Top 10 Gardening books

**C* W* B* <b*@mchsi.com>**

1. Rosalind Creasy¹s The Complete Book of Edible Landscaping.  Even before I
knew Ros, this book was well thumbed and marked on my bookshelf. Of course
the new edition Edible Landscaping , due out in November  will be a new
favorite (no prejudice that I¹ve been working with her on it for years).
Also her Cooking from the Garden -  introducing so many new vegetables and
herbs.

2. Hortus III.  Yes, it¹s a dinosaur and doesn¹t have the latest botanical
names, but it has some of the best information and it¹s all-American.

3. Michael Pollan¹s Second Nature  A Gardener¹s Education (and everything
else he has written) - his writing style is so winning. And who knew when he
wrote this book where it would all go?

4. Rodale¹s All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening  the Bible for
organic gardening

5., 6,   Barbara Pleasant¹s  The Gardener¹s Weed Book  and Gardener¹s Guide
to Plant Diseases and The Gardener¹s Bug Book  - excellent references to
everything that can go wrong.

7. Cutler, Karan Davis¹  Burpee: The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener -
the best vegetable and herb reference book.

8. Nancy Bubel¹s The New Seed Starter¹s Handbook  Talk about an oldie, but
goodie.....this book has been thumbed and copied and underlined and referred
to a thousand times.

** 9. Sharon Lovejoy¹s Hollyhock Days : Garden Adventures for the Young at
Heart  great book for children and the child in all of us.

10.  Sunset¹s Western Garden Book  I wish I liked the National one as much,
but trying to teach folks new zones, well, the heat zone hasn¹t taken off.

** Children¹s book, too

Cheers,
Cathy

Cathy Wilkinson Barash
Author, Photographer, Editor, Speaker, Consultant
Edible Flowers from Garden to Palate
753 17th St. 
Des Moines, IA 50314
bloominggourmet@mchsi.com
phone: 515-282-5172
fax: 515-243-5353

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