Book Review: The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables
By Scott Humphries
Book Review: The Salad Garden
By Sally Luce
Joy Larkom shares her advice on growing the perfect salad garden with tons of new plant varieties and vegetables to try that go far beyond lettuce.
Book Reviews of Three Popular Permaculture Guides
By Barbara Otrysko
With the plethora of books, web sites, videos etc. on permaculture one might ask oneself why another book on the subject.
Book Review: Teaming with Microbes
By Barbara Otrysko
Organic gardeners have long espoused the adage “feed the soil” but I wonder how many of us really understand what is going on down there with microbes.
Book Review: Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener
By Sally Luce
Joseph Tychonievich’s enthusiastic and well written account of the joys and challenges of home-based selective plant breeding draws on his lifetime of breeding plants.
Book Review: The Carbon Farming Solution
By Rebecca Porlier
The Carbon Farming Solution written by Eric Toensmeier offers both hope and tangible solutions to the climate crisis based on ecological and regenerative farming practices.
Book Review: Terra Preta
By Av Singh
Reversing climate change and reducing world hunger seem to be rather lofty goals for a type of soil, but the authors of Terra Preta make strong arguments to turn to ancestral traditional knowledge as a way out of our current environmental and social problems.
Book Review: The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower’s Handbook: Organic vegetable production using protected culture
By Scott Humphries
Andrew Mefferd draws from seven years of growing expertise to create an extensive guide for greenhouse and hoophouse growers, to grow of regardless of scale of operations or heat. A perfect introduction to the complexities and advantages of growing food in greenhouses and hoophouses.
Book Review: The Farmer’s Office: Tools, Tips and Templates to Successfully Manage a Growing Farm Business
By Sarah Crocker
Julia Shanks makes bookkeeping approachable for farmers with simple accounting terminology, clear charts, and farm-specific examples.