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Gardening Books
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![All New Square Foot Gardening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1398035233l/192503._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 701 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.15 — 9,360 ratings — published 1981
![Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387718363l/136542._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 391 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.41 — 4,767 ratings — published 2001
![Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404578949l/323589._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 354 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,863 ratings — published 1975
![Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530799548l/40725379._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 285 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.05 — 110,834 ratings — published 2007
![Second Nature: A Gardener's Education](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1440002101l/57536._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 279 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.93 — 8,680 ratings — published 1991
![The Backyard Homestead: Produce All the Food You Need on Just a Quarter Acre!](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404579476l/6306050._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 262 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.13 — 5,531 ratings — published 2009
![The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388177702l/192541._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 223 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.32 — 2,151 ratings — published 2000
![Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390172039l/47930._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 221 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,286 ratings — published 1990
![Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1289187870l/241068._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 219 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.21 — 1,768 ratings — published 1995
![How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387716480l/529041._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 211 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,692 ratings — published 1979
![Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387725139l/2227735._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 178 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.45 — 3,087 ratings — published 2007
![Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1320473026l/6566756._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 161 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,202 ratings — published 2010
![Mini Farming: Self-Sufficiency on 1/4 Acre](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1391342318l/7153467._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 157 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,310 ratings — published 2006
![The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1533132407l/41021145._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 153 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.06 — 56,876 ratings — published 2002
![Floret Farm's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Harvest & Arrange Stunning Seasonal Blooms](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1482176251l/30842387._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 151 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.59 — 2,707 ratings — published
![The One-Straw Revolution](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1558988569l/976905._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 147 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.35 — 8,378 ratings — published 1975
![The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404579804l/159432._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 145 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.33 — 816 ratings — published
![The Winter Harvest Handbook: Four Season Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390173374l/5961818._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 141 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,304 ratings — published 2009
![Teaming with Microbes: A Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387701782l/655223._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 141 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,695 ratings — published 2006
![Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1557143155l/6164628._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 140 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.97 — 10,296 ratings — published 2009
![The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390173426l/145101._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 135 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,248 ratings — published 1989
![Lasagna Gardening: A New Layering System for Bountiful Gardens: No Digging, No Tilling, No Weeding, No Kidding!](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1387700142l/192504._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 135 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.98 — 1,088 ratings — published 1998
![The $64 Tomato: How One Man Nearly Lost His Sanity, Spent a Fortune, and Endured an Existential Crisis in the Quest for the Perfect Garden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404577129l/86654._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 134 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.77 — 4,337 ratings — published 2006
![The Edible Front Yard: The Mow-Less, Grow-More Plan for a Beautiful, Bountiful Garden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404577902l/10283079._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 134 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.77 — 896 ratings — published 2011
![Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1583926304l/43212849._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 127 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.37 — 5,204 ratings — published 2019
![Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404580286l/6106482._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 124 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.81 — 10,428 ratings — published 2009
![You Grow Girl](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388212988l/256660._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 124 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,048 ratings — published 2005
![McGee & Stuckey's Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits and Edible Flowers](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404576975l/161184._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 121 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.19 — 887 ratings — published 2002
![The Week-by-Week Vegetable Gardener's Handbook: Make the Most of Your Growing Season](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404580709l/9108251._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 119 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.28 — 624 ratings — published 2011
![Western Garden Book: More than 8,000 Plants - The Right Plants for Your Climate - Tips from Western Garden Experts (Sunset Western Garden Book)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1312017630l/1007607._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 119 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.44 — 969 ratings — published 1986
![The Urban Homestead: Your Guide to Self-sufficient Living in the Heart of the City](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347221955l/2785070._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 119 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.99 — 2,543 ratings — published 2008
![Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1386924955l/183595._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 119 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.04 — 972 ratings — published 2006
![Let it Rot!: The Gardener's Guide to Composting (Storey's Down-to-Earth Guides)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404577603l/516193._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 118 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,245 ratings — published 1975
![Botany for Gardeners](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388266055l/594467._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 115 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.20 — 1,304 ratings — published 1990
![Edible Landscaping](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1394851909l/7356490._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 113 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.19 — 583 ratings — published 2010
![Vegetable Gardener's Container Bible](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404581085l/9487952._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 112 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.16 — 768 ratings — published 2011
![Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener's Guide to Over 100 Delicious, Easy-to-grow Edibles](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390172743l/2017910._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 109 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.16 — 731 ratings — published 2007
![Rodale's Ultimate Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening: The Indispensable Green Resource for Every Gardener](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1389242285l/192507._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 108 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.23 — 557 ratings — published 1992
![Epic Tomatoes: How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1402586621l/18796085._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 104 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.48 — 853 ratings — published 2014
![The Complete Gardener: A Practical, Imaginative Guide to Every Aspect of Gardening](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1309296277l/1226415._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 98 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.54 — 741 ratings — published 2003
![Worms Eat My Garbage: How to Set Up and Maintain a Worm Composting System](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510489010l/33590154._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 97 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,616 ratings — published 1982
![Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390176346l/15077298._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 97 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.01 — 933 ratings — published 2013
![The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1413750858l/8533688._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 97 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.19 — 680 ratings — published 2010
![Fresh Food from Small Spaces: The Square-Inch Gardener's Guide to Year-Round Growing, Fermenting, and Sprouting](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390175644l/3298050._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 96 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.69 — 647 ratings — published 2008
![Down the Garden Path (Allways trilogy, #1)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404581361l/466432._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 96 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.23 — 892 ratings — published 1931
![Food Not Lawns: How to Turn Your Yard into a Garden and Your Neighborhood into a Community](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390178515l/171249._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 96 times as gardening)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,080 ratings — published 2006
![Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404579621l/680351._SY75_.jpg)
by (shelved 95 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.11 — 1,750 ratings — published 1979
![Beatrix Potter's Gardening Life: The Plants and Places That Inspired the Classic Children's Tales](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404581422l/17591910._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 94 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,410 ratings — published 2013
![Planting in a Post-Wild World: Designing Plant Communities for Resilient Landscapes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1427675137l/24944955._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 91 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.24 — 703 ratings — published 2015
![The Layered Garden: Design Lessons for Year-Round Beauty from Brandywine Cottage](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1404579255l/15079654._SX50_.jpg)
by (shelved 91 times as gardening)
avg rating 4.13 — 563 ratings — published 2012
![Leigh Bardugo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1534446099i/4575289._UX200_CR0,77,200,200_.jpg)
“Not every flower belongs in every garden.”
― Ninth House
― Ninth House
![Steve Maraboli](https://cdn.statically.io/img/i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1574364064i/4491185._UY200_CR10,0,200,200_.jpg)
“Don't let the tall weeds cast a shadow on the beautiful flowers in your garden.”
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
― Life, the Truth, and Being Free
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garden, gardens, and l-gardening