recommended reading...

"I cannot live without books."

Thomas Jefferson

I agree with Tom. Books are pretty much vital. Here are some of my favorites on gardening, farming, and related subjects.
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• The Lean Farm: How to Minimize Waste, Increase Efficiency, and Maximize Value and Profits with Less Work
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• Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer

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• The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers
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• The Barefoot Beekeeper
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• Living Seasonally: The Kitchen Garden and the Table at North Hill

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• Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living

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• Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life

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• The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
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• The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
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• Micro Eco-Farming: Prospering from Backyard to Small Acreage in Partnership with the Earth
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• Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!
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• The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses
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• The Contrary Farmer
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