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Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Into the Dreaming of Earth

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by Stephen Harrod Buhner, 564 pages, 6x9, softcover. John Muir said “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest... read more

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Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting Strategies for the Vegetable Garden

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An evidence-based guide to companion planting, covering living mulches, trellis plants; and duos to minimize pests, suppress diseases; support pest-eating beneficial insects, and feed pollinators. read more

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Portraits of Earth Justice: Americans Who Tell the Truth

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Painted portraits of People working for Earth Justice (including 5 from Maine!), accompanied by concise biographies and framed by essays about earth justice. read more

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Practical Pomology: A Field Guide

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by Sean Turley, 136 pages, 5 � x 7 ?, softcover. Most of the old classic pomological texts can feel a bit outdated, with language and references... read more

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Putting Food By

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First published in 1973, this comprehensive guide to canning, freezing and drying the garden’s bounty has been updated and offers useful recipes and trustworthy food-safety protocols. read more

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Raising Resilient Bees: Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, Preserve Locally Adapted Genetics, and Grow Your Apiary

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by Eric and Joy McEwen, 272 pages, 7x10, softcover. There’s no denying that raising bees is hard these days. Our pollinators are suffering from... read more

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Recovering Our Ancestors’ Gardens: Indigenous Recipes and Guide to Diet and Fitness

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Revised edition by Devon A. Mihesuah, 350 pages, 5½x8½, softcover. In this revised edition, award-winning author and citizen of Choctaw nation... read more

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The Regenerative Grower’s Guide to Garden Amendments: Using Locally Sourced Materials to Make Mineral and Biological Extracts and Ferments

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This book dives deep into the chemical and biological workings of your garden soil! Plenty of in-depth science, but also includes 12 soil amendment recipes simple enough for a layperson to follow. read more

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The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times

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Placing emphasis on those with special health and dietary needs, Deppe covers her Golden Rules of Gardening, five essential crops you need to survive and thrive, as well as recipes and seed saving. read more

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Root Cellaring

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If thoughts of crisp carrots in March set your mouth watering, you'll love this well-illustrated tour of root cellar designs, featuring varietal selections, best storage conditions, and recipes. read more

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Sacred Instructions: Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change

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Grounded in the living wisdom of her own community, Penobscot activist and human rights lawyer Sherri Mitchell offers hope to those of us wrestling with who we are in this beautiful and hurting world. read more

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Sam Thayer’s Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants of Eastern and Central North America

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by Samuel Thayer, 736 pages, 6⅓x9¾, softcover. My wife and I do a lot of wild foraging, and Thayer’s three previous compendiums have always come... read more

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The School Garden Curriculum: An Integrated K–8 Guide for Discovering Science, Ecology, and Whole-Systems Thinking

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A brilliant curriculum, broken down by age group, then by season, with age-appropriate activities that teach students about botany, ecology, and social interaction. Great for teachers or parents. read more

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The Secret Lives of Backyard Bugs: Discover Amazing Butterflies, Moths, Spiders, Dragonflies and Other Insects!

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If you are a fan of the Eyewitness educational books from the ’90s, this one is for you. Covers 45 insect and spider species, with photos of every life stage! Includes an easy comparison guide. read more

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Seed to Seed

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Classic reference with spectacular photographs and detailed instructions on seed saving techniques, including: harvesting, drying, cleaning, storage and proper isolation distances. read more

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A Small Farm Future: Making the Case for a Society Built Around Local Economies, Self-Provisioning, Agricultural Diversity and a Shared Earth

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How best do we envision the new alternative agriculture? In the city, the apothecary garden, the agroforest, the arable corner? These are the some questions and landscapes envisaged. read more

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Stella Natura: 2025 Biodynamic Planting Calendar

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Full of inspiration and practical advice for gardeners and professional growers. Contains lunar and astronomical charts correlated with planting data, along with interesting articles and essays. read more

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Sustainable Food Gardens: Myths and Solutions

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by Robert Kourik, 486 pages, 8½x11, softcover. Don’t fear the thickness of this tome—it’s saving you from reading a 3-foot-tall stack of papers,... read more

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The Tao of Vegetable Gardening: Cultivating Tomatoes, Greens, Peas, Beans, Squash, Joy and Serenity

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by Carol Deppe, 288 pages, 7½x9½, softcover. Armed with her scientific expertise (PhD in genetics from Harvard), her acute sense of observation,... read more

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Toxic Legacy: How the Weedkiller Glyphosate Is Destroying Our Health and the Environment

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by Stephanie Seneff, 272 pages (including 58 pages of indices and notes), 6x9, hardcover. Glyphosate is a difficult word to say, let alone to... read more

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Trees of Power: Ten Essential Arboreal Allies

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by Akiva Silver, 274 pages, 6x9, softcover. I’m not sure if this book would be with the gardening books or on the self-help shelf in a bookstore.... read more

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Understanding Roots: Discover How to Make Your Garden Flourish

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by Robert Kourik, 225 pages, 8½x11, softcover. Soil yearns for roots. In fact, plant roots define soil and, to a great extent, control the soil... read more

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What We Sow: On the Personal, Ecological, and Cultural Significance of Seeds

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by Jennifer Jewell, 392 pages, 6x9, hardcover. Organized by a year in the life of a seed, Jewell weaves in her personal story of observing seeds... read more

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What’s Wrong with My Marijuana Plant?: A Cannabis Grower’s Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies

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by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth, 192 pages, 7½x9½, softcover. The only book dedicated to a single species in the widely popular “What’s... read more

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The Wholistic Healing Guide to Cannabis: Understanding the Endocannabinoid System, Addressing Specific Ailments and Conditions, Making Cannabis-Based Remedies

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by Tammi Sweet, 272 pages, 6x9, softcover. This book has something for both the cannabis-naive and the cannabis-savvy. Whether you want to make a... read more

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Will Bonsall’s Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening

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by Will Bonsall, 400 pages, 8x10, softcover. As a former apprentice of Will’s, I assumed his book would be a nostalgic journey but not especially... read more

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The Year-Round Solar Greenhouse: How to Design and Build a Net-Zero Energy Greenhouse

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by Lindsey Schiller with Marc Plinke, 307 pages, 7¼x8¾, softcover. Is it worth the coal burned to generate the electricity to grow a tomato in... read more