Gaia's Garden, a Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture....Toby Hemenway
The garden as ecosystem, designing, bringing the soil to life, catching conserving and using water, plants, bees, birds, interplanting, forest gardens and the seven-story garden.....Tall tree, low tree layer, shrub, herb, ground cover, vine and root layer....
One Acre & Security, How to Live Off the Earth Without Ruining It......Bradford Angier
Covers a lot of very general things things...how to build a log cabin, organic gardening, making maney with herbs, getting healthy and wealthy from honey, raising and selling rabits, hearthowrms, pultry sheep, pigs, cows, goats, fish, frogs and turtles for profit food and fun.....
Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape...Robert Hart...Chelsea Green, 1996
A personal account of forest garden design by one of the originators of the field.*
Forest Faming, towards a solution to Problems of World Hunger and conservation....J. sholto douglas, Robert A de J. Hart
Three dimensional farming with nut and cereal forests, grazing and herbage....covers spefic trees and design layouts
The Permaculture Garde....Graham Bell...Thorson's, 1994
British-oriented introduction to permaculture garding techniques*
The Forgotten Pollinators....Stephen L. Buchmann...island, 1996
An informative, well-written account of the role of helpful but endangered insects.*
The Mulch Book, The Complete Guide for Gardeners....Donna Moore and Stu Campbell...Storey Books, 1991
A good introduction to mulching*
Four-Season Harvest....Eliot Coleman....Chelsea Green, 1999
How to extend the growing season to the whole year even in northern climates*
Organic Gardener's Edible Plants....Rosalind Creasy...Van Patten, 1993
Descriptions of over 130 edeble ornamental plants*
The Natural Habitat Garden....Den Druse...Potter, 1994
How to create prairie, meadow, woodland, and wetland gardens using native plants*
Plants for a Future: Edible and Useful Plants for a Healthier World...Ken Fern...Permanent Publications, 1997
A British book covering a wide range of multi-functional plants*
Living Community....Ben Haggard...Center for the Study of community, 1993
The evolution of a premier permaculture site, written by a master designer*
The Soil and Health...Sir Albert Howard...Rodale, 1976
The relationship between good soil and healthy people by one of the originators of organic farming.*
High-Yield Gardening....Marjorie Hunt...Rodale, 1986
A superb guide to extending the growing season, high density planting and getting more from the garden.*
How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine....John Jeavons...Ten Speed, 1991
Bio-intensive (and labor-intensive) techniques that boost production; useful, but hard to match its claimed yields.*
Creating an Oasis With Greywater: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems. ...Art Ludwig...Oasis Design, 2000
The best practical guide to greywater systems.*
An Introduction to Permaculture...Bill Mollison and Reny Slay...Tagari, 1991
Concise coverage of permaculture's basic principles.*
Earth User's Guide to Permaculture. ..Rosemary Morrow...Simon & Schuster, 2000
An informal introduction to permaculture by an experienced teacher*
Permaculture; A Designers' Manual...Bill Mollison...Tagari, 1988
The fat bible on permaculture, worth many re-reading and perusings.*
Rainwater Harvesting...Adrian cullis and Arnold Pacey...Intermediate Technology, 1996.
Many techniques for using rainwater.*
Farming in Ponds and Dams....Nick Romanowski...Lothian, 1994
An australian book on aquaculture and pond construction.*
Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture...J. Russell Smith...Devbin-Adair, 1987
One of the inspiriations for the permaculture concept, showing how trees are key to sustanable agriculture.*
Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Years...Sara Stein...Houghton Miffli, 1995
A well-written and compelling plea for allowing nature back into our yards, full of natural history.*
The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book,..Ruth Stout...Rodale, 1975
Using deep mulches to reduce labor and improve fertility.*
How to Make a Forest Garden...Patrick Whitefield...Permanent Publications, 1997
Distributed in the US by Chelsea Garden....Instructons and ideas for forest gardens, with a British focus but usable in North America.*
Water for Every Farm...K.A. and P.A. Yeomans...Keyline Designs, 1993
An inspirational view of how to store water in the soil*
Encyclopedia of Natural Insect and Disease control...Roger Yepson...Rodale, 1984
Natural pest control, with clear drawings and photos for identifying insects.*
* from the bibliography of Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway
