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<description><![CDATA[This is a list of books we are proud to be promoting!]]></description>

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<title><![CDATA[The Locavore Way]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781603424530</link>
<description><![CDATA[Millions of Americans are rediscovering the pleasures of locally grown food. But novice locavores can find themselves stumped by basic questions. This friendly guide to eating locally gives readers all the information they need to buy, cook, and eat close to home.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Locavore Way]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Cotler]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Storey Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781603424530]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Millions of Americans are rediscovering the pleasures of locally grown food. But novice locavores can find themselves stumped by basic questions. This friendly guide to eating locally gives readers all the information they need to buy, cook, and eat close to home.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Farm City]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781594202216</link>
<description><![CDATA[Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farmNovella Carpenter loves cities-the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can't shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea of backyard self-sufficiency, Carpenter decided that it might be possible to have it both ways: a homegrown vegetable plot as well as museums, bars, concerts, and a twenty-four-hour convenience mart mere minutes away. Especially when she moved to a ramshackle house in inner city Oakland and discovered a weed-choked, garbage-strewn abandoned lot next door. She closed her eyes and pictured heirloom tomatoes, a beehive, and a chicken coop. What started out as a few egg-laying chickens led to turkeys, geese, and ducks. Soon, some rabbits joined the fun, then two three-hundred-pound pigs. And no, these charming and eccentric animals weren't pets; she was a farmer, not a zookeeper. Novella was raising these animals for dinner. Novella Carpenter's corner of downtown Oakland is populated by unforgettable characters. Lana (anal spelled backward, she reminds us) runs a speakeasy across the street and refuses to hurt even a fly, let alone condone raising turkeys for Thanksgiving. Bobby, the homeless man who collects cars and car parts just outside the farm, is an invaluable neighborhood concierge. The turkeys, Harold and Maude, tend to escape on a daily basis to cavort with the prostitutes hanging around just off the highway nearby. Every day on this strange and beautiful farm, urban meets rural in the most surprising ways. For anyone who has ever grown herbs on their windowsill, tomatoes on their fire escape, or obsessed over the offerings at the local farmers' market, Carpenter's story will capture your heart. And if you've ever considered leaving it all behind to become a farmer outside the city limits, or looked at the abandoned lot next door with a gleam in your eye, consider this both a cautionary tale and a full-throated call to action. Farm City is an unforgettably charming memoir, full of hilarious moments, fascinating farmers' tips, and a great deal of heart. It is also a moving meditation on urban life versus the natural world and what we have given up to live the way we do.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Farm City]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Novella  Carpenter]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Penguin Press HC, The]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781594202216]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Urban and rural collide in this wry, inspiring memoir of a woman who turned a vacant lot in downtown Oakland into a thriving farmNovella Carpenter loves cities-the culture, the crowds, the energy. At the same time, she can't shake the fact that she is the daughter of two back-to-the-land hippies who taught her to love nature and eat vegetables. Ambivalent about repeating her parents' disastrous mistakes, yet drawn to the idea of backyard self-sufficiency, Carpenter decided that it might be possible to have it both ways: a homegrown vegetable plot as well as museums, bars, concerts, and a twenty-four-hour convenience mart mere minutes away. Especially when she moved to a ramshackle house in inner city Oakland and discovered a weed-choked, garbage-strewn abandoned lot next door. She closed her eyes and pictured heirloom tomatoes, a beehive, and a chicken coop. What started out as a few egg-laying chickens led to turkeys, geese, and ducks. Soon, some rabbits joined the fun, then two three-hundred-pound pigs. And no, these charming and eccentric animals weren't pets; she was a farmer, not a zookeeper. Novella was raising these animals for dinner. Novella Carpenter's corner of downtown Oakland is populated by unforgettable characters. Lana (anal spelled backward, she reminds us) runs a speakeasy across the street and refuses to hurt even a fly, let alone condone raising turkeys for Thanksgiving. Bobby, the homeless man who collects cars and car parts just outside the farm, is an invaluable neighborhood concierge. The turkeys, Harold and Maude, tend to escape on a daily basis to cavort with the prostitutes hanging around just off the highway nearby. Every day on this strange and beautiful farm, urban meets rural in the most surprising ways. For anyone who has ever grown herbs on their windowsill, tomatoes on their fire escape, or obsessed over the offerings at the local farmers' market, Carpenter's story will capture your heart. And if you've ever considered leaving it all behind to become a farmer outside the city limits, or looked at the abandoned lot next door with a gleam in your eye, consider this both a cautionary tale and a full-throated call to action. Farm City is an unforgettably charming memoir, full of hilarious moments, fascinating farmers' tips, and a great deal of heart. It is also a moving meditation on urban life versus the natural world and what we have given up to live the way we do.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:relation><![CDATA[9781101059180]]></dc:relation>
<dc:date>2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sharing Solution]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781413310214</link>
<description><![CDATA[From housing and childcare to cars and household tools, many people are motivated to share resources but donit know how n or where n to start. The Sharing Solution is a practical and legal guidebook designed to help people create and maintain successful sharing arrangements while addressing commonly held concerns about liability and individual security.  Who can benefit from sharing?  Busy parents looking for help with meals or pet care Retirees who are looking to share needed services Anyone who wishes to purchase property but canit afford a single-family home  Those who wish to work fewer hours, but need to reduce living expenses Professionals who work in the field of community economic development Low-income residents or those who require n or desire n a purchase that they cannot single-handedly afford  And, not least of all, people who are concerned about the environment and wish to find ways to make their lifestyles more sustainable. In fact, statistics tell us that many people belong to this group and that there is enormous interest in the reduction of waste and consumption with fewer tons of solid waste hitting U.S. landfills and greater numbers of people recycling and composting, with 62% of yard waste composted, and a 40% increase in container and packaging recycling in 2007.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Sharing Solution]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Janelle Orsi; Emily Doskow]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[NOLO]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781413310214]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[From housing and childcare to cars and household tools, many people are motivated to share resources but donit know how n or where n to start. The Sharing Solution is a practical and legal guidebook designed to help people create and maintain successful sharing arrangements while addressing commonly held concerns about liability and individual security.  Who can benefit from sharing?  Busy parents looking for help with meals or pet care Retirees who are looking to share needed services Anyone who wishes to purchase property but canit afford a single-family home  Those who wish to work fewer hours, but need to reduce living expenses Professionals who work in the field of community economic development Low-income residents or those who require n or desire n a purchase that they cannot single-handedly afford  And, not least of all, people who are concerned about the environment and wish to find ways to make their lifestyles more sustainable. In fact, statistics tell us that many people belong to this group and that there is enormous interest in the reduction of waste and consumption with fewer tons of solid waste hitting U.S. landfills and greater numbers of people recycling and composting, with 62% of yard waste composted, and a 40% increase in container and packaging recycling in 2007.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Food Not Lawns]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781933392073</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution--it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an age-old subject. Activist and urban gardener Heather Flores shares her nine-step permaculture design to help farmsteaders and city dwellers alike build fertile soil, promote biodiversity, and increase natural habitat in their own "paradise gardens." But "Food Not Lawns" doesnt begin and end in the seed bed. This joyful permaculture lifestyle manual inspires readers to apply the principles of the paradise garden--simplicity, resourcefulness, creativity, mindfulness, and community--to all aspects of life. Plant "guerilla gardens" in barren intersections and medians; organize community meals; start a street theater troupe or host a local art swap; free your kitchen from refrigeration and enjoy truly fresh, nourishing foods from your own plot of land; work with children to create garden play spaces. Flores cares passionately about the damaged state of our environment and the ills of our throwaway society. In "Food Not Lawns," she shows us how to reclaim the earth one garden at a time.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Food Not Lawns]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[H. C. Flores; Jackie Holmstrom; Toby Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781933392073]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Gardening can be a political act. Creativity, fulfillment, connection, revolution--it all begins when we get our hands in the dirt. Food Not Lawns combines practical wisdom on ecological design and community-building with a fresh, green perspective on an age-old subject. Activist and urban gardener Heather Flores shares her nine-step permaculture design to help farmsteaders and city dwellers alike build fertile soil, promote biodiversity, and increase natural habitat in their own "paradise gardens." But "Food Not Lawns" doesnt begin and end in the seed bed. This joyful permaculture lifestyle manual inspires readers to apply the principles of the paradise garden--simplicity, resourcefulness, creativity, mindfulness, and community--to all aspects of life. Plant "guerilla gardens" in barren intersections and medians; organize community meals; start a street theater troupe or host a local art swap; free your kitchen from refrigeration and enjoy truly fresh, nourishing foods from your own plot of land; work with children to create garden play spaces. Flores cares passionately about the damaged state of our environment and the ills of our throwaway society. In "Food Not Lawns," she shows us how to reclaim the earth one garden at a time.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780646418445</link>
<description><![CDATA[David Holmgren brings into sharper focus the powerful Permaculture concept be pioneered with Bill Mollison in the 1970's drawing together 25 years worth of ideas into twelve simple design principles.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Holmgren]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Holmgren Design Services]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780646418445]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[David Holmgren brings into sharper focus the powerful Permaculture concept be pioneered with Bill Mollison in the 1970's drawing together 25 years worth of ideas into twelve simple design principles.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth User's Guide to Permaculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780684872018</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Earth User's Guide to Permaculture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosemary Morrow]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Simon & Schuster Australia]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780684872018]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaia's Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781603580298</link>
<description><![CDATA[This extensively revised and expanded edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban gardeners. The text's message is that working with nature, not against it, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Gaia's Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toby Hemenway]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781603580298]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This extensively revised and expanded edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban gardeners. The text's message is that working with nature, not against it, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Gaia's Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781890132521</link>
<description><![CDATA[Permaculture is a verbal marriage of permanent and agriculture. Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include: use of compatible perennials;non-invasive planting techniques;emphasis on biodiversity;specifically adaptable to local climate, landscape, and soil conditions;highly productive output of edibles.Now, picture your backyard as one incredibly lush garden, filled with edible flowers, bursting with fruit and berries, and carpeted with scented herbs and tangy salad greens. The visual impact is of Monets palette, a wash of color, texture, and hue. But this is no still life. The flowers nurture endangered pollinators. Bright-featured songbirds feed on abundant berries and gather twigs for their nests.The plants themselves are grouped in natural communities, where each species plays a role in building soil, deterring pests, storing nutrients, and luring beneficial insects. And finally, you--good ol homo sapiens--are an integral part of the scene. Your garden tools are resting against a nearby tree, and have a slight patina of rust, because this garden requires so little maintenance. You recline into a hammock to admire your work. You have created a garden paradise.This is no dream, but rather an ecological garden, which takes the principles of permaculture and applies them on a home-scale. There is nothing technical, intrusive, secretive, or expensive about this form of gardening. All that is required is some botanical knowledge (which is in this book) and a mindset that defines a backyard paradise as something other than a carpet of grass fed by MiracleGro.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Gaia's Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Toby Hemenway; John Todd]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781890132521]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Permaculture is a verbal marriage of permanent and agriculture. Australian Bill Mollison pioneered its development. Key features include: use of compatible perennials;non-invasive planting techniques;emphasis on biodiversity;specifically adaptable to local climate, landscape, and soil conditions;highly productive output of edibles.Now, picture your backyard as one incredibly lush garden, filled with edible flowers, bursting with fruit and berries, and carpeted with scented herbs and tangy salad greens. The visual impact is of Monets palette, a wash of color, texture, and hue. But this is no still life. The flowers nurture endangered pollinators. Bright-featured songbirds feed on abundant berries and gather twigs for their nests.The plants themselves are grouped in natural communities, where each species plays a role in building soil, deterring pests, storing nutrients, and luring beneficial insects. And finally, you--good ol homo sapiens--are an integral part of the scene. Your garden tools are resting against a nearby tree, and have a slight patina of rust, because this garden requires so little maintenance. You recline into a hammock to admire your work. You have created a garden paradise.This is no dream, but rather an ecological garden, which takes the principles of permaculture and applies them on a home-scale. There is nothing technical, intrusive, secretive, or expensive about this form of gardening. All that is required is some botanical knowledge (which is in this book) and a mindset that defines a backyard paradise as something other than a carpet of grass fed by MiracleGro.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Introduction to Permaculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780908228089</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Introduction to Permaculture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Mollison; Reny Mia Slay; B. C. Mollison]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Tagari Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780908228089]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1997-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780908228010</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Permaculture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Mollison]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Tagari Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780908228010]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1988-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Basics of Permaculture Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781856230230</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Basics of Permaculture Design," first published in Australia in 1996, is an excellent introduction to the principles of permaculture, design processes, and the tools needed for designing sustainable gardens, farms, and larger communities.Packed with useful tips, clear illustrations, and a wealth of experience, it guides you through designs for gardens, urban and rural properties, water harvesting systems, animal systems, permaculture in small spaces like balconies and patios, farms, schools, and ecovillages. This is both a do-ityourself guide for the enthusiast and a useful reference for permaculture designers.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Basics of Permaculture Design]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ross Mars; R. Mars; M. Ducker]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Permanent Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781856230230]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["The Basics of Permaculture Design," first published in Australia in 1996, is an excellent introduction to the principles of permaculture, design processes, and the tools needed for designing sustainable gardens, farms, and larger communities.Packed with useful tips, clear illustrations, and a wealth of experience, it guides you through designs for gardens, urban and rural properties, water harvesting systems, animal systems, permaculture in small spaces like balconies and patios, farms, schools, and ecovillages. This is both a do-ityourself guide for the enthusiast and a useful reference for permaculture designers.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth User's Guide to Permaculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780684047119</link>
<description><![CDATA[Included in the text is an overview of the bromeliad family, where to procure plants, helpful tips on how to grow the most popular species, ten new bromeliads are described, as well as details about biology, propagation, hybridisation and new chemical treatments for bromeliads. The language is clear and concise, and an extensive glossary is included.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Earth User's Guide to Permaculture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosemary Morrow; Rob Allsop]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Kangaroo Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780684047119]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Included in the text is an overview of the bromeliad family, where to procure plants, helpful tips on how to grow the most popular species, ten new bromeliads are described, as well as details about biology, propagation, hybridisation and new chemical treatments for bromeliads. The language is clear and concise, and an extensive glossary is included.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart Permaculture Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781877069178</link>
<description><![CDATA[A practical and inspiring guide to the principles of Permaculture, an organic method of gardening based on using nature's solutions to achieve abundance. This practice releases the gardener from much of the drudgery of repetitive tasks. The smart lateral thinking that underscores permaculture can be used by anyone and for any garden.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Smart Permaculture Design]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenny Allen; Bill Mollison; Steve Demasson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Holland Publishing Australia Pty Ltd]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781877069178]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A practical and inspiring guide to the principles of Permaculture, an organic method of gardening based on using nature's solutions to achieve abundance. This practice releases the gardener from much of the drudgery of repetitive tasks. The smart lateral thinking that underscores permaculture can be used by anyone and for any garden.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Woodland Way]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781856230094</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Woodland Way]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Law]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Hyden House ( U K )]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781856230094]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781931498807</link>
<description><![CDATA["Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and examples, as well as tables, illustrations, and a uniquely valuable plant matrix that lists hundreds of the best edible and useful species.Taken together, the two volumes of "Edible Forest Gardens" offer an advanced course in ecological gardeningone that will forever change the way you look at plants and your environment.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Ecological Design and Practice for Temperate-Climate Permaculture]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Jacke; Eric Toensmeier]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781931498807]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and examples, as well as tables, illustrations, and a uniquely valuable plant matrix that lists hundreds of the best edible and useful species.Taken together, the two volumes of "Edible Forest Gardens" offer an advanced course in ecological gardeningone that will forever change the way you look at plants and your environment.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781931498791</link>
<description><![CDATA["Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and examples, as well as tables, illustrations, and a uniquely valuable plant matrix that lists hundreds of the best edible and useful species.Taken together, the two volumes of "Edible Forest Gardens" offer an advanced course in ecological gardeningone that will forever change the way you look at plants and your environment.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave Jacke; Eric Toensmeier]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781931498791]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Edible Forest Gardens" is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations: concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest garden. Along the way they present case studies and examples, as well as tables, illustrations, and a uniquely valuable plant matrix that lists hundreds of the best edible and useful species.Taken together, the two volumes of "Edible Forest Gardens" offer an advanced course in ecological gardeningone that will forever change the way you look at plants and your environment.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780908228065</link>
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<dc:title><![CDATA[The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Mollison]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ten Speed Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780908228065]]></dc:identifier>
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<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1993-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780376031709</link>
<description><![CDATA[Putting delicious food on the table doesn't get more fulfilling--or fresher--than this! "The Edible Garden" is packed with practical advice for designing a horticultural haven that includes herbs, edible flowers, vegetables, and fruit trees. 305 photos. 70 illustrations.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Editors of Sunset Books]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Oxmoor House]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780376031709]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Putting delicious food on the table doesn't get more fulfilling--or fresher--than this! "The Edible Garden" is packed with practical advice for designing a horticultural haven that includes herbs, edible flowers, vegetables, and fruit trees. 305 photos. 70 illustrations.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[McGee & Stuckey's the Bountiful Container]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761116233</link>
<description><![CDATA[Clear and easy directions: Vegetables for every season: 21 varieties of beans, including favas and haricots verts; peppers from sweet orange Valencias to fiery Thai Dragons (a scorcher at 60,000 Scoville units); dwarf eggplants; fingerling potatoes; 17 terrific tomatoes; lettuces; and Asian greens like bok choy, mizuna, and Chinese kale. Herbs, including basils green and purple, exotic lemongrass, soothing chamomile, saffron crocus, and the essential culinary herbs such as parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and the many thymes. Fruits: Meyer lemons, strawberries, gooseberries, figs, and even apples, peaches, and grapes. And edible flowers, like tart begonias, pepper nasturtiums, clove-spicy dianthus, and sweet daylilies, to add enchantment to meals.  Complete with all the basics of choosing the right containers, determining soil types, applying fertilizers, and knowing when to start from seed and when to start from seedling.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[McGee & Stuckey's the Bountiful Container]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rose Marie Nichols McGee; Maggie Stuckey; Michael A. Hill]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Workman Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780761116233]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Clear and easy directions: Vegetables for every season: 21 varieties of beans, including favas and haricots verts; peppers from sweet orange Valencias to fiery Thai Dragons (a scorcher at 60,000 Scoville units); dwarf eggplants; fingerling potatoes; 17 terrific tomatoes; lettuces; and Asian greens like bok choy, mizuna, and Chinese kale. Herbs, including basils green and purple, exotic lemongrass, soothing chamomile, saffron crocus, and the essential culinary herbs such as parsley, rosemary, sage, tarragon, and the many thymes. Fruits: Meyer lemons, strawberries, gooseberries, figs, and even apples, peaches, and grapes. And edible flowers, like tart begonias, pepper nasturtiums, clove-spicy dianthus, and sweet daylilies, to add enchantment to meals.  Complete with all the basics of choosing the right containers, determining soil types, applying fertilizers, and knowing when to start from seed and when to start from seedling.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Perennial Vegetables]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781931498401</link>
<description><![CDATA[There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In "Perennial Vegetables" the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food. Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders--no annual tilling and potting and planting. They thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. It sounds too good to be true, but in "Perennial Vegetables" author and plant specialist Eric Toensmeier ("Edible Forest Gardens") introduces gardeners to a world of little-known and wholly underappreciated plants. Ranging beyond the usual suspects (asparagus, rhubarb, and artichoke) to include such "minor" crops as ground cherry and ramps (both of which have found their way onto exclusive restaurant menus) and the much sought after, anti-oxidant-rich wolfberry (also known as goji berries), Toensmeier explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and satisfaction. Perennial vegetables are perfect as part of an edible landscape plan or permaculture garden. Profiling more than 100 species, illustrated with dozens of color photographs and illustrations, and filled with valuable growing tips, recipes, and resources, "Perennial Vegetables" is a groundbreaking and ground-healing book that will open the eyes of gardeners everywhere to the exciting world of edible perennials.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Perennial Vegetables]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eric Toensmeier]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781931498401]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[There is a fantastic array of vegetables you can grow in your garden, and not all of them are annuals. In "Perennial Vegetables" the adventurous gardener will find information, tips, and sound advice on less common edibles that will make any garden a perpetual, low-maintenance source of food. Imagine growing vegetables that require just about the same amount of care as the flowers in your perennial beds and borders--no annual tilling and potting and planting. They thrive and produce abundant and nutritious crops throughout the season. It sounds too good to be true, but in "Perennial Vegetables" author and plant specialist Eric Toensmeier ("Edible Forest Gardens") introduces gardeners to a world of little-known and wholly underappreciated plants. Ranging beyond the usual suspects (asparagus, rhubarb, and artichoke) to include such "minor" crops as ground cherry and ramps (both of which have found their way onto exclusive restaurant menus) and the much sought after, anti-oxidant-rich wolfberry (also known as goji berries), Toensmeier explains how to raise, tend, harvest, and cook with plants that yield great crops and satisfaction. Perennial vegetables are perfect as part of an edible landscape plan or permaculture garden. Profiling more than 100 species, illustrated with dozens of color photographs and illustrations, and filled with valuable growing tips, recipes, and resources, "Perennial Vegetables" is a groundbreaking and ground-healing book that will open the eyes of gardeners everywhere to the exciting world of edible perennials.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible Container Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780684854618</link>
<description><![CDATA["No space is too small to grow delicious and healthy food."Enjoying tasty and fresh produce no longer requires a trip to the local farm stand or gourmet grocery. With "The Edible Container Garden" as your guide, everything from salad greens and savory herbs to luscious fruits and vegetables can be as close as your patio, balcony, or rooftop."The Edible Container Garden" explains how to plant, grow, and harvest vegetables, edible flowers, fruits, and herbs, even when time and space are limited. Discussing the wide variety of planting options, from simple window boxes and raised garden beds to trellises and other vertical structures, "The Edible Container Garden" shows you how toDecide what kinds of plants you want to grow and which soil to use to keep them healthy and vibrantSelect the right containers and tools to design a beautiful and fertile gardenDiscover which seasons are best for certain plants so you can design a practical and productive growing spaceFeed, tie, prune, and clip your plants to fit almost anywhere, whether they're in containers, over arches, or even along footpathsIllustrated with beautiful color photographs and packed with helpful and creative tips, "The Edible Container Garden" provides all the information you'll need to transform your outdoor space into a bountiful paradise.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible Container Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Guerra]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Fireside]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780684854618]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["No space is too small to grow delicious and healthy food."Enjoying tasty and fresh produce no longer requires a trip to the local farm stand or gourmet grocery. With "The Edible Container Garden" as your guide, everything from salad greens and savory herbs to luscious fruits and vegetables can be as close as your patio, balcony, or rooftop."The Edible Container Garden" explains how to plant, grow, and harvest vegetables, edible flowers, fruits, and herbs, even when time and space are limited. Discussing the wide variety of planting options, from simple window boxes and raised garden beds to trellises and other vertical structures, "The Edible Container Garden" shows you how toDecide what kinds of plants you want to grow and which soil to use to keep them healthy and vibrantSelect the right containers and tools to design a beautiful and fertile gardenDiscover which seasons are best for certain plants so you can design a practical and productive growing spaceFeed, tie, prune, and clip your plants to fit almost anywhere, whether they're in containers, over arches, or even along footpathsIllustrated with beautiful color photographs and packed with helpful and creative tips, "The Edible Container Garden" provides all the information you'll need to transform your outdoor space into a bountiful paradise.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-03-30T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible Italian Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789625932958</link>
<description><![CDATA[Creasy offers recommendations for selecting and growing the best varieties of Italian vegetables: basil, broccoli rabe, fava beans, and tomatoes. Features interviews with food enthusiast Vicki Sebastiani and California-based chef Paul Bertolli.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible Italian Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosalind Creasy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Periplus Editions]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789625932958]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Creasy offers recommendations for selecting and growing the best varieties of Italian vegetables: basil, broccoli rabe, fava beans, and tomatoes. Features interviews with food enthusiast Vicki Sebastiani and California-based chef Paul Bertolli.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2000-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible Heirloom Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789625932941</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this beautiful volume Creasy presents her favorite heirloom vegetables. She visits Debra Friedman, a cooking interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village, to learn more about historic vegetable varieties.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible Heirloom Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosalind Creasy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Periplus Editions]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789625932941]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In this beautiful volume Creasy presents her favorite heirloom vegetables. She visits Debra Friedman, a cooking interpreter at Old Sturbridge Village, to learn more about historic vegetable varieties.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible French Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789625932927</link>
<description><![CDATA[Highlights the vegetables of French cuisine such as endive, shallots, and celery. Advice on growing and cooking with classic French vegetables.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible French Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosalind Creasy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Periplus Editions]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789625932927]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Highlights the vegetables of French cuisine such as endive, shallots, and celery. Advice on growing and cooking with classic French vegetables.]]></dc:description>
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<dc:date>2000-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible Salad Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789625932903</link>
<description><![CDATA[Grow your favorite salad greens and vegetables -- from a wide variety of lettuces to more unusual ingredients like chicory and edible pods -- then prepare them using delicious and unique recipes.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible Salad Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosalind Creasy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Periplus Editions]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789625932903]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Grow your favorite salad greens and vegetables -- from a wide variety of lettuces to more unusual ingredients like chicory and edible pods -- then prepare them using delicious and unique recipes.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Urban Homestead]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781934170014</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Urban Homestead" is the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose instead to act. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, they are planting seeds for the future of our cities.If you would like to harvest your own vegetables, raise city chickens, or convert to solar energy, this practical, hands-on book is full of step-by-step projects that will get you started homesteading immediately, whether you live in an apartment or a house. It is also a guidebook to the larger movement and will point you to the best books and Internet resources on self-sufficiency topics.Projects include: How to grow food on a patio or balconyHow to clean your house without toxinsHow to preserve foodHow to cook with solar energyHow to divert your grey water to your gardenHow to choose the best homestead for youWritten by city dwellers for city dwellers, this illustrated, smartly designed, two-color instruction book proposes a paradigm shift that will improve our lives, our community, and our planet. Authors Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen happily farm in Los Angeles and run the urban homestead blog www.homegrownrevolution.org.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Urban Homestead]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelly Coyne; Erik Knutzen]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Process]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781934170014]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["The Urban Homestead" is the essential handbook for a fast-growing new movement: urbanites are becoming gardeners and farmers. Rejecting both end-times hand wringing and dewy-eyed faith that technology will save us from ourselves, urban homesteaders choose instead to act. By growing their own food and harnessing natural energy, they are planting seeds for the future of our cities.If you would like to harvest your own vegetables, raise city chickens, or convert to solar energy, this practical, hands-on book is full of step-by-step projects that will get you started homesteading immediately, whether you live in an apartment or a house. It is also a guidebook to the larger movement and will point you to the best books and Internet resources on self-sufficiency topics.Projects include: How to grow food on a patio or balconyHow to clean your house without toxinsHow to preserve foodHow to cook with solar energyHow to divert your grey water to your gardenHow to choose the best homestead for youWritten by city dwellers for city dwellers, this illustrated, smartly designed, two-color instruction book proposes a paradigm shift that will improve our lives, our community, and our planet. Authors Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen happily farm in Los Angeles and run the urban homestead blog www.homegrownrevolution.org.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Backyard Homestead]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781603421386</link>
<description><![CDATA[Put your backyard to work  Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. "The Backyard Homestead" shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor. From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Backyard Homestead]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carleen Madigan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Storey Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781603421386]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Put your backyard to work  Enjoy fresher, organic, better-tasting food all the time. The solution is as close as your own backyard. Grow the vegetables and fruits your family loves; keep bees; raise chickens, goats, or even a cow. "The Backyard Homestead" shows you how it's done. And when the harvest is in, you'll learn how to cook, preserve, cure, brew, or pickle the fruits of your labor. From a quarter of an acre, you can harvest 1,400 eggs, 50 pounds of wheat, 60 pounds of fruit, 2,000 pounds of vegetables, 280 pounds of pork, 75 pounds of nuts.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Edible Asian Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789625933009</link>
<description><![CDATA[With gorgeous, four-color photographs, and simple yet authoritative text, award-winning author Rosalind Creasy offers four new volumes in her popular Edible Garden series, each featuring helpful hints, expert gardening techniques, delicious recipes, and interviews with master gardeners and renowned chefs.From the other side of the world to your own backyard, Ros brings the succulent vegetables of Asia into American gardens to help you grow bok choy, bamboo shoots, and many other Asian delicacies. From there, learn delicious, modern, easy recipes to make from the fruits of your Asian gardens.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Edible Asian Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rosalind Creasy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Periplus Editions]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789625933009]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With gorgeous, four-color photographs, and simple yet authoritative text, award-winning author Rosalind Creasy offers four new volumes in her popular Edible Garden series, each featuring helpful hints, expert gardening techniques, delicious recipes, and interviews with master gardeners and renowned chefs.From the other side of the world to your own backyard, Ros brings the succulent vegetables of Asia into American gardens to help you grow bok choy, bamboo shoots, and many other Asian delicacies. From there, learn delicious, modern, easy recipes to make from the fruits of your Asian gardens.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Homestead]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400070619</link>
<description><![CDATA[Joining her husband in the fight to create a home out of a rugged stretch of sagebrush, rattlesnakes, and sand in eastern Oregon, Jane Kirkpatrick uneasily relinquishes the security of a professional career; the convenience of electricity, running water, and a phone line; and, perhaps most daunting, the pleasures of sporting a professional manicure. But the pull of the land is irresistible, and they dream of gathering their first harvest from a yet-to-be-planted vineyard.Rather than the simple life they had envisioned, Jane and Jerry find themselves confronting flood and fire, government bureaucracies, and runaway calves, among other disheartening setbacks. Jane frequently questions the sanity of pioneering in this remote area, known as Starvation Point, and she fights against panic with each trip down the seven-mile, boulder-strewn, rut-carved “driveway” she calls “the reptile road,” which threatens to spill them into the ravine with every lurch of the truck. But as she learns to navigate her new life, this novice rancher discovers that disappointment, isolation, and danger can’t compete with the generosity of their rural community, the strength of family bonds, and the faithfulness of the God who planted in their hearts the dream of carving a refuge out of an inhospitable land.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Homestead]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jane Kirkpatrick]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[WaterBrook Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400070619]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Joining her husband in the fight to create a home out of a rugged stretch of sagebrush, rattlesnakes, and sand in eastern Oregon, Jane Kirkpatrick uneasily relinquishes the security of a professional career; the convenience of electricity, running water, and a phone line; and, perhaps most daunting, the pleasures of sporting a professional manicure. But the pull of the land is irresistible, and they dream of gathering their first harvest from a yet-to-be-planted vineyard.Rather than the simple life they had envisioned, Jane and Jerry find themselves confronting flood and fire, government bureaucracies, and runaway calves, among other disheartening setbacks. Jane frequently questions the sanity of pioneering in this remote area, known as Starvation Point, and she fights against panic with each trip down the seven-mile, boulder-strewn, rut-carved “driveway” she calls “the reptile road,” which threatens to spill them into the ravine with every lurch of the truck. But as she learns to navigate her new life, this novice rancher discovers that disappointment, isolation, and danger can’t compete with the generosity of their rural community, the strength of family bonds, and the faithfulness of the God who planted in their hearts the dream of carving a refuge out of an inhospitable land.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-10-18T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[This Organic Life]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781931498241</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this bestselling combination memoir, polemic, and gardening manual, Gussow discusses the joys and challenges of growing organic produce in her own New York garden. This work offers encouragement to urban and suburban gardeners who want to grow at least some of their own produce. 30 recipes.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[This Organic Life]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joan Dye Gussow]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781931498241]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In this bestselling combination memoir, polemic, and gardening manual, Gussow discusses the joys and challenges of growing organic produce in her own New York garden. This work offers encouragement to urban and suburban gardeners who want to grow at least some of their own produce. 30 recipes.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Blacksmithing Basics for the Homestead]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781586857066</link>
<description><![CDATA[Traditional blacksmithing returns to its roots with Blacksmithing for the Homesteader. Here author and master blacksmith Joe DeLaRonde demonstrates the basic skills and techniques needed to make the tools and accoutrements required for life on the homestead or ranch. Detailed and easy-to-understand instructions, illustrations, and photographs will help the beginning blacksmith set up the forge, get the fire hot enough for welding, and craft the tools needed for blacksmithing. Learn how to forge everything from weapons and tools-knives, axes, screwdrivers, hammers, and chains-to home-helpers like forks, coat hooks, towel bars, and candle holders, and more   Joe DeLaRonde started his blacksmithing career 35 years ago with an apprenticeship under a master German blacksmith. Following the three-year apprenticeship, Joe performed general blacksmithing, including wheelwright and plow lay work, and finally found his niche re-creating the tools and weapons of the early American frontier. His works are in use around the globe by U.S. military personnel and living history enthusiasts, as well as in private collections and museums in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe. He continues to work at his shop in Mancos, Colorado, producing some of the finest tomahawks, axes, and knives available on the market today and is currently working on a second book about building log homes with traditional tools. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Blacksmithing Basics for the Homestead]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Delaronde; Jess Leonard]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Gibbs Smith Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781586857066]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Traditional blacksmithing returns to its roots with Blacksmithing for the Homesteader. Here author and master blacksmith Joe DeLaRonde demonstrates the basic skills and techniques needed to make the tools and accoutrements required for life on the homestead or ranch. Detailed and easy-to-understand instructions, illustrations, and photographs will help the beginning blacksmith set up the forge, get the fire hot enough for welding, and craft the tools needed for blacksmithing. Learn how to forge everything from weapons and tools-knives, axes, screwdrivers, hammers, and chains-to home-helpers like forks, coat hooks, towel bars, and candle holders, and more   Joe DeLaRonde started his blacksmithing career 35 years ago with an apprenticeship under a master German blacksmith. Following the three-year apprenticeship, Joe performed general blacksmithing, including wheelwright and plow lay work, and finally found his niche re-creating the tools and weapons of the early American frontier. His works are in use around the globe by U.S. military personnel and living history enthusiasts, as well as in private collections and museums in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Europe. He continues to work at his shop in Mancos, Colorado, producing some of the finest tomahawks, axes, and knives available on the market today and is currently working on a second book about building log homes with traditional tools. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Self-Reliant Homestead]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580801140</link>
<description><![CDATA[A hands-on text for country living, this book contains detailed advice on everything from selecting a piece of land to raising livestock, from making wine from home-grown fruits to making fences strong and durable. Here is abundant advice from a real country homesteader, a book equally valuable for lifelong farm-dwellers or for the new-to-the-country city folks looking to set down roots.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Self-Reliant Homestead]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Charles A. Sanders]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Burford Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781580801140]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A hands-on text for country living, this book contains detailed advice on everything from selecting a piece of land to raising livestock, from making wine from home-grown fruits to making fences strong and durable. Here is abundant advice from a real country homesteader, a book equally valuable for lifelong farm-dwellers or for the new-to-the-country city folks looking to set down roots.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Urban Wilds]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780972707206</link>
<description><![CDATA[Under pavement. Under a shimmering crust of broken glass and weeds, the dark earth endures. We are dispossessed of our most basic human right - to cultivate the land. But in cities across North America, people are taking back this right and resisting corporate control of food and livelihood. Here are some of their stories. From the Motor City to Cuba, Oakland to the Bronx, here are the tales of digging for revolution in the belly of the beast, and radical rural organizing, guerilla gardening and community development. All in a dense, oversized, copiously illustrated tome. A veritable feast. Now in a new, expanded and updated lavish second edition featuring the best of The Guerilla Graywater Girls Guide to Water, urban beekeeping, medicinal herbs, balcony gardening and an illustrated guide to urban permaculture. ..."an inspirational compilation that encourages people to transform cities into greener places.' [Utne Reader]]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Urban Wilds]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cleo Woelfle-Erskine]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Water/Under/Ground Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780972707206]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Under pavement. Under a shimmering crust of broken glass and weeds, the dark earth endures. We are dispossessed of our most basic human right - to cultivate the land. But in cities across North America, people are taking back this right and resisting corporate control of food and livelihood. Here are some of their stories. From the Motor City to Cuba, Oakland to the Bronx, here are the tales of digging for revolution in the belly of the beast, and radical rural organizing, guerilla gardening and community development. All in a dense, oversized, copiously illustrated tome. A veritable feast. Now in a new, expanded and updated lavish second edition featuring the best of The Guerilla Graywater Girls Guide to Water, urban beekeeping, medicinal herbs, balcony gardening and an illustrated guide to urban permaculture. ..."an inspirational compilation that encourages people to transform cities into greener places.' [Utne Reader]]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Organic Kitchen Gardening]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781843303268</link>
<description><![CDATA[Begin with the basics of garden planning: which crop to sow and when, improving the soil, creating shelter, combating pests, and propagating plants. Success on a small scale becomes inevitable with beautiful photos of garden layouts and detailed information on leaf, flowering, and fruiting vegetables; gourds; onions; pods and kernels; roots, stems, and bulbs; and herbs.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Organic Kitchen Gardening]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Segall]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Holland Australia(AU)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781843303268]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Begin with the basics of garden planning: which crop to sow and when, improving the soil, creating shelter, combating pests, and propagating plants. Success on a small scale becomes inevitable with beautiful photos of garden layouts and detailed information on leaf, flowering, and fruiting vegetables; gourds; onions; pods and kernels; roots, stems, and bulbs; and herbs.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Urban Gardens]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781844031535</link>
<description><![CDATA[With this selection of 12 inspirational designs--all showcasing full-color photographs of blueprints, plant directories, and structural features--city gardeners can make the most of their precious and limited outdoor space. Choose from lovely options for creating an urban oasis that's perfect for entertaining, child's play, or cultivating plants. Enjoy a cozy courtyard decorated with tables, chairs, and benches, plenty of greenery, and a wall for privacy. A modern Alpine garden beautifully links the house and its exterior through carefully coordinated materials, and includes a lawn, path, and contemporary furniture. Or try a Secret Urban Jungle, Sundial Garden, Mediterranean Haven, or any of the other beautiful ideas.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Urban Gardens]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ann-Marie Powell; Steven Wooster]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Cassell]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781844031535]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With this selection of 12 inspirational designs--all showcasing full-color photographs of blueprints, plant directories, and structural features--city gardeners can make the most of their precious and limited outdoor space. Choose from lovely options for creating an urban oasis that's perfect for entertaining, child's play, or cultivating plants. Enjoy a cozy courtyard decorated with tables, chairs, and benches, plenty of greenery, and a wall for privacy. A modern Alpine garden beautifully links the house and its exterior through carefully coordinated materials, and includes a lawn, path, and contemporary furniture. Or try a Secret Urban Jungle, Sundial Garden, Mediterranean Haven, or any of the other beautiful ideas.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Urban Garden Design]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9788496936294</link>
<description><![CDATA[Landscaping is the design of open spaces through the use of live and inert elements as a way of transforming nature. The projects for gardens and residential landscapes, however, express a different complexity to their larger, public counterparts. Ideas such as privacy and concepts that take the family into account prevail over other considerations. The garden becomes another room of the house and is used on a daily basis. The projects presented in this book respond to a drastic renovation in what we understand to be traditional gardening. Research into materials, respect for the environment, spatial distribution and a profound knowledge of the flora are the concepts used to create these magnificent spaces.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Urban Garden Design]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordi Jove; Xavier Bisbe; Ignasi Bisbe]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Loft Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9788496936294]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Landscaping is the design of open spaces through the use of live and inert elements as a way of transforming nature. The projects for gardens and residential landscapes, however, express a different complexity to their larger, public counterparts. Ideas such as privacy and concepts that take the family into account prevail over other considerations. The garden becomes another room of the house and is used on a daily basis. The projects presented in this book respond to a drastic renovation in what we understand to be traditional gardening. Research into materials, respect for the environment, spatial distribution and a profound knowledge of the flora are the concepts used to create these magnificent spaces.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Granite Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780465027064</link>
<description><![CDATA[This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities--their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life--to create better, more habitable urban environments.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Granite Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Whiston Spirn]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Basic Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780465027064]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This award-winning book by a Harvard landscape architect proves how important it is to understand the natural settings of cities--their air, water, geology, plant, and animal life--to create better, more habitable urban environments.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1985-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Flowerpot Farming]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781904871316</link>
<description><![CDATA[Join the Flowerpot farming revolution! You don't need acres of land or even a big garden to enjoy your very own home-grown, fresh garden produce. The balcony, backyard, patio or even the doorstep can all be turned over to vegetable production. Flowerpot Farming shows you how to create an orchard on the patio, grow new season potatoes out of gags and offers a continuous source of seasonal vegetables throughout the year. This resourceful and informative reference book details all you will need to know to turn your slabs of concrete into your very own grocery store. With plenty of advice on soil preparation, tools, maintenance, the best seeds, the best planting times and plenty more, this book will encourage everyone to get started in 'flowerpot farming']]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Flowerpot Farming]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jayne Neville]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Good Life Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781904871316]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Join the Flowerpot farming revolution! You don't need acres of land or even a big garden to enjoy your very own home-grown, fresh garden produce. The balcony, backyard, patio or even the doorstep can all be turned over to vegetable production. Flowerpot Farming shows you how to create an orchard on the patio, grow new season potatoes out of gags and offers a continuous source of seasonal vegetables throughout the year. This resourceful and informative reference book details all you will need to know to turn your slabs of concrete into your very own grocery store. With plenty of advice on soil preparation, tools, maintenance, the best seeds, the best planting times and plenty more, this book will encourage everyone to get started in 'flowerpot farming']]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Urban Gardening]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9789629962616</link>
<description><![CDATA[Living in a crowded city need not mean uprooting one's connection with the earth. City gardens are proliferating at a healthy rate, and plants can be enjoyed on a rooftop, balcony, terrace, or a simple window sill. There are, of course, special difficulties to gardening in cities: special solutions are needed to solve these problems. Urban Gardening was written to address these issues. It will interest first-timers to try it for themselves, too. The book is subtitled "a Hong Kong gardener's journal." If you live outside of Hong Kong, do not let that put you off. Urban gardening techniques are the same all over the world. Readers may discover some well-loved plants they were familiar with back home, or wish to grow their own Chinese vegetables. Pak choi, white radish (lo pak), kai lan, and many others can be grown wherever in the world you find yourself -- if you know how. This book will help.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Urban Gardening]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arthur Van Langenberg; Ip Kung Sau]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chinese University Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9789629962616]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Living in a crowded city need not mean uprooting one's connection with the earth. City gardens are proliferating at a healthy rate, and plants can be enjoyed on a rooftop, balcony, terrace, or a simple window sill. There are, of course, special difficulties to gardening in cities: special solutions are needed to solve these problems. Urban Gardening was written to address these issues. It will interest first-timers to try it for themselves, too. The book is subtitled "a Hong Kong gardener's journal." If you live outside of Hong Kong, do not let that put you off. Urban gardening techniques are the same all over the world. Readers may discover some well-loved plants they were familiar with back home, or wish to grow their own Chinese vegetables. Pak choi, white radish (lo pak), kai lan, and many others can be grown wherever in the world you find yourself -- if you know how. This book will help.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Garden Cities 21]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780070576209</link>
<description><![CDATA[The ailing American city needs help. Worsening automobile traffic, urban decay, pollution, staggering debt, crime, sprawl, and the lack of a coherent city plan are just some of the problems that to many citizens now seem overwhelming. A model for a workable, livable urban metropolis is urgently needed ... and finally available. In the pages of this remarkable, beautifully illustrated book, renowned landscape architect John Ormsbee Simonds presents a positive and compelling approach to the creative evolution of the American city. Viewing it as an organic entity, he analyzes each individual component and provides a conceptual model that regroups and reconnects its scattered elements into an efficient, more self-sustaining, "garden-park" prototype. Emphasizing thriving activity centers, cohesive communities, and innovative means of interconnection within an open space framework, his model portends a vastly superior city for the 21st century. Some of the highlights of this brilliant urban guidebook include an illuminating analysis of how cities typically aggregate and the ways by which growth can be contained and disposed to form more synergistic relationships; techniques for creating a parklike environs of "greenways" and "blueways" - that allow a city to "breathe", and greatly improve the quality of life; a checklist of considerations in the planning and design of the future city dwelling, neighborhood, urban centers, and metropolitan region; effective methods for integrating mass transportation into a smoothly functioning system that bypasses pedestrian centers; a method of superimposing an idealized city diagram on the existing city base map to analyze and conceptualize a more workablefuture model; and a generous visual array of innovative solutions by America's top urban designers. Nearly 100 years ago, an English landscape designer and planner, Sir Ebenezer Howard, proposed a revolutionary theory of planned integration of cities with their supporting regions. His book, Garden Cities of Tomorrow, was to become a city planning classic. Building and expanding on Howard's visionary ideas, Simonds shows how they can be implemented today incorporating the best thought and techniques of contemporary urbanists and their scientist advisers to create a new order of cities for the 21st century. Garden Cities 21 is a repository of practical ideas and inspired solutions, an important resource for architects, urban designers, and planners seeking to bring people, their activities, and constructions into harmony with the living landscape.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Garden Cities 21]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John O. Simonds]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780070576209]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The ailing American city needs help. Worsening automobile traffic, urban decay, pollution, staggering debt, crime, sprawl, and the lack of a coherent city plan are just some of the problems that to many citizens now seem overwhelming. A model for a workable, livable urban metropolis is urgently needed ... and finally available. In the pages of this remarkable, beautifully illustrated book, renowned landscape architect John Ormsbee Simonds presents a positive and compelling approach to the creative evolution of the American city. Viewing it as an organic entity, he analyzes each individual component and provides a conceptual model that regroups and reconnects its scattered elements into an efficient, more self-sustaining, "garden-park" prototype. Emphasizing thriving activity centers, cohesive communities, and innovative means of interconnection within an open space framework, his model portends a vastly superior city for the 21st century. Some of the highlights of this brilliant urban guidebook include an illuminating analysis of how cities typically aggregate and the ways by which growth can be contained and disposed to form more synergistic relationships; techniques for creating a parklike environs of "greenways" and "blueways" - that allow a city to "breathe", and greatly improve the quality of life; a checklist of considerations in the planning and design of the future city dwelling, neighborhood, urban centers, and metropolitan region; effective methods for integrating mass transportation into a smoothly functioning system that bypasses pedestrian centers; a method of superimposing an idealized city diagram on the existing city base map to analyze and conceptualize a more workablefuture model; and a generous visual array of innovative solutions by America's top urban designers. Nearly 100 years ago, an English landscape designer and planner, Sir Ebenezer Howard, proposed a revolutionary theory of planned integration of cities with their supporting regions. His book, Garden Cities of Tomorrow, was to become a city planning classic. Building and expanding on Howard's visionary ideas, Simonds shows how they can be implemented today incorporating the best thought and techniques of contemporary urbanists and their scientist advisers to create a new order of cities for the 21st century. Garden Cities 21 is a repository of practical ideas and inspired solutions, an important resource for architects, urban designers, and planners seeking to bring people, their activities, and constructions into harmony with the living landscape.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1993-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Community Gardening]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781889538389</link>
<description><![CDATA[Today, more and more people are thinking green—and there’s no urban activity greener, in every sense of the word, than community gardening. This all-region guide, filled with hands-on tips, offers a snapshot of today’s vibrant North American community gardening movement. Whether you are already a member of a community garden, want to get involved in one, or are just curious, this guide will inform and inspire you. Models include vegetable gardens, aesthetic and art gardens, children’s and youth gardens, and several others. Using real-life case studies from around North America, the expert contributors show how community gardening produces safe, eco-friendly food; brings neighbors together; offers valuable lessons for children; and gives each participant the personal satisfaction that comes with cultivating the land and making things grow. Like all Brooklyn Botanic Garden handbooks, this entry features sustainable and organic gardening practices.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Community Gardening]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Tehle Peters; Ellen Kirby]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Brooklyn Botanic Garden]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781889538389]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Today, more and more people are thinking green—and there’s no urban activity greener, in every sense of the word, than community gardening. This all-region guide, filled with hands-on tips, offers a snapshot of today’s vibrant North American community gardening movement. Whether you are already a member of a community garden, want to get involved in one, or are just curious, this guide will inform and inspire you. Models include vegetable gardens, aesthetic and art gardens, children’s and youth gardens, and several others. Using real-life case studies from around North America, the expert contributors show how community gardening produces safe, eco-friendly food; brings neighbors together; offers valuable lessons for children; and gives each participant the personal satisfaction that comes with cultivating the land and making things grow. Like all Brooklyn Botanic Garden handbooks, this entry features sustainable and organic gardening practices.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Our Community Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781582701097</link>
<description><![CDATA[In this special garden, each child plants an item that reflects their personality and/or ethnic heritage. Barbara Pollak's delightful illustrations show what the children do there - from playing hide-and-seek around giant sunflowers and counting ladybugs to weeding, digging, and making compost mazes. The garden provides a venue for all the children and their families to gather and celebrate with a potluck of dishes made from the garden's harvest. Readers will enjoy following the progress of the garden and will be inspired to start one of their own.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Our Community Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Pollak]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Beyond Words]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781582701097]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In this special garden, each child plants an item that reflects their personality and/or ethnic heritage. Barbara Pollak's delightful illustrations show what the children do there - from playing hide-and-seek around giant sunflowers and counting ladybugs to weeding, digging, and making compost mazes. The garden provides a venue for all the children and their families to gather and celebrate with a potluck of dishes made from the garden's harvest. Readers will enjoy following the progress of the garden and will be inspired to start one of their own.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Smith & Hawken]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761117728</link>
<description><![CDATA[Inspired by the Smith & Hawken gardening community and the Second Harvest hunger-relief charity, this book presents more than 400 recipes of creative garden cooking from more than 300 contributors throughout the United States. Recipes include Spinach and Strawberry Salad, Curried Zucchini Soup, Chicken and Chives, and Green Tomato Chutney.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Smith & Hawken]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Victoria Wise]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Workman Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780761117728]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Inspired by the Smith & Hawken gardening community and the Second Harvest hunger-relief charity, this book presents more than 400 recipes of creative garden cooking from more than 300 contributors throughout the United States. Recipes include Spinach and Strawberry Salad, Curried Zucchini Soup, Chicken and Chives, and Green Tomato Chutney.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Findhorn Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781844090181</link>
<description><![CDATA[The founders of the Findhorn Community started out living off of plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables in a small plot around a 30-foot trailer.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Findhorn Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Findhorn Community; George Trevelyan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Findhorn Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781844090181]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The founders of the Findhorn Community started out living off of plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables in a small plot around a 30-foot trailer.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[City Bountiful]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780520243439</link>
<description><![CDATA["The social history of American cities would not be complete without a full account of the rise of community open spaces. Lawson does exactly this by providing a compelling and poetic account of the history and making of urban gardens. Combining solid scholarship with engaging images of the gardens and stories of their makers, this book sheds new light on the value of urban open space. More important, it explains why community gardens need to stand alongside city parks as permanent open spaces. Essential reading for community developers and landscape architects as well as anyone who ventures outside, enthusiasm and shovel in hand, to improve their local environment.--Mark Francis, author of "Urban Open Space and Village Homes "The definitive history of the past hundred years of America's experience with community gardens. A labor of love by a garden activist, the book appears at a most appropriate time--today our city dwellers and suburbanites are retreating onto carpets of passive open space tended by homeowner associations and lawn care outfits. Lawson thoughtfully analyzes the weaknesses of community gardens when used as a response to social crises and, by contrast, investigates community gardens as an alternative to today's managed care of open space. Her history clearly presents a way of community living that we can elect if we choose her wisdom."--Sam Bass Warner, Jr, author of "To Dwell Is to Garden"An important book about how the urban gardening movement is transforming our landscape and reconnecting us to the land."--Alice Waters, Owner, Chez Panisse]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[City Bountiful]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Laura J. Lawson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[University of California Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780520243439]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["The social history of American cities would not be complete without a full account of the rise of community open spaces. Lawson does exactly this by providing a compelling and poetic account of the history and making of urban gardens. Combining solid scholarship with engaging images of the gardens and stories of their makers, this book sheds new light on the value of urban open space. More important, it explains why community gardens need to stand alongside city parks as permanent open spaces. Essential reading for community developers and landscape architects as well as anyone who ventures outside, enthusiasm and shovel in hand, to improve their local environment.--Mark Francis, author of "Urban Open Space and Village Homes "The definitive history of the past hundred years of America's experience with community gardens. A labor of love by a garden activist, the book appears at a most appropriate time--today our city dwellers and suburbanites are retreating onto carpets of passive open space tended by homeowner associations and lawn care outfits. Lawson thoughtfully analyzes the weaknesses of community gardens when used as a response to social crises and, by contrast, investigates community gardens as an alternative to today's managed care of open space. Her history clearly presents a way of community living that we can elect if we choose her wisdom."--Sam Bass Warner, Jr, author of "To Dwell Is to Garden"An important book about how the urban gardening movement is transforming our landscape and reconnecting us to the land."--Alice Waters, Owner, Chez Panisse]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Findhorn Garden Story]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781844091355</link>
<description><![CDATA[Newly updated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland's Findhorn Community. Findhorn was founded more than 40 years ago in far northeast Scotland on windswept and barren sand dunes that happened to sprout a miraculous garden. Plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables of enormous sizes began to grow in a small plot around the 30-foot caravan trailer inhabited by three adults and three children living on meager unemployment benefits. Guidance by God and absolute faith in the art of manifestation led the occupants to this unlikely locale to create a magnetic center that would draw people from all over the world. Their discovery of how to contact and cooperate with the nature spirits and devas that made the garden possible sparked a phenomenon that continues today, as Findhorn has grown into a thriving village housing hundreds of people from all over the world and an internationally recognized spiritual-learning center.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Findhorn Garden Story]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Findhorn Community]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Findhorn Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781844091355]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Newly updated to showcase color photographs, this spiritual classic presents the history and philosophy of Scotland's Findhorn Community. Findhorn was founded more than 40 years ago in far northeast Scotland on windswept and barren sand dunes that happened to sprout a miraculous garden. Plants, flowers, trees, and organic vegetables of enormous sizes began to grow in a small plot around the 30-foot caravan trailer inhabited by three adults and three children living on meager unemployment benefits. Guidance by God and absolute faith in the art of manifestation led the occupants to this unlikely locale to create a magnetic center that would draw people from all over the world. Their discovery of how to contact and cooperate with the nature spirits and devas that made the garden possible sparked a phenomenon that continues today, as Findhorn has grown into a thriving village housing hundreds of people from all over the world and an internationally recognized spiritual-learning center.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Foxfire Book]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385073530</link>
<description><![CDATA[In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living."]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Foxfire Book]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385073530]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In the late 1960s, Eliot Wigginton and his students created the magazine Foxfire in an effort to record and preserve the traditional folk culture of the Southern Appalachians. This is the original book compilation of Foxfire material which introduces Aunt Arie and her contemporaries and includes log cabin building, hog dressing, snake lore, mountain crafts and food, and "other affairs of plain living."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1972-02-17T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307275516</link>
<description><![CDATA[In 1966, an English teacher and students in Northeast Georgia founded a quarterly magazine, not only as a vehicle to learn the required English curriculum, but also to teach others about the customs, crafts, traditions, and lifestyle of their Appalachian culture. Named Foxfire after a local phosphorescent lichen, the magazine became one of the most beloved publications in American culture.For four decades, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency, home crafts, and the art of natural remedies, and preserving the stories of Appalachia. This anniversary edition brings us generations of voices and lessons about the three essential Appalachian values of faith, family, and the land. We listen to elders share their own memories of how things used to be, and to the new generations eager to preserve traditional values in a more complicated world. There are descriptions of old church services, of popular Appalachian games and pastimes, and of family recipes. Rich with memories and useful lessons, this is a fitting tribute to this inspiring and practical publication that has become a classic American institution.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Foxfire 40th Anniversary Book]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Angie Cheek; Lacy Hunter Nix]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780307275516]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[In 1966, an English teacher and students in Northeast Georgia founded a quarterly magazine, not only as a vehicle to learn the required English curriculum, but also to teach others about the customs, crafts, traditions, and lifestyle of their Appalachian culture. Named Foxfire after a local phosphorescent lichen, the magazine became one of the most beloved publications in American culture.For four decades, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency, home crafts, and the art of natural remedies, and preserving the stories of Appalachia. This anniversary edition brings us generations of voices and lessons about the three essential Appalachian values of faith, family, and the land. We listen to elders share their own memories of how things used to be, and to the new generations eager to preserve traditional values in a more complicated world. There are descriptions of old church services, of popular Appalachian games and pastimes, and of family recipes. Rich with memories and useful lessons, this is a fitting tribute to this inspiring and practical publication that has become a classic American institution.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-09-12T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 12]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781400032617</link>
<description><![CDATA[For more than thirty years, Foxfire books have brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative-self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and preserving the stories and customs of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classic series has become an American institution.Foxfire 12 is the latest volume, the first in more than five years. Here are reminiscences about learning to square dance and tales about traditional craftsmen who created useful items in the old-time ways that have since disappeared in most of the country. Here are lessons on how to make rose beads and wooden coffins, and on how to find turtles in your local pond. We hear the voices of descendants of the Cherokees who lived in the region, and we learn about what summer camp was like for generations of youngsters. We meet a rich assortment of Appalachian characters and listen to veterans recount their war experiences. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, Foxfire 12 is a rich trove of information and stories from a fascinating American culture.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 12]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Foxfire Fund Inc]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781400032617]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[For more than thirty years, Foxfire books have brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative-self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and preserving the stories and customs of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classic series has become an American institution.Foxfire 12 is the latest volume, the first in more than five years. Here are reminiscences about learning to square dance and tales about traditional craftsmen who created useful items in the old-time ways that have since disappeared in most of the country. Here are lessons on how to make rose beads and wooden coffins, and on how to find turtles in your local pond. We hear the voices of descendants of the Cherokees who lived in the region, and we learn about what summer camp was like for generations of youngsters. We meet a rich assortment of Appalachian characters and listen to veterans recount their war experiences. Illustrated with photographs and drawings, Foxfire 12 is a rich trove of information and stories from a fascinating American culture.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-09-14T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 10]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385422765</link>
<description><![CDATA[Chock full of the wit and wisdom that has become  the Foxfire trademark, this entirely new volume in  the acclaimed, 6-million-copy best-selling  Foxfire series is on oral history of  Appalachian lives and traditions, homespun crafts,  and folk arts.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 10]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[George P. Reynolds]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385422765]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Chock full of the wit and wisdom that has become  the Foxfire trademark, this entirely new volume in  the acclaimed, 6-million-copy best-selling  Foxfire series is on oral history of  Appalachian lives and traditions, homespun crafts,  and folk arts.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1993-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 5]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385143080</link>
<description><![CDATA[The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 5]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385143080]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The fifth Foxfire volume includes rain-making, blacksmithing, bear hunting, flintlock rifles, and more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1979-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 6]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385152723</link>
<description><![CDATA[Volume 6 of the Foxfire series  covers shoemaking, 100 toys and games, gourd  banjos and song bows, wooden locks, a water-powered  sawmill, and other fascinating topics.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 6]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385152723]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Volume 6 of the Foxfire series  covers shoemaking, 100 toys and games, gourd  banjos and song bows, wooden locks, a water-powered  sawmill, and other fascinating topics.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1980-08-26T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 11]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385494618</link>
<description><![CDATA[With this newest volume in the Foxfire series comes a wealth of the kind of folk wisdom and values of simple living that have made these volumes beloved bestsellers for the last three decades, with more than two million copies in print.In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, Eliot Wigginton and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form, and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born. Almost thirty years later, in this age of technology and cyber-living, the books teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. This new volume--Foxfire 11--celebrates the rituals and recipes of the Appalachian homeplace, including a one-hundred page section on herbal remedies, and segments about planting and growing a garden, preserving and pickling, smoking and salting, honey making, beekeeping, and fishing, as well as hundreds of the kind of spritied firsthand narrative accounts from Appalachian community members that exemplify the Foxfire style. Much more than "how-to" books, the Foxfire series is a publishing phenomenon and a way of life, teaching creative self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and other country folkways, fascinating to everyone interested in rediscovering the virtues of simple life.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 11]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kaye Carver Collins; Lacy Hunter]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385494618]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With this newest volume in the Foxfire series comes a wealth of the kind of folk wisdom and values of simple living that have made these volumes beloved bestsellers for the last three decades, with more than two million copies in print.In 1966, in the Appalachian Mountains of Northeast Georgia, Eliot Wigginton and his students founded a quarterly magazine that they named Foxfire, after a phosphorescent lichen. In 1972, several articles from the magazine were published in book form, and the acclaimed Foxfire series was born. Almost thirty years later, in this age of technology and cyber-living, the books teach a philosophy of simplicity in living that is truly enduring in its appeal. This new volume--Foxfire 11--celebrates the rituals and recipes of the Appalachian homeplace, including a one-hundred page section on herbal remedies, and segments about planting and growing a garden, preserving and pickling, smoking and salting, honey making, beekeeping, and fishing, as well as hundreds of the kind of spritied firsthand narrative accounts from Appalachian community members that exemplify the Foxfire style. Much more than "how-to" books, the Foxfire series is a publishing phenomenon and a way of life, teaching creative self-sufficiency, the art of natural remedies, home crafts, and other country folkways, fascinating to everyone interested in rediscovering the virtues of simple life.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 7]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385152440</link>
<description><![CDATA[The seventh Foxfire volume  presents traditions of mountain religious heritage,  covering ministers, revivals, baptisms,  gospel-singing, faith healing, camp meetings, snake handling,  and more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 7]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Gillespie]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385152440]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The seventh Foxfire volume  presents traditions of mountain religious heritage,  covering ministers, revivals, baptisms,  gospel-singing, faith healing, camp meetings, snake handling,  and more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1982-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 8]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385177412</link>
<description><![CDATA[Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns and roosters; mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 8]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385177412]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Southern folk pottery from pug mills, ash glazes, and groundhog kilns to face jugs, churns and roosters; mule swapping, chicken fighting, and more are included in this eighth volume.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1984-03-20T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 9]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385177443</link>
<description><![CDATA[Foxfire highlights the  twentieth year of the Foxfire high school program with a  new volume as fascinating as its predecessors.  Included are general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a  praying rock, a Catawban Indian potter, haint  tales, quilting, home cures, and the log cabin  revisited.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 9]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385177443]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Foxfire highlights the  twentieth year of the Foxfire high school program with a  new volume as fascinating as its predecessors.  Included are general stores, the Jud Nelson wagon, a  praying rock, a Catawban Indian potter, haint  tales, quilting, home cures, and the log cabin  revisited.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1986-09-17T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 4]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385120876</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and other affairs of plain living are the topics covered in this volume.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 4]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385120876]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Fiddle making, spring houses, horse trading, sassafras tea, berry buckets, gardening, and other affairs of plain living are the topics covered in this volume.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1977-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 3]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385022729</link>
<description><![CDATA[Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 3]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385022729]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Volume 3 of this series covers animal care, banjos and dulcimers, wild plant foods, butter churns, ginseng and more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1975-07-15T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Foxfire 2]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780385022675</link>
<description><![CDATA[This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Foxfire 2]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Anchor]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780385022675]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This second Foxfire volume includes topics such as ghost stories, spinning and weaving, wagon making, midwifing, corn shuckin', and more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1973-05-22T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Foxfire Book]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780613186698</link>
<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Foxfire Book]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Wigginton]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[San Val]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780613186698]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Prebound]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1972-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Edible Wild Plants]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780806974880</link>
<description><![CDATA[“Season-by-season guide to identification, harvest, and preparation of more than 200 common edible plants to be found in the wild....Hundreds of edible species are included....[This] handy paperback guide includes jelly, jam, and pie recipes, a seasonal key to plants, [and a] chart listing nutritional contents.”—Booklist. “[Five hundred] beautiful color photographs...temptingly arranged.”—The Library Letter]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Edible Wild Plants]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thomas Elias; Peter Dykeman]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sterling]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780806974880]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[“Season-by-season guide to identification, harvest, and preparation of more than 200 common edible plants to be found in the wild....Hundreds of edible species are included....[This] handy paperback guide includes jelly, jam, and pie recipes, a seasonal key to plants, [and a] chart listing nutritional contents.”—Booklist. “[Five hundred] beautiful color photographs...temptingly arranged.”—The Library Letter]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1990-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Edible Estates]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781933045740</link>
<description><![CDATA[Manifesto callout, special treatment: Edible Estates is an attack on the front lawn and everything it has come to represent!Edible Estates is an ongoing series of projects to replace the front lawn with edible garden landscapes responsive to culture, climate, context and people!Edible Estates reconciles issues of global food production and urbanized land use with the modest gesture of a small domestic garden!Edible Estates is a practical food-producing initiative, a place-responsive landscape design proposal, a scientific horticultural experiment, a conceptual land-art project, a defiant political statement, a community out-reach program and an act of radical gardening!Edible Estates is nothing new; growing our own food is the first thing we did when we stopped being nomadic and started being "civilized"!The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape. It was initiated by architect and artist Fritz Haeg on Independence Day, 2005, with the planting of the first regional prototype garden in the geographic center of the United States, Salina, Kansas. Since then three more prototype gardens have been created, in Lakewood, California; Maplewood, New Jersey and London, England. Edible Estates regional prototype gardens will ultimately be established in nine cities across the United States."Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn" documents the first four gardens with personal accounts written by the owners, garden plans and photographs illustrating the creation of the gardens--from ripping up the grass to harvesting a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Essays by Haeg, landscapearchitect Diana Balmori, garden and food writer Rosalind Creasy, author Michael Pollan and artist and writer Lesley Stern set the Edible Estates project in the context of larger issues concerning the environment, global food production and the imperative to generate a sense of community in our urban and suburban neighborhoods. This smart, affordable and well-designed book also includes reports and photographs from the owners of other edible front yards around the country, as well as helpful resources to guide you in making your own Edible Estate.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Edible Estates]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fritz Haeg; Diana Balmori; Rosalind Creasy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Metropolis Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781933045740]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Manifesto callout, special treatment: Edible Estates is an attack on the front lawn and everything it has come to represent!Edible Estates is an ongoing series of projects to replace the front lawn with edible garden landscapes responsive to culture, climate, context and people!Edible Estates reconciles issues of global food production and urbanized land use with the modest gesture of a small domestic garden!Edible Estates is a practical food-producing initiative, a place-responsive landscape design proposal, a scientific horticultural experiment, a conceptual land-art project, a defiant political statement, a community out-reach program and an act of radical gardening!Edible Estates is nothing new; growing our own food is the first thing we did when we stopped being nomadic and started being "civilized"!The Edible Estates project proposes the replacement of the domestic front lawn with a highly productive edible landscape. It was initiated by architect and artist Fritz Haeg on Independence Day, 2005, with the planting of the first regional prototype garden in the geographic center of the United States, Salina, Kansas. Since then three more prototype gardens have been created, in Lakewood, California; Maplewood, New Jersey and London, England. Edible Estates regional prototype gardens will ultimately be established in nine cities across the United States."Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn" documents the first four gardens with personal accounts written by the owners, garden plans and photographs illustrating the creation of the gardens--from ripping up the grass to harvesting a wide variety of fruits, vegetables and herbs. Essays by Haeg, landscapearchitect Diana Balmori, garden and food writer Rosalind Creasy, author Michael Pollan and artist and writer Lesley Stern set the Edible Estates project in the context of larger issues concerning the environment, global food production and the imperative to generate a sense of community in our urban and suburban neighborhoods. This smart, affordable and well-designed book also includes reports and photographs from the owners of other edible front yards around the country, as well as helpful resources to guide you in making your own Edible Estate.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Edible Wild Plants]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781583551271</link>
<description><![CDATA[Accessible and informative, this laminated, pocket-sized reference documents more than 100 species of edible berries, nuts, leaves, and plants found in North America and explains how to harvest them. A section on dangerous, poisonous plants is also included.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Edible Wild Plants]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[James Kavanagh]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Waterford Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781583551271]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Accessible and informative, this laminated, pocket-sized reference documents more than 100 species of edible berries, nuts, leaves, and plants found in North America and explains how to harvest them. A section on dangerous, poisonous plants is also included.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2001-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[North American Mushrooms]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780762731091</link>
<description><![CDATA[With more than 600 brilliant color photographs, detailed line drawings, informative and illuminating descriptions, and critical identification keys, NORTH AMERICAN MUSHROOMS is the definitive guide to the fungi of the United States and Canada. This comprehensive book for expert and amateur alike offers tips on how, where, and when to collect wild mushrooms; suggestions for culinary uses; a section on mushroom toxins; and pictorial keys and glossaries to aid the user in precise identification. This is a must-have reference book for anyone interested in wild mushrooms, their uses, and their habitats. DR. ORSON K. MILLER JR. is one of the preeminent mycologists in the United States. His wife and research partner, HOPE H. MILLER is the author of a wild mushroom cookbook.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[North American Mushrooms]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jr. Orson K. Miller; Hope H. Miller]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Falcon Press Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780762731091]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With more than 600 brilliant color photographs, detailed line drawings, informative and illuminating descriptions, and critical identification keys, NORTH AMERICAN MUSHROOMS is the definitive guide to the fungi of the United States and Canada. This comprehensive book for expert and amateur alike offers tips on how, where, and when to collect wild mushrooms; suggestions for culinary uses; a section on mushroom toxins; and pictorial keys and glossaries to aid the user in precise identification. This is a must-have reference book for anyone interested in wild mushrooms, their uses, and their habitats. DR. ORSON K. MILLER JR. is one of the preeminent mycologists in the United States. His wife and research partner, HOPE H. MILLER is the author of a wild mushroom cookbook.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Edible Schoolyard]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780811862806</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of America's most influential chefs, Alice Waters created a revolution in 1971 when she introduced local, organic fare at her Berkeley, California, restaurant, Chez Panisse. Twenty-five years later, she and a small group of teachers and volunteers turned over long-abandoned soil at an urban middle school in Berkeley and planted the Edible Schoolyard. The schoolyard has since grown into a universal idea of Edible Education that integrates academics with growing, cooking, and sharing wholesome, delicious food. With inspiring images of the garden and kitchen and their young caretakers Edible Schoolyard is at once a visionary model for sustainable farming and childhood nutrition, and a call to action for schools across the country.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Edible Schoolyard]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alice Waters]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chronicle Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780811862806]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[One of America's most influential chefs, Alice Waters created a revolution in 1971 when she introduced local, organic fare at her Berkeley, California, restaurant, Chez Panisse. Twenty-five years later, she and a small group of teachers and volunteers turned over long-abandoned soil at an urban middle school in Berkeley and planted the Edible Schoolyard. The schoolyard has since grown into a universal idea of Edible Education that integrates academics with growing, cooking, and sharing wholesome, delicious food. With inspiring images of the garden and kitchen and their young caretakers Edible Schoolyard is at once a visionary model for sustainable farming and childhood nutrition, and a call to action for schools across the country.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780395926222</link>
<description><![CDATA[More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee Allen Peterson; Roger Tory Peterson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780395926222]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[More than 370 edible wild plants, plus 37 poisonous look-alikes, are described here, with 400 drawings and 78 color photographs showing precisely how to recognize each species. Also included are habitat descriptions, lists of plants by season, and preparation instructions for 22 different food uses.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Square Foot Gardening]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781579548568</link>
<description><![CDATA[One of the bestselling garden books ever is fresher than ever! Ready to inspire a whole new generation of gardeners.When he created the "square foot gardening" method, Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer and efficiency expert, found the solution to the frustrations of most gardeners. His revolutionary system is simple: it's an ingenious planting method based on using square foot blocks of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners build up, not down, so there's no digging and no tilling after the first year. And the method requires less thinning, less weeding, and less watering."I found a better way to garden, one that's more efficient, more manageable, and requires less work," Bartholomew explains. Not surprisingly, his method quickly received worldwide recognition and has been written up in every major newspaper and gardening magazine. His book, which served as the companion to the nationally acclaimed television series, has sold over 800,000 copies. Now freshened with new illustrations, the book Ingram calls "the largest selling garden book in America" is reissued for the delight of a whole new generation of gardeners.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Square Foot Gardening]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mel Bartholomew]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Rodale Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781579548568]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[One of the bestselling garden books ever is fresher than ever! Ready to inspire a whole new generation of gardeners.When he created the "square foot gardening" method, Mel Bartholomew, a retired engineer and efficiency expert, found the solution to the frustrations of most gardeners. His revolutionary system is simple: it's an ingenious planting method based on using square foot blocks of garden space instead of rows. Gardeners build up, not down, so there's no digging and no tilling after the first year. And the method requires less thinning, less weeding, and less watering."I found a better way to garden, one that's more efficient, more manageable, and requires less work," Bartholomew explains. Not surprisingly, his method quickly received worldwide recognition and has been written up in every major newspaper and gardening magazine. His book, which served as the companion to the nationally acclaimed television series, has sold over 800,000 copies. Now freshened with new illustrations, the book Ingram calls "the largest selling garden book in America" is reissued for the delight of a whole new generation of gardeners.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-03-10T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Gardening at the Dragon's Gate]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780553378030</link>
<description><![CDATA[Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate is fundamental work that permeates your entire life. It demands your energy and heart, and it gives you back great treasures as well, like a fortified sense of humor, an appreciation for paradox, and a huge harvest of Dinosaur kale and tiny red potatoes.For more than thirty years, Wendy Johnson has been meditating and gardening at the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in northern California, where the fields curve like an enormous green dragon between the hills and the ocean. Renowned for its pioneering role in California’s food revolution, Green Gulch provides choice produce to farmers’ markets and to San Francisco’s Greens restaurant. Now Johnson has distilled her lifetime of experience into this extraordinary celebration of inner and outer growth, showing how the garden cultivates the gardener even as she digs beds, heaps up compost, plants flowers and fruit trees, and harvests bushels of organic vegetables. Johnson is a hands-on, on-her-knees gardener, and she shares with the reader a wealth of practical knowledge and fascinating garden lore. But she is also a lover of the untamed and weedy, and she evokes through her exquisite prose an abiding appreciation for the earth—both cultivated and forever wild—in a book sure to earn a place in the great tradition of American nature writing.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Gardening at the Dragon's Gate]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Wendy Johnson]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Bantam]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780553378030]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate is fundamental work that permeates your entire life. It demands your energy and heart, and it gives you back great treasures as well, like a fortified sense of humor, an appreciation for paradox, and a huge harvest of Dinosaur kale and tiny red potatoes.For more than thirty years, Wendy Johnson has been meditating and gardening at the Green Gulch Farm Zen Center in northern California, where the fields curve like an enormous green dragon between the hills and the ocean. Renowned for its pioneering role in California’s food revolution, Green Gulch provides choice produce to farmers’ markets and to San Francisco’s Greens restaurant. Now Johnson has distilled her lifetime of experience into this extraordinary celebration of inner and outer growth, showing how the garden cultivates the gardener even as she digs beds, heaps up compost, plants flowers and fruit trees, and harvests bushels of organic vegetables. Johnson is a hands-on, on-her-knees gardener, and she shares with the reader a wealth of practical knowledge and fascinating garden lore. But she is also a lover of the untamed and weedy, and she evokes through her exquisite prose an abiding appreciation for the earth—both cultivated and forever wild—in a book sure to earn a place in the great tradition of American nature writing.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-02-26T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Second Nature]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780802140111</link>
<description><![CDATA["As delicious a meditation on one man's relationships with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon" ("The New York Times Book Review"), "Second Nature" captures the rhythms of everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Second Nature]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael Pollan]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Grove Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780802140111]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["As delicious a meditation on one man's relationships with the Earth as any you are likely to come upon" ("The New York Times Book Review"), "Second Nature" captures the rhythms of everyday engagement with the outdoors in all its glory and exasperation.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Performance in the Garden]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780981575704</link>
<description><![CDATA[E.M. Schumacher (Small is Beautiful) called Englishman Alan Chadwick "the greatest horticulturist of the 20th century." Chadwick was a student of Rudolf Steiner, an early advocate of organics, and founder of French Intensive Biodynamic System. He railed against the tragic policies of corporate agribusiness, while cultivating gardens of sublime beauty and production in the 60's and 70's throughout the United States. Nearly everyone practicing biodynamics today has been kissed by the Chadwick transmission. Up until now his unique artistic approach and deep perception of nature were unavailable in writing. Performance in the Garden harvests sixteen incredible, inspired and practical talks that will help us, as herbalist and friend Paul Lee aptly put it, "replant the vital root of existence."]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Performance in the Garden]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Chadwick; Stephen J. Crimi; John Jeavons]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Logosophia]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780981575704]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[E.M. Schumacher (Small is Beautiful) called Englishman Alan Chadwick "the greatest horticulturist of the 20th century." Chadwick was a student of Rudolf Steiner, an early advocate of organics, and founder of French Intensive Biodynamic System. He railed against the tragic policies of corporate agribusiness, while cultivating gardens of sublime beauty and production in the 60's and 70's throughout the United States. Nearly everyone practicing biodynamics today has been kissed by the Chadwick transmission. Up until now his unique artistic approach and deep perception of nature were unavailable in writing. Performance in the Garden harvests sixteen incredible, inspired and practical talks that will help us, as herbalist and friend Paul Lee aptly put it, "replant the vital root of existence."]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Garden Anywhere]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780811868754</link>
<description><![CDATA[Have a small patch of soil? Or just a window box? Not a problem. Garden Anywhere shows how anyone can create an oasis in the smallest of spaces. We're not talking just a simple pot of marigolds, here. Garden Anywhere outlines everything an aspiring gardener needs to know to sow a bounteous, thriving garden. Alys Fowler, trained at the New York Botanical Garden, guides readers through the process from the ground up—from planning the garden to composting, pruning, harvesting, and propagating. Stylish photos illustrate the how-tos while Alys shares tips on creating gorgeous container gardens, herb gardens, kitchen gardens and more, without spending a fortune.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Garden Anywhere]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alys Fowler]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chronicle Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780811868754]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Have a small patch of soil? Or just a window box? Not a problem. Garden Anywhere shows how anyone can create an oasis in the smallest of spaces. We're not talking just a simple pot of marigolds, here. Garden Anywhere outlines everything an aspiring gardener needs to know to sow a bounteous, thriving garden. Alys Fowler, trained at the New York Botanical Garden, guides readers through the process from the ground up—from planning the garden to composting, pruning, harvesting, and propagating. Stylish photos illustrate the how-tos while Alys shares tips on creating gorgeous container gardens, herb gardens, kitchen gardens and more, without spending a fortune.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The Garden Primer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780761122753</link>
<description><![CDATA[Remarkably complete, this is the one: the indispensable one-volume reference guide to gardening simply, beautifully and well. It is jam-packed with useful information, old-fashioned common sense, and a lifetime's worth of experience, and is thoroughly revised and expanded to be 100 percent organic in its recommendations. Updated with the latest on plants, soils, techniques, and tools, it includes: The basics of landscaping, emphasizing sustainable methods. Understanding what plants need and avoiding complex rules and formulas. How to choose and combine flowers for season-long color, orchestrating with perennials and accenting with annuals. Extending the season - that's right, harvest carrots in January. The secret to raising roses without fuss, less demanding lawns, vines with discipline, and trees that will enhance your property. There is new information on native species, and all the gardening resources you need--explained in a voice that "has the snap of a good snowpea and the spice of an old rose"]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Garden Primer]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara Damrosch; Linda Heppes Funk; Ray Maher]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Workman Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780761122753]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Remarkably complete, this is the one: the indispensable one-volume reference guide to gardening simply, beautifully and well. It is jam-packed with useful information, old-fashioned common sense, and a lifetime's worth of experience, and is thoroughly revised and expanded to be 100 percent organic in its recommendations. Updated with the latest on plants, soils, techniques, and tools, it includes: The basics of landscaping, emphasizing sustainable methods. Understanding what plants need and avoiding complex rules and formulas. How to choose and combine flowers for season-long color, orchestrating with perennials and accenting with annuals. Extending the season - that's right, harvest carrots in January. The secret to raising roses without fuss, less demanding lawns, vines with discipline, and trees that will enhance your property. There is new information on native species, and all the gardening resources you need--explained in a voice that "has the snap of a good snowpea and the spice of an old rose"]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781603420242</link>
<description><![CDATA[This comprehensive, quick-to-read, and fun-to-browse book offers solutions toproblems that can plague vegetable gardening.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Veggie Gardener's Answer Book]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Barbara W. Ellis]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Storey Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781603420242]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This comprehensive, quick-to-read, and fun-to-browse book offers solutions toproblems that can plague vegetable gardening.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[The New Self-Sufficient Gardener]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780756628987</link>
<description><![CDATA[A revised edition of an old favorite first published in 1978, this volume explains how to cultivate and preserve all types of fruits, herbs, and vegetables, as well as how to keep bees and raise chickens.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The New Self-Sufficient Gardener]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John  Seymour]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[DK ADULT]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780756628987]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A revised edition of an old favorite first published in 1978, this volume explains how to cultivate and preserve all types of fruits, herbs, and vegetables, as well as how to keep bees and raise chickens.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580173704</link>
<description><![CDATA[The distillation of Denckla's years of hands-on experience, this book answers the questions that sprout up among novice, intermediate, and experienced organic gardeners. More than 750 plants are arranged in an A-to-Z format, with information on care, harvesting, and more. Two-color illustrations.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Gardener's A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tanya L. K. Denckla; Stephen Alcorn]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Storey Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781580173704]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The distillation of Denckla's years of hands-on experience, this book answers the questions that sprout up among novice, intermediate, and experienced organic gardeners. More than 750 plants are arranged in an A-to-Z format, with information on care, harvesting, and more. Two-color illustrations.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Craft & Art of Bamboo]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781600593390</link>
<description><![CDATA[Beautiful, sustainable bamboo is one of the most popular materials around for gardens and home decor. This highly regarded introduction to the material is now back in print, revised and updated. It still offers rich history, fascinating background, and great projects, but with more than 20 new images--making this the most attractive source on the "it" plant of the green movement.From weathering the plant and preventing insect damage to attaching, bending, flattening, finishing, and preserving the bamboo, this photo-filled introduction covers it all. More than 30 how-to projects include a curved garden handrail, low trellis for climbing plants, porch swing, and even an outdoor shower stall. Lush photography and abundant illustrations make the book a visual treat.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Craft & Art of Bamboo]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol Stangler]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Lark Books (NC)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781600593390]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Beautiful, sustainable bamboo is one of the most popular materials around for gardens and home decor. This highly regarded introduction to the material is now back in print, revised and updated. It still offers rich history, fascinating background, and great projects, but with more than 20 new images--making this the most attractive source on the "it" plant of the green movement.From weathering the plant and preventing insect damage to attaching, bending, flattening, finishing, and preserving the bamboo, this photo-filled introduction covers it all. More than 30 how-to projects include a curved garden handrail, low trellis for climbing plants, porch swing, and even an outdoor shower stall. Lush photography and abundant illustrations make the book a visual treat.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Backyard Beekeeper]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781592531189</link>
<description><![CDATA[This book isnÆt only a guide to beekeeping or a honey cookbook; itÆs both. No other book on the market provides an in-depth review of beekeeping and what honey is good for and how to use it. Beautifully illustrated, The Backyard Beekeeper is perfect for the health conscious person who wants to sweeten up their life by saying no to processed sugars and yes, to eating organic, natural healthy food.  This book is the complete "honey bee" resource with general information on bees, a how-to guide to the art of bee keeping and how to set up, care for and harvest your own hives, as well as tons of fun facts and projects that are bee related. The second half of the book is the complete guide to honey. It reviews the different types of honey, health effects as well as provides 100s of ideas and recipes for using honey in recipes, cosmetically in facemasks and shampoos, and for medicinal uses.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Backyard Beekeeper]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kim Flottum]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Quarry Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781592531189]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This book isnÆt only a guide to beekeeping or a honey cookbook; itÆs both. No other book on the market provides an in-depth review of beekeeping and what honey is good for and how to use it. Beautifully illustrated, The Backyard Beekeeper is perfect for the health conscious person who wants to sweeten up their life by saying no to processed sugars and yes, to eating organic, natural healthy food.  This book is the complete "honey bee" resource with general information on bees, a how-to guide to the art of bee keeping and how to set up, care for and harvest your own hives, as well as tons of fun facts and projects that are bee related. The second half of the book is the complete guide to honey. It reviews the different types of honey, health effects as well as provides 100s of ideas and recipes for using honey in recipes, cosmetically in facemasks and shampoos, and for medicinal uses.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[All New Square Foot Gardening]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781591862024</link>
<description><![CDATA[Do you know what the best feature is in "All New Square Foot Gardening"? Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground. But, the best feature is that "anyone," "anywhere" can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults with limited mobility, even complete novices can achieve spectacular results. But, let's get back to the ten improvements. You're going to love them. ? 1)????? New Location - Move your garden closer to your house by eliminating single-row gardening. Square Foot Garden needs just "twenty percent" of the space of a traditional garden. 2)????? New Direction - Locate your garden "on top" of existing soil. Forget about pH soil tests, double-digging (who enjoys that?), or the never-ending soil improvements. 3)????? New Soil - The new "Mel's Mix" is the perfect growing mix. Why, we even give you the recipe. Best of all, you can even "buy" the different types of compost needed. 4)????? New Depth - You only need to prepare a SFG box to a depth of 6 inches! It's true--the majority of plants develop just fine when grown at this depth. 5)????? No Fertilizer - The all new SFG does not need any fertilizer-ever! If you start with the perfect soil mix, then you don't need to add fertilizer. 6)????? New Boxes - The new method uses bottomless boxes placed aboveground. We show you how to build your own (with step-by-step photos). 7)????? New Aisles - The ideal gardening aisle width is about three to four feet. That makes it even easier to kneel, work, and harvest.8)????? New Grids - Prominent and permanent grids added to your SFG box help you visualize the planting squares and know how to space for maximum harvest. 9)????? New Seed Saving Idea - The old-fashioned way advocates planting many seeds and then thinning the extras (that means pulling them up). The new method means planting a pinch- literally two or three seeds--per planting hole. 10)? Tabletop Gardens - The new boxes are so much smaller and lighter (only 6 inches of soil, remember?), you can add a plywood bottom to make them portable. ? Of course, that's not all. We've also included simple, easy-to-follow instructions using lots of photos and illustrations. You're going to love it!]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[All New Square Foot Gardening]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mel Bartholomew]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Cool Springs Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781591862024]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Do you know what the best feature is in "All New Square Foot Gardening"? Sure, there are ten new features in this all-new, updated book. Sure, it's even simpler than it was before. Of course, you don't have to worry about fertilizer or poor soil ever again because you'll be growing above the ground. But, the best feature is that "anyone," "anywhere" can enjoy a Square Foot garden. Children, adults with limited mobility, even complete novices can achieve spectacular results. But, let's get back to the ten improvements. You're going to love them. ? 1)????? New Location - Move your garden closer to your house by eliminating single-row gardening. Square Foot Garden needs just "twenty percent" of the space of a traditional garden. 2)????? New Direction - Locate your garden "on top" of existing soil. Forget about pH soil tests, double-digging (who enjoys that?), or the never-ending soil improvements. 3)????? New Soil - The new "Mel's Mix" is the perfect growing mix. Why, we even give you the recipe. Best of all, you can even "buy" the different types of compost needed. 4)????? New Depth - You only need to prepare a SFG box to a depth of 6 inches! It's true--the majority of plants develop just fine when grown at this depth. 5)????? No Fertilizer - The all new SFG does not need any fertilizer-ever! If you start with the perfect soil mix, then you don't need to add fertilizer. 6)????? New Boxes - The new method uses bottomless boxes placed aboveground. We show you how to build your own (with step-by-step photos). 7)????? New Aisles - The ideal gardening aisle width is about three to four feet. That makes it even easier to kneel, work, and harvest.8)????? New Grids - Prominent and permanent grids added to your SFG box help you visualize the planting squares and know how to space for maximum harvest. 9)????? New Seed Saving Idea - The old-fashioned way advocates planting many seeds and then thinning the extras (that means pulling them up). The new method means planting a pinch- literally two or three seeds--per planting hole. 10)? Tabletop Gardens - The new boxes are so much smaller and lighter (only 6 inches of soil, remember?), you can add a plywood bottom to make them portable. ? Of course, that's not all. We've also included simple, easy-to-follow instructions using lots of photos and illustrations. You're going to love it!]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781570615344</link>
<description><![CDATA["Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades" is an invaluable resource for any gardener looking to become more knowledgeable and grow better vegetables. The book features basic info on soils, composting, chemical-free fertilizing, efficient water usage, and planning, but it is also filled with up-to-date tips on seed sources and new growing and cultivation techniques. Featuring a Earth-friendly focus on organic gardening practices, the book helps readers acquire a foundation of master-gardening knowledge that they can use to organize and plan their own gardens however they want.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steve Solomon]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sasquatch Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781570615344]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades" is an invaluable resource for any gardener looking to become more knowledgeable and grow better vegetables. The book features basic info on soils, composting, chemical-free fertilizing, efficient water usage, and planning, but it is also filled with up-to-date tips on seed sources and new growing and cultivation techniques. Featuring a Earth-friendly focus on organic gardening practices, the book helps readers acquire a foundation of master-gardening knowledge that they can use to organize and plan their own gardens however they want.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Gardening in the Lower Midwest]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780253328137</link>
<description><![CDATA[..". a common-sense handbook for gardeners... It will help slacken the stress level that gardening was never meant to bring." -- HortScience"[Diane Heilenman] gets to the heart, the soul and the humor shared by all in the gardening world... both a practical reference and an inspiration... " -- The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN)Diane Heilenman tells novice and experienced gardeners how to cope in this difficult and trying climate, create gardens appropriate for the region, and select flowers, plants, trees, and shrubs that will be happy -- and in turn make us happy. The gardening columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Heilenman is also a gifted thinker who grapples with what it means to garden in our time.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Gardening in the Lower Midwest]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane Heilenman; Michelle Heilenmann]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Indiana University Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780253328137]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[..". a common-sense handbook for gardeners... It will help slacken the stress level that gardening was never meant to bring." -- HortScience"[Diane Heilenman] gets to the heart, the soul and the humor shared by all in the gardening world... both a practical reference and an inspiration... " -- The Herald-Times (Bloomington, IN)Diane Heilenman tells novice and experienced gardeners how to cope in this difficult and trying climate, create gardens appropriate for the region, and select flowers, plants, trees, and shrubs that will be happy -- and in turn make us happy. The gardening columnist for the Louisville Courier-Journal, Heilenman is also a gifted thinker who grapples with what it means to garden in our time.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1994-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Seeds]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780881926828</link>
<description><![CDATA[All life on earth begins and ends with seeds. From grains of rice and wheat to corn kernels and coconuts, seeds provide the majority of the world's food supply. On a more humble level, every garden and gardener depends on seeds to provide beauty and nourishment. From the practical concerns of seed raisers and collectors, to the ancient lore, history, and biology of seeds, Peter Loewer has written a remarkable book for anyone interested in the life of plants and the planet. With a focus on the concerns of gardeners, he provides detailed advice on buying, storing and germinating, sterilizing soil, indoor to outdoor transplanting---even building cold frames. Blending science and hands-on experience, "Seeds is the rare gardening book that is as useful as it is fascinating to read.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Seeds]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[H. Peter Loewer; Peter Loewer]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Timber Press (OR)]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780881926828]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[All life on earth begins and ends with seeds. From grains of rice and wheat to corn kernels and coconuts, seeds provide the majority of the world's food supply. On a more humble level, every garden and gardener depends on seeds to provide beauty and nourishment. From the practical concerns of seed raisers and collectors, to the ancient lore, history, and biology of seeds, Peter Loewer has written a remarkable book for anyone interested in the life of plants and the planet. With a focus on the concerns of gardeners, he provides detailed advice on buying, storing and germinating, sterilizing soil, indoor to outdoor transplanting---even building cold frames. Blending science and hands-on experience, "Seeds is the rare gardening book that is as useful as it is fascinating to read.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Seed to Seed]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781882424580</link>
<description><![CDATA[This is a complete seed saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. 80 photos.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Seed to Seed]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzanne Ashworth; Kent Whealy]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Seed Savers Exchange]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781882424580]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This is a complete seed saving guide that describes specific techniques for saving the seeds of 160 different vegetables. 80 photos.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-04-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Seed Sowing and Saving]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580170017</link>
<description><![CDATA[Those pricey transplants set out on display every spring are so tempting with their leafy faces pleading, "take me home " But beware, you never know where those seedlings have been - Crammed in a pest-infested greenhouse? Packed for days in a sweltering truck? Start your plants from seeds and you know that's your precious vegetable, herb, or flower has been nurtured with tender loving care every day of its life. And better yet, when you harvest seeds for next year's crop, you'll get even more plants absolutely FREE  In this book you'll find everything you need to know to successfully harvest seeds from more than 100 common vegetables, annuals, perennials, herbs, and wildflowers, then dry and store them for maximum viability. You'll also learn how to start seeds indoors to get a jump start on the season, and to prepare your soil beds for planting. ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Seed Sowing and Saving]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carole B. Turner]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Storey Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781580170017]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Those pricey transplants set out on display every spring are so tempting with their leafy faces pleading, "take me home " But beware, you never know where those seedlings have been - Crammed in a pest-infested greenhouse? Packed for days in a sweltering truck? Start your plants from seeds and you know that's your precious vegetable, herb, or flower has been nurtured with tender loving care every day of its life. And better yet, when you harvest seeds for next year's crop, you'll get even more plants absolutely FREE  In this book you'll find everything you need to know to successfully harvest seeds from more than 100 common vegetables, annuals, perennials, herbs, and wildflowers, then dry and store them for maximum viability. You'll also learn how to start seeds indoors to get a jump start on the season, and to prepare your soil beds for planting. ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1998-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781890132729</link>
<description><![CDATA[All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties much faster than you might suppose. And you can eat your mistakes.Authoritative and easy-to-understand, "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving" is the only guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener and the small-scale farmer or commercial grower. Discover: how to breed for a wide range of different traits (flavor, size, shape, or color; cold or heat tolerance; pest and disease resistance; and regional adaptation)how to save seed and maintain varietieshow to conduct your own variety trials and other farm- or garden-based researchhow to breed for performance under organic or sustainable growing methodsIn this one-size-fits-all world of multinational seed companies, plant patents, and biotech monopolies, more and more gardeners and farmers are recognizing that they need to "take back their seeds." They need to save more of their own seed, grow and maintain the best traditional and regional varieties, and develop more of their own unique new varieties. "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving" shows the way, and offers an exciting introduction to a whole newgardening adventure.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol Deppe]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781890132729]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[All gardeners and farmers should be plant breeders, says author Carol Deppe. Developing new vegetable varieties doesn't require a specialized education, a lot of land, or even a lot of time. It can be done on any scale. It's enjoyable. It's deeply rewarding. You can get useful new varieties much faster than you might suppose. And you can eat your mistakes.Authoritative and easy-to-understand, "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving" is the only guide to plant breeding and seed saving for the serious home gardener and the small-scale farmer or commercial grower. Discover: how to breed for a wide range of different traits (flavor, size, shape, or color; cold or heat tolerance; pest and disease resistance; and regional adaptation)how to save seed and maintain varietieshow to conduct your own variety trials and other farm- or garden-based researchhow to breed for performance under organic or sustainable growing methodsIn this one-size-fits-all world of multinational seed companies, plant patents, and biotech monopolies, more and more gardeners and farmers are recognizing that they need to "take back their seeds." They need to save more of their own seed, grow and maintain the best traditional and regional varieties, and develop more of their own unique new varieties. "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's and Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding and Seed Saving" shows the way, and offers an exciting introduction to a whole newgardening adventure.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2000-11-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Back Garden Seed Saving]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781899233090</link>
<description><![CDATA[The latest strains of tomato may look perfect, but they often have thick skins and tasteless flesh. Dwarf peas may be the easiest to grow commercially, but many gardeners still grow attractive six-foot types that taste "like peas used to taste." Whatever the benefits of modern hybrids, old varieties still have much to offer, and they are becoming hard to find.Seed saving is a surprisingly simple and hugely satisfying way to propogate your favorite varieties. In this book you will find easy-to-follow, crop by crop guidelines to help you save your own seed.Relevant to the beginner as well as the expert, "Back Garden Seed Saving" tells how and why we should join in the battle to save our irreplaceable vegetable heritage, and the reward--a kitchen full of tasty vegetables.The benefits of saving your own seedSelect plants best suited to your own growing conditionsHelp preserve our shrinking vegetable heritageBreak our dependence on multinational seed companiesSave moneyShare seed with friends, neighbors, and fellow gardener]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Back Garden Seed Saving]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue Stickland]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Ecologic]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781899233090]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[The latest strains of tomato may look perfect, but they often have thick skins and tasteless flesh. Dwarf peas may be the easiest to grow commercially, but many gardeners still grow attractive six-foot types that taste "like peas used to taste." Whatever the benefits of modern hybrids, old varieties still have much to offer, and they are becoming hard to find.Seed saving is a surprisingly simple and hugely satisfying way to propogate your favorite varieties. In this book you will find easy-to-follow, crop by crop guidelines to help you save your own seed.Relevant to the beginner as well as the expert, "Back Garden Seed Saving" tells how and why we should join in the battle to save our irreplaceable vegetable heritage, and the reward--a kitchen full of tasty vegetables.The benefits of saving your own seedSelect plants best suited to your own growing conditionsHelp preserve our shrinking vegetable heritageBreak our dependence on multinational seed companiesSave moneyShare seed with friends, neighbors, and fellow gardener]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Seed to Seed]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780961397777</link>
<description><![CDATA[This book is a complete seed-saving guide for 160 vegetable crops, with detailed information about each vegetable, including the botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, isolation distance, the need for caging or hand-pollination, and proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Seed to Seed]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Suzanne Ashworth; David Cavagnaro]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Seed Savers Exchange]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780961397777]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This book is a complete seed-saving guide for 160 vegetable crops, with detailed information about each vegetable, including the botanical classification, flower structure and means of pollination, isolation distance, the need for caging or hand-pollination, and proper methods for harvesting, drying, cleaning, and storing the seeds.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1995-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781580174589</link>
<description><![CDATA[Remember how grandmother's cellar shelves were packed with jars of tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes, pickled beets and cauliflower, and pickles both sweet and dill? Learn how to save a summer day - in batches - from the classic primer, now updated and rejacketed. Use the latest inexpensive, time-saving techniques for drying, freezing, canning, and pickling. Anyone can capture the delicate flavors of fresh foods for year-round enjoyment and create a well-stocked pantry of fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, flavored vinegars, and seasonings. "The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest" introduces the basic technique for all preserving methods, with step-by-step illustration, informative charts and tips throughout, and more than 150 recipes for the new or experienced home preserver. Among the step-by-step tested recipes: Green Chile Salsa, Tomato Leather, Spiced Pear Butter, Eggplant Caviar, Blueberry Marmalade, Yellow Tomato Jam, Cranberry-Lime Curd, Preserved Lemons, Chicken Liver Pate, and more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carol W. Costenbader; Joanne Lamb Hayes]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Storey Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781580174589]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Remember how grandmother's cellar shelves were packed with jars of tomato sauce and stewed tomatoes, pickled beets and cauliflower, and pickles both sweet and dill? Learn how to save a summer day - in batches - from the classic primer, now updated and rejacketed. Use the latest inexpensive, time-saving techniques for drying, freezing, canning, and pickling. Anyone can capture the delicate flavors of fresh foods for year-round enjoyment and create a well-stocked pantry of fruits, vegetables, herbs, meats, flavored vinegars, and seasonings. "The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest" introduces the basic technique for all preserving methods, with step-by-step illustration, informative charts and tips throughout, and more than 150 recipes for the new or experienced home preserver. Among the step-by-step tested recipes: Green Chile Salsa, Tomato Leather, Spiced Pear Butter, Eggplant Caviar, Blueberry Marmalade, Yellow Tomato Jam, Cranberry-Lime Curd, Preserved Lemons, Chicken Liver Pate, and more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2002-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780486409313</link>
<description><![CDATA[Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Complete Guide to Home Canning and Preserving]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[U S Dept of Agriculture; United States]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Dover Publications]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780486409313]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Practical, easy-to-follow guide tells how to select, prepare, and can fruits, vegetables, poultry, red meats, and seafoods; how to preserve fruit spreads, fermented foods, and pickled vegetables; and much more.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Canning and Preserving]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781567990980</link>
<description><![CDATA[A complete guidebook for both experienced and novice canners and cooks.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Canning and Preserving]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Linda Ferrari]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Friedman/Fairfax Publishing]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781567990980]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[A complete guidebook for both experienced and novice canners and cooks.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1994-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<item>
<title><![CDATA[Country Wisdom & Know-How]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781579123680</link>
<description><![CDATA[Fascinating projects, trusted advice and nearly 1,000 b&w illustrations and photographs crowd every page of this unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Country Wisdom & Know-How]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Storey Books]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781579123680]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Fascinating projects, trusted advice and nearly 1,000 b&w illustrations and photographs crowd every page of this unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Growing Your Own Vegetables]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781570615702</link>
<description><![CDATA[Whether tired of being subjected to rising supermarket prices or a green thumb in search of a little guidance, "Growing Your Own Vegetables" is a handy guide to building a more self-reliant kitchen. Drawn from the authors' years of hands-on experience and expert advice from the best-selling "Encyclopedia of Country Living," this guide is packed with information on planning, size considerations, seasonal conditions, climate zones, and other cultivation basics. Readers learn to plant, tend, and harvest onions, leafy greens, rhubarb, artichoke, broccoli, potatoes, radishes, jicama, legumes, gourds, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant -- with so much information, this guide makes an invaluable resource for home gardeners of all stripes.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Growing Your Own Vegetables]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carla Emery; Lorene Edwards Forkner]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sasquatch Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781570615702]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Whether tired of being subjected to rising supermarket prices or a green thumb in search of a little guidance, "Growing Your Own Vegetables" is a handy guide to building a more self-reliant kitchen. Drawn from the authors' years of hands-on experience and expert advice from the best-selling "Encyclopedia of Country Living," this guide is packed with information on planning, size considerations, seasonal conditions, climate zones, and other cultivation basics. Readers learn to plant, tend, and harvest onions, leafy greens, rhubarb, artichoke, broccoli, potatoes, radishes, jicama, legumes, gourds, tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant -- with so much information, this guide makes an invaluable resource for home gardeners of all stripes.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Encyclopedia of Country Living]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781570613777</link>
<description><![CDATA[Initially self-published 20 years ago, The Encyclopedia of Country Living has become the trusted guidebook to sustainable, self-sufficient living. Filled with memorable anecdotes, crucial advice, and a generous helping of good humor, this compendium provides detailed information about food production growing, processing, cooking, and preserving together with hundreds of illustrations and recipes. With updates of over 1,100 mail order sources, including websites and email addresses, this revised edition is the definitive classic text for living off the land. Carla Emery is certifiably one of the craziest, warmest, ... funniest, wisest, most lovable, and idealistic zanies now walking the earth. Mother Earth News]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Encyclopedia of Country Living]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carla Emery]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Sasquatch Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781570613777]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Initially self-published 20 years ago, The Encyclopedia of Country Living has become the trusted guidebook to sustainable, self-sufficient living. Filled with memorable anecdotes, crucial advice, and a generous helping of good humor, this compendium provides detailed information about food production growing, processing, cooking, and preserving together with hundreds of illustrations and recipes. With updates of over 1,100 mail order sources, including websites and email addresses, this revised edition is the definitive classic text for living off the land. Carla Emery is certifiably one of the craziest, warmest, ... funniest, wisest, most lovable, and idealistic zanies now walking the earth. Mother Earth News]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2003-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Winter Harvest Handbook]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781603580816</link>
<description><![CDATA[Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend thatas taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with "The New Organic Grower" published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine.Now, with his long-awaited new book, "The Winter Harvest Handbook," anyone can have access to his hard-won experience. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from "The New Organic Grower" and "Four-Season Harvest," this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses.Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices, and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous, and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Colemanas own farm.His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders, and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons.A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it ajust canat be done.a ]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Winter Harvest Handbook]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Coleman; Barbara Damrosch]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781603580816]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend thatas taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with "The New Organic Grower" published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine.Now, with his long-awaited new book, "The Winter Harvest Handbook," anyone can have access to his hard-won experience. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from "The New Organic Grower" and "Four-Season Harvest," this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses.Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices, and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous, and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Colemanas own farm.His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders, and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons.A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it ajust canat be done.a ]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Four-Season Harvest]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781890132279</link>
<description><![CDATA[If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat. Coleman expands upon his own experiences with new ideas learned on a winter-vegetable pilgrimage across the ocean to the acknowledged kingdom of vegetable cuisine, the southern part of France, which lies on the 44th parallel, the same latitude as his farm in Maine.This story of sunshine, weather patterns, old limitations and expectations, and new realities is delightfully innovative in the best gardening tradition. "Four-Season Harvest" will have you feasting on fresh produce from your garden all through the winter.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Four-Season Harvest]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eliot Coleman; Kathy Bray; Barbara Damrosch]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Chelsea Green Publishing Company]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781890132279]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat. Coleman expands upon his own experiences with new ideas learned on a winter-vegetable pilgrimage across the ocean to the acknowledged kingdom of vegetable cuisine, the southern part of France, which lies on the 44th parallel, the same latitude as his farm in Maine.This story of sunshine, weather patterns, old limitations and expectations, and new realities is delightfully innovative in the best gardening tradition. "Four-Season Harvest" will have you feasting on fresh produce from your garden all through the winter.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1999-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The One-Straw Revolution]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781590173138</link>
<description><![CDATA[Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.”  Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature’s own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort.Whether you’re a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The One-Straw Revolution]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Korn; Wendell Berry; Masanobu Fukuoka; Frances Moore Lappe]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[NYRB Classics]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781590173138]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Call it “Zen and the Art of Farming” or a “Little Green Book,” Masanobu Fukuoka’s manifesto about farming, eating, and the limits of human knowledge presents a radical challenge to the global systems we rely on for our food. At the same time, it is a spiritual memoir of a man whose innovative system of cultivating the earth reflects a deep faith in the wholeness and balance of the natural world. As Wendell Berry writes in his preface, the book “is valuable to us because it is at once practical and philosophical. It is an inspiring, necessary book about agriculture because it is not just about agriculture.”  Trained as a scientist, Fukuoka rejected both modern agribusiness and centuries of agricultural practice, deciding instead that the best forms of cultivation mirror nature’s own laws. Over the next three decades he perfected his so-called “do-nothing” technique: commonsense, sustainable practices that all but eliminate the use of pesticides, fertilizer, tillage, and perhaps most significantly, wasteful effort.Whether you’re a guerrilla gardener or a kitchen gardener, dedicated to slow food or simply looking to live a healthier life, you will find something here—you may even be moved to start a revolution of your own.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2009-06-02T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Biodynamic Gardening]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781840006223</link>
<description><![CDATA[Would you like to get more from your garden? An increasing number of gardeners have found that the answer lies in biodynamic gardening: an approach to planting, growing, and harvesting in accordance with cosmic forces. Biodynamic gardening evolves from the principle that the moon, sun, stars, and planets influence plants in regular rhythms, creating ideal days to sow, weed, and gather plants. Using this abundantly illustrated guide, you will discover how to use these rhythms to ensure that your garden produces bountiful fruit and vegetables bursting with flavor and nutrients. Hilary Wright is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and an experienced biodynamic gardener; among her previous books is The Great Organic Wine Guide.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Biodynamic Gardening]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hilary Wright]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Mitchell Beazley]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781840006223]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Would you like to get more from your garden? An increasing number of gardeners have found that the answer lies in biodynamic gardening: an approach to planting, growing, and harvesting in accordance with cosmic forces. Biodynamic gardening evolves from the principle that the moon, sun, stars, and planets influence plants in regular rhythms, creating ideal days to sow, weed, and gather plants. Using this abundantly illustrated guide, you will discover how to use these rhythms to ensure that your garden produces bountiful fruit and vegetables bursting with flavor and nutrients. Hilary Wright is an award-winning writer and broadcaster and an experienced biodynamic gardener; among her previous books is The Great Organic Wine Guide.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Hardcover]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2004-03-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Biodynamic Farm]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780880101721</link>
<description><![CDATA[Bankrupt farmers, erosion of topsoil, and poor food quality owing to pesticides, hormones, and other additives-these are the well-known realities of the modern crisis in farming. This problem is the outcome of the limited vision of conventional methods and a system that focuses exclusively on quick results and profits. The need for changes is clear, and Koepf provides a vast array of research data and results, as well as many helpful details on animal feeding, crop rotation, diseases, pests, and fertilizing. He shows that the biodynamic method of farming and gardening is the alternative that can turn farming around. Biodynamics is "the oldest alternative agricultural movement in the world." It is based on the concept of the whole farm as a single organism. Its goals are to protect and nurture the soil, improve the quality of food, and organically integrate the farm into the environment as a whole. This is an essential reference for all farmers who are unsatisfied with conventional methods and for gardeners who wish to improve the quality of life around them as well as the food they serve their families.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Biodynamic Farm]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Herbert H. Koepf; Roderick Schouldice; Walter Goldstein]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Steiner Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780880101721]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[Bankrupt farmers, erosion of topsoil, and poor food quality owing to pesticides, hormones, and other additives-these are the well-known realities of the modern crisis in farming. This problem is the outcome of the limited vision of conventional methods and a system that focuses exclusively on quick results and profits. The need for changes is clear, and Koepf provides a vast array of research data and results, as well as many helpful details on animal feeding, crop rotation, diseases, pests, and fertilizing. He shows that the biodynamic method of farming and gardening is the alternative that can turn farming around. Biodynamics is "the oldest alternative agricultural movement in the world." It is based on the concept of the whole farm as a single organism. Its goals are to protect and nurture the soil, improve the quality of food, and organically integrate the farm into the environment as a whole. This is an essential reference for all farmers who are unsatisfied with conventional methods and for gardeners who wish to improve the quality of life around them as well as the food they serve their families.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>1989-05-01T00:00:00-04:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[What Is Biodynamics?]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780880105408</link>
<description><![CDATA[This introduction to biodynamic methods contains five lectures by Rudolf Steiner and an extensive introduction by Hugh Courtney of the Josephine Porter Institute, who unravels not only the practice of biodynamics, but also its spiritual and esoteric background.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[What Is Biodynamics?]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rudolf Steiner; Hugh Courtney]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Steiner Books]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780880105408]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This introduction to biodynamic methods contains five lectures by Rudolf Steiner and an extensive introduction by Hugh Courtney of the Josephine Porter Institute, who unravels not only the practice of biodynamics, but also its spiritual and esoteric background.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2005-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Green Gardener's Guide]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781591864264</link>
<description><![CDATA[With a platform that encourages earth-friendly gardening, Lampl--known as Joe Gardener--offers tips that can save water, conserve resources, promote healthy and safe plant growth, and eliminate damage to the Earth.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Green Gardener's Guide]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Lamp'l]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Cool Springs Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781591864264]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[With a platform that encourages earth-friendly gardening, Lampl--known as Joe Gardener--offers tips that can save water, conserve resources, promote healthy and safe plant growth, and eliminate damage to the Earth.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2008-02-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[Over the Fence with Joe Gardener]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781591862628</link>
<description><![CDATA[This national title reveals the basics of gardening?the fundamentals needed for gardening success. Author Joe Lamp?l, or ?Joe Gardener, ? introduces us to the landscape challenges faced by all homeowners. Many gardeners attempt projects without clear direction, while others hesitate, feeling they need better resources to guide them. Joe Gardener can help!]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[Over the Fence with Joe Gardener]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Lamp'l]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[Cool Springs Press]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9781591862628]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA[This national title reveals the basics of gardening?the fundamentals needed for gardening success. Author Joe Lamp?l, or ?Joe Gardener, ? introduces us to the landscape challenges faced by all homeowners. Many gardeners attempt projects without clear direction, while others hesitate, feeling they need better resources to guide them. Joe Gardener can help!]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2007-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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<title><![CDATA[The Solar Food Dryer]]></title>
<link>http://www.indiebound.org/book/9780865715448</link>
<description><![CDATA["The Solar Food Dryer" describes how to use solar energy to dry your food instead of costly electricity. With your own solar-powered food dryer, you can quickly and efficiently dry all your extra garden veggies, fruits, and herbs to preserve their goodness all year long-with free sunshine! Applicable to a wide geography-wherever gardens grow-this well-illustrated book includes:  Complete step-by-step plans for building a high-performance, low-cost solar food dryer from readily available materials Solar energy design concepts Food drying tips and recipes Resources, references, solar charts, and more Eben Fodor is an organic gardener with a background in solar energy and engineering. He works as a community planning consultant in Eugene, Oregon.]]></description>
<dc:title><![CDATA[The Solar Food Dryer]]></dc:title>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eben Fodor]]></dc:creator>
<dc:publisher><![CDATA[New Society Publishers]]></dc:publisher>
<dc:identifier><![CDATA[9780865715448]]></dc:identifier>
<dc:description><![CDATA["The Solar Food Dryer" describes how to use solar energy to dry your food instead of costly electricity. With your own solar-powered food dryer, you can quickly and efficiently dry all your extra garden veggies, fruits, and herbs to preserve their goodness all year long-with free sunshine! Applicable to a wide geography-wherever gardens grow-this well-illustrated book includes:  Complete step-by-step plans for building a high-performance, low-cost solar food dryer from readily available materials Solar energy design concepts Food drying tips and recipes Resources, references, solar charts, and more Eben Fodor is an organic gardener with a background in solar energy and engineering. He works as a community planning consultant in Eugene, Oregon.]]></dc:description>
<dc:format><![CDATA[Paperback]]></dc:format>
<dc:date>2006-01-01T00:00:00-05:00</dc:date>
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