Our New Garden

It is my goal that I can produce most of my food here at the house so one of the first things we did after moving in was to start our vegetable garden. Before I get into all the details of what we have tried, let me tell you the books we've been getting our information from.

Self-Sufficent Life and How To Live it by John Seymour-Not a lot of details but it was an excellent place to start. It is more of an big picture overview kind of book.

All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew-This book has very useful information on gardening in beds. I have found it to very usful. And Angela likes the pictures of bugs.

The Gardener'd A-Z Guide to Growing Organic Food by Tanya L.K. Denckla

The Vegetable Gardeners's Bible by Edward Smith - This book also has lots of helpful information for beginners and lots of photographs. The section on pests was particularly useful in identifiing a new pest that moved into the garden. (It was flea beetles)

Encyclopedia of County Living by Carla Emery - This book is an incredible resource. Aside from all the helpful info, she also directs you to websites, organizations and good books on whatever topic you are interested in.