This week’s warm weather aside, December is the time we cozy up indoors to dream about next season’s garden, and to decide what new techniques to try and which plants to grow. Winter is for gardening books, and we have quite a few in stock that we’d like to suggest for you. Whether you have a book club or just a comfortable chair to curl up into, these titles are sure to fire your imagination.
Here are two books to add to your library today:
A must-have for your gardening library is M. Walter Pesman’s Meet the Natives. To the millions of people who visit the Rocky Mountain region each and every year, Meet the Natives has long aided in the identification of the plants that grow here. This classic guide is revised and updated, with full color photos, covers over 400 plants, and is easy to use with its color-coded organization. Of course, you can try to identify a plant with a phone app that delivers hit or miss identification, but with this guidebook, you’ll know for sure!
As backyard and community food growers committed to growing without toxic chemicals, we wouldn’t want to be without Carrots Love Tomatoes – the ‘bible’ of companion planting. Basil and tomatoes increase the flavor of each other and deter hornworms when grown together — and that’s just the start for this book that outlines planting to attract beneficial insects, keep damaging insects away from crops, building fertility and so much more. We use it to include companions for every veggie and fruit bed we plant, and can verify that this technique works!
For more great books, come on in and browse. Below are some of what’s currently in the store.
For Crafting:
Papermaking with Garden Plants & Common Weeds – Helen Hiebert
The Papermaker’s Companion – Helen Hiebert
For Young People:
Nature Smarts Workbook Ages 7-9
Rainbow Science – Artemis Roehrig
Nature Anatomy Workbook – Julia Rothman
Growing a Home Pharmacy:
Herbs for Children’s Health – Rosemary Gladstar
Herbs for Stress & Anxiety – Rosemary Gladstar
The Natural First Aid Handbook – Brigitte Mars
Herbal Antibiotics, 2nd edition – Stephen Buhner
Herbal Antivirals, 2nd edition – Stephen Buhner
Growing Food:
How to Forage for Wild Foods Without Dying – Ellen Zachos
Gardening Under Cover – Niki Jabour
Carrots Love Tomatoes – Louise Riotte
Guides to Plants:
Wildflowers of the Rocky Mt. Region
Mini Meadows – Mike Lizotte
Meet the Natives – M. Walter Pesman
Tending the Soil:
Grow Your Soil – Diane Meissler
The Complete Guide to Restoring your Soil – Dale Strickler
Tending the Soul:
Micro Activism – Omkari Williams
The Wonder of Small Things
How to Love the World
Let’s Move the Needle – Shannon Downey