Farming


Wicked Plants by Amy  StewartBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererIn the Shadow of Slavery by Judith A. CarneyGinseng Dreams by Kristin JohannsenPapyrus by John Gaudet
Ethnobotany
48 books — 12 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonCradle to Cradle by William McDonoughThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanThe Urban Homestead by Kelly CoyneThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Being "Green"
387 books — 267 voters
Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererBeyond the Kale by Kristin ReynoldsThe Color of Law by Richard RothsteinFarming While Black by Leah PennimanAquaponics for Beginners by Nick   Brooke
Urban gardening + social justice
53 books — 11 voters

DIY Hydroponic Gardens by Tyler BarasAquaponic Gardening by Sylvia BernsteinHydroponic Food Production by Howard M. ReshHydroponics by Andy JacobsonField Guide to Urban Gardening by Kevin Espiritu
hydroponics and aquaponics
17 books — 2 voters
The Lost Spells by Robert MacfarlaneAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotCider with Rosie by Laurie LeeH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldAll Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot
Memoirs of British country life
148 books — 17 voters

Elizabeth Haydon
The corn is planted first, followed by beans, then squash between the rows.They are called the Three Sisters. They sustain each other, the earth, and us. But the Big Ones do not know that. They do not care for the earth, and its children, properly.
Elizabeth Haydon, The Dragon's Lair

Jeannette Walls
The way Mom saw it, women should let menfolk do the work because it made them feel more manly. That notion only made sense if you had a strong man willing to step up and get things done, and between Dad's gimp, Buster's elaborate excuses, and Apache's tendency to disappear, it was often up to me to keep the place from falling apart. But even when everyone was pitching in, we never got out from under all the work. I loved that ranch, though sometimes it did seem that instead of us owning the plac ...more
Jeannette Walls, Half Broke Horses

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