-Earth Book)

by Stu Campbell, Donna Moore
Paperback (May 1991)
Review and cover of this book here

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Start With the Soil:
The Organic Gardener's Guide to Improving Soil for Higher Yields, More Beautiful Flowers, and a Healthy, Easy-Care Garden

by Grace Gershuny
Paperback (1997)

Start With the Soil:
The Organic Gardener's Guide to Improving Soil for Higher Yields, More Beautiful Flowers, and a Healthy, Easy-Care Garden

by Grace Gershuny
Hardcover (1993)

Secrets to Great Soil:
A Grower's Guide to Composting, Mulching, and Creating Healthy, Fertile Soil for Your Garden and Lawn

by Elizabeth Stell
Paperback (1998)

Secrets to Great Soil:
A Grower's Guide to Composting, Mulching, and Creating Healthy, Fertile Soil for Your Garden and Lawn

by Elizabeth Stell
Hardcover (1998)

Gardening Success With Difficult Soils: Limestone, Alkaline Clay, and Caliche
by Scott Ogden
Paperback (1992)

Organic Growing
Details of Organic books here

Seed to Seed
by Suzanne Ashworth, David Cavagnaro
Paperback (1995)

Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening:
The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener

by Barbara Ellis, Fern Bradley
Hardcover (1992)

Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening:
The Indispensable Resource for Every Gardener

by Marshall Bradley, Barbara Ellis, Fern Bradley
Paperback (1993)

The Best of Organic Gardening: Over 50 Years of Organic Advice and Reader-Proven Techniques from America's Best-Loved Gardening Magazine
by Mike McGrath
Paperback (1996)

The Organic Gardener's Home Reference: A Plant-By-Plant Guide to Growing Fresh, Healthy Food
by Tanya Denckla, Tanya Denchla
Paperback (1994)

Burpee: The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener : A Guide to Growing Your Garden Organically
by Karan Davis Cutler, Cavagnarok David, Barbara Ellis
Hardcover (1998)

Vegetables Organic and Biointensive Growing
See the reviews of the books below here

The Backyard Homestead:
Mini Farm and Garden Log Book

by John Jeavons, Mogador Griffin, Robin Leler
Paperback (1983)

The Sustainable Vegetable Garden:
A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields

by John Jeavons, Carol Cox
Paperback (1999)

Four-Season Harvest:
How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

by Eliot Coleman, Kathy Bary, Barbara Damrosch
Paperback (1992)

How to Grow More Vegetables: Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops
by John Jeavons
Paperback (1995)

Self-Sufficiency Gardening:
Financial, Physical and Emotional Security from Your Own Backyard:
A Practical Guide for Growing Vegetables, Fruits, Nuts

by Martin Waterman
Paperback (1995)

Solar Gardening: Growing Vegetables Year-Round the American Intensive Way
by Leandre Poisson, Gretchen Vogel Poisson, Robin Wimbiscus
Paperback (1994)

Vegetables

How to grow and cook them

Vegetables
by James Peterson, Justin Schwartz
Hardcover (1998)

Uncommon Fruits & Vegetables:
A Commonsense Guide

by Elizabeth Schneider, Soun Vannithone
Hardcover (1998)

A Produce Reference Guide to Fruits and Vegetables from Around the World:
Nature's Harvest

by Donald D. Heaton
Hardcover (April 1997)

All About Vegetables
by Walter L. Doty
Paperback (1996)

Kitchen Gardens:
Beyond the Vegetable Patch

by Carole Turner, Peter J. Hatch
Paperback  (1998)

Grower's Guides to Vegetables

Vegetables
(Step-By-Step Series)

by Rita Buchanan, Better Homes and Gardens
Paperback (1997)

The Grower's Guide to Vegetables
by John Fenton-Smith, John Fenton Smith
Paperback (1997)

Heinerman's New Encyclopedia of
Fruits and Vegetables

by John Heinerman
Paperback (1995)

Heinerman's New Encyclopedia of
Fruits & Vegetables

by John Heinerman
Hardcover (1995)

Heinerman's Encyclopedia of
Fruits, Vegetables, and Herbs

by John Heinerman
Hardcover (1988)

Wild Foods

The books in this column are reviewed here

The Basic Essentials of Edible Wild Plants and Useful Herbs
by Jim Meuninck, Peggy Duke
Paperback (1988)

Identifying and Harvesting Edible and Medicinal Plants in Wild
(And Not So Wild Places)

by Steve Brill, Evelyn Dean
Paperback (1994)

Edible Wild Plants:
A North American Field Guide

by Thomas S. Elias, Peter A. Dykeman
Paperback (1990)

Tom Brown's Guide to Wild Edible and Medicinal Plants
by Tom Brown
Paperback (1995)

 

 

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Billy Joe Tatum's Wild Foods
Cookbook and Field Guide

by Billy Joe Tatum
Paperback (1985)

The Foraging Gourmet
by Katie Letcher Lyle
Paperback (1997)

Wild Roots:
A Forager's Guide to the Edible and Medicinal Roots, Tubers, Corms, and Rhizomes of North America

by Doug Elliott
Paperback (1995)

Stalking the Healthful Herbs
by Euell Gibbons, Raymond Rose
Paperback (1989)

Stalking the Wild Asparagus
by Euell Gibbons, Margaret Schroeder, John McPhee
Paperback (1987)