A selected book, DVD and resource list for QB Seedy Saturday 2012

Available from your local libraries in

Qualicum Beach, Parksville, Bowser and Port Alberni and 34 other locations!

Linda Gilkeson books

· Backyard Bounty: The Complete Guide to Year-round Organic Gardening in the Pacific Northwest. Gilkeson, Linda A. (Book - 2011).

· Year-around Harvest: Winter Gardening on the Coast. Gilkeson, Linda A. (Book - 2010)

· West Coast Gardening: Natural Insect, Weed and Disease Control. Gilkeson, Linda A. (Book - 2006)

· Year-around Gardening on the Coast: Gilkeson, Linda A. (Book - 2005)

· Controlling Pests and Diseases. Michalak, Patricia S. (Book - 1994). Contributor.

· Rodale's Garden Answers: Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs: At-a-glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem. (Book - 1995). Contributor.

· Integrated Pest Management Manual for Home and Garden Pests in British Columbia. (Book - 1999). Contributor.

Pollination and Pollinators

· Attracting Native Pollinators: Protecting North America's Bees and Butterflies. (Book - 2011)

· Garden Bugs of British Columbia: Gardening to Attract, Repel, and Control. Elmhirst, Janice Ferne (Book - 2008)

Beekeeping

· Better Beekeeping: The Ultimate Guide to Keeping Stronger Colonies and Healthier, More Productive Bees. Flottum, Kim (Book - 2011)

· Colony. The Endangered World of Bees. (DVD - 2011)

· Homemade Living: Keeping Bees with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Tend Hives, Harvest Honey & More. English, Ashley (Book - 2011)

· Mason Bees for the Backyard Gardener. Wright, Sherian A. (Book - 2010)

· Storey's Guide to Keeping Honey Bees: Honey Production, Pollination, Bee Health. Sanford, Malcolm T. (Book - 2010)

· Vanishing of the Bees. (DVD - 2010)

· The Backyard Beekeeper: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in your Yard and Garden. Flottum, Kim (Book - 2010)

· Honey Bee Hobbyist: The Care and Keeping of Bees. Gary, N. E. (Book - 2010)

· The Barefoot Beekeeper: A Simple, Sustainable Approach to Small-scale Beekeeping Using Top Bar Hives. Chandler, P. J. (Book - 2009)

· Pollination with Mason Bees: A Gardener's Guide to Managing Mason Bees for Fruit Production. Dogterom, Margriet (Book - 2009)

Pest Management

· What's Wrong with My Plant and How Do I Fix It? A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies. Deardorff, David C. (Book - 2009)

· The Truth about Garden Remedies: What Works, What Doesn't & Why. Gillman, Jeff (Book - 2006)

· Green Gardening and Lawn Care. (DVD - 2007) [section on pest management]

· Organic Gardening Made Easy. (DVD - 2007). [section on pest management]

· Total Critter Control: An Essential Guide to Controlling Any Sort of Critter, from the Merely Pesky to the Outright Dangerous (Book – 2002)

· Silent Spring. Carson, Rachel (Book - 2002) 40^th anniversary edition. Also available on DVD.

0 Mile Diet

· The Zero-mile Diet: A Year-round Guide to Growing Organic Food. Herriot, Carolyn (Book - 2010)

· The 100-mile Diet: A Year of Local Eating. Smith, Alisa Dawn (Book - 2007)

Permaculture

· Sepp Holzer's Permaculture: A Practical Guide to Small-scale, Integrative Farming and Gardening Holzer, Sepp (Book - 2011)

· Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm Frey, Darrell (Book - 2011)

· Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-scale Permaculture Hemenway, Toby (Book - 2009)

· Getting Started in Permaculture: Over 50 DIY Projects for House & Garden Using Recycled Materials Mars Ross (Book - 2008)

· Forest Gardening: Cultivating An Edible Landscape Hart, Robert A. de J. (Book - 1996)

· The Permaculture Book of Ferment and Human Nutrition. Mollison, Bill (Book - 1993)

Seed Saving

· The Complete Guide to Saving Seeds: 322 Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, Fruits, Trees, and Shrubs Gough, Robert E. (Book - 2011)

· Gardening with Heirloom Seeds: Tried-and-true Flowers, Fruits, and Vegetables for A New Generation. Coulter, Lynn (Book - 2007)

· Uncertain Peril Genetic Engineering and the Future of Seeds Cummings, Claire Hope (Book - 2008)

· How to save your Own Seeds: A Handbook for Home Seed Production. (Book - 2005)

· Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners. Ashworth, Suzanne (Book - 2002)

Biointensive Gardening

• How to Grow More Vegetables And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops : A Primer on the Life-giving Grow Biointensive Method of Sustainable Horticulture. Jeavons, John (Book - 2006)
• The Sustainable Vegetable Garden: A Backyard Guide to Healthy Soil and Higher Yields. Jeavons, John (Book - 1999)
• The Kitchen Garden. Thompson, Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman (Book - 1995)

A few randomly recommended titles

• The Polytunnel Handbook. McKee, Andy (Book - 2009)
• The Polytunnel Book: Fruit and Vegetables All Year round. Russell, Joyce (Book - 2011)
• Homegrown Harvest: A Season-by-season Guide to A Sustainable Kitchen Garden. (Book - 2010)
• One Magic Square: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow your Own Food on A 3-foot Square. Houbein, Lolo (Book - 2010)
• The Bountiful Container: A Container Garden of Vegetables, Herbs, Fruits, and Edible Flowers. McGee, Rose Marie Nichols (Book - 2002)
• Organic Crops in Pots: How to Grow your Own Vegetables, Fruits, and Herbs. Schneebeli-Morrell, Deborah (Book - 2009)
• Grow Great Grub: Organic Food from Small Spaces. Trail, Gayla (Book - 2010)
• Edible Estates: Attack on the Front Lawn. (Book - 2010)
• Eat your Yard! Edible Trees, Shrubs, Vines, Herbs and Flowers for your Landscape. Chase, Nan K. (Book - 2010)
• Eco-yards: Simple Steps to Earth-friendly Landscapes. Rama, Laureen (Book - 2009)
• Deep Gardening: Soul Lessons from 17 Gardens, Biodynamic Memories. Wodraska, Woody (Book - 2010)

Check out magazine articles, including Organic Gardening magazine, in Greenfile, Masterfile Premiere and other subscription databases at virl.bc.ca – click on Using the Library/eLibrary/eResearch

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