A Horticulture specialist loaned an interesting book to me: "The $64 Tomato" by William Alexander. I must admit I haven't read the entire book yet but it has been very interesting. Your post reminded me that I need to finish the book and return it.

Soil biology primer by Dr. Elaine R. Ingham is a must read for anyone serious about gardening healthfully and organically.

A post up-thread reminded me that I have a link to USDA - online Soil Biology Primer which I had planned on rereading this winter.

Here are some ideas. Many of the memoirs I have picked up just browsing the shelves at the library.

This Organic Life by Joan Dye Gussow. A wonderful memoir.

The Seasons on Henry's Farm (forget the author of this one but I got it free on the Kindle at some point).

Paradise Lot (permaculture memoir)

Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan

Growing a Farmer by Kurt Timmermeister

The Bucolic Plague by Josh Kilmer Purcell

On my list to read this winter:
Second Nature by Michael Pollan (I am almost done with this one, so far enjoying it, it is one of his older works).

It's a Long Road to a Tomato by Keith Stewart

The Resilient Farm and Homestead by Ben Falk

I also received Botany for Gardeners as a Christmas gift which I will be spending time with as well.

This post was edited by tishtoshnm on Sun, Jan 5, 14 at 19:04

Sally Jean Cunningham's 'Great Garden Companions' is fun :)

I have a link for some interesting reading.

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Awesome! Thanks for all the great suggestions, folks.

Wayne, I am looking forward to browsing that one. Thank you!

One of my favorites is Michael Viney's A Year's Turning. It's a truly beautiful book.

I'm just now reading The Resilient Gardener by Carol Deppe, which was recommended a year or so previous on this forum. So Far it is enjoyable and informative. Also, I'm re-reading parts of Gardening at the Dragon's Gate by Wendy Johnson, which is a lovely blending of garden primer/memoirs and zen Buddhism. I think I recommended it in a previous winter, but hey, I'll recommend it again.

I enjoyed Animal, Vegetable, Miracle back when I read it and I blame her for all the delicous home-raised chicken I've been eating this year.

Currently reading...

Vegetables II (Handbook of Plant Breeding) (2008)

It's great for anyone who has an elementary understanding vegetable plant breeding and plant biology...or thought Carol Deppe's "Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties" was more storytelling than helpful (a disappointment of a book for various reasons to me, though it's a decent introduction/starter book for breeding).

Vegetables I is good, too, but aside from Cucurbitaceae it mostly focuses on cool/cold weather plants.

On deck is...Plant Roots - Growth, Activity and Interaction With Soils (2006)

This post was edited by nc-crn on Sat, Jan 4, 14 at 21:43

The Town Food Built is interesting reading. And let's not forget the classics like The Essential Earthman by Henry Mitchell.

I'm reading "The Good Food Revolution" by Will Allen. Our town is doing it as a "One Book" campaign this winter.

You might want to read "The humanure handbook." It is not for everybody, but if you are interested in composting and are not put off by the basic idea of the book, then you might well enjoy it and learn something (even if you don't plan to add humanure to the compost pile). You can read it for free online (it is not piracy... it is published online by the author).

I also enjoyed reading "seed to seed." (Suzanne Ashworth)

--McKenzie

For anyone who liked "Gardening at the Dragon's Gate,"
"Plant Seed, Pull Weed" by Geri Larkin is also gardening and Zen. I liked them both okay -- but I prefer more story telling.
"We Took to the Woods" by Louise Rich Dickinson is a fun read.(a memoir from the 30's in backwoods Maine)

Going online book shopping right now :)