Gardening Books

I sent out a little bird scout to find the best gardening books for growing vegetables, herbs and everything to do with organics.

The books in the list below all punch above their weight. I believe them to be either unique or the best in their field. So muck in and have a read with my highest recommendation.

For health and wellbeing herbsarespecial.com.au offers FREE herb information and the highly acclaimed herb book - "How can I use HERBS in my daily life?" This comprehensive herb book, as well as a practical guide to growing and using culinary herbs and medicinal herbs, compiles natural herbal remedies, alternative herbal medicines, natural herbal pain relief and herbal nutrition.

Isabell's 25 years of research, knowledge and experience is presented in a down-to-earth, easy to read style, that brings herbs 'to life' for the reader. Worldwide readers can order this Australian herb book (now in 2nd Edition) with its more than 280 beautiful photos and references that covers over 500 herbs, spices and edible plants.

Isabell Shipard's passion is herbs, and she loves to inspire and share the joys and wonders of natural herbs. Her Books and DVDs will truly inspire and help you to see that HERBS really ARE SPECIAL.

Click herbsarespecial.com.au to find out more, including how to grow and use SPROUTS as a living food — totally engrossing.

It's hard to put this book down. What a treasure-trove mix of facts and wit.

The information goes into seemingly nanoparticles (to use the latest buzzword) of roots, soil and everything in-between that makes plants grow. "Roots Demystified" is fascinating, gripping, but oh so easy to read. The meticulous illustrations serve to further prove that this book is the quintessential guide for growing healthy plants both for the kitchen gardener and seasoned horticulturalist.

Did you know that the root "map" of a cauliflower plant, shows how its roots can grow four feet deep and five feet wide? To absorb food, plants grow hairs on their roots. They don't dilly dally — an apple tree can grow up to 17 million root hairs, that's over a mile, in its first year. Sprout your cucumber seeds in good friable soil and they can send taproots down to around three feet at the rate of one inch per day.

As well as a good section on vegetables, this book gives practical advice on lawns, prairies, shrubs, fruit, ornamental and native trees.

"Roots Demystified" goes underground so that you as a gardener can be on top. You simply cannot grow anything but tip-top plants once you've buried into this book with all its revealing knowledge.

Also just released is "Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape and All Climates". Sunset magazine's blog review says: "Fun book, great info. Buy it and save the world's water supply." Click Robert Kourik to find out more.

A Story describes a family and a neighborhood that manage their lawns, orchards, and gardens in an ancient natural way. It is the story of what happened when a new family moved to the neighborhood, naively attempting a new way of doing things.

This beautiful and practical book gives a list of Names of nearly four hundred species of lawnflowers that can be used to grace lawns and enhance lawn ecology. It gives the growing requirements, the many varying combinations soil type, soil moisture content, soil fertility, traffic, and shading and lighting conditions.

The presence of lawnflowers in lawns is as ancient as the presence of lawns in human culture. The Lawnflowers story speaks of that cultural heritage. So does the Lawnflowers name list. Lawnflower names are clues through which we can contemplate our ancestors' impressions of the botanical world in which they were immersed.

This book of lawn renewal was written by Dennis Bauer, who currently lives in Andalusia, Alabama, US. He writes: "I have walked countless miles of sidewalks and roadsides. I have gazed at countless acres of lawns. My favorite lawns are lawnflower lawns. Lawnflower lawns always invite my attention, capture my curiosity, and return them satiated, contented, and pleased."

Purchase "Lawnflowers" online at PublishAmerica.com

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