 | Hori Hori, Stainless Steel with Sheath
Buy new: $36.95 The best gardening tool around and the one you'll use the most. Perfect gift for the gardener (who'll at first probably say, "Huh?").
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 | Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades: The Complete Guide to Natural Gardening by Steve Solomon
Buy used from: $10.94 This book plus Binda Colebrook's = all you need to start growing food here. I like the current edition for research and the older edition to take out in the garden and get muddy. Hey, it's only $2, anyway.
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 | Roses for Washington and Oregon by Brad Jalbert
Buy used from: $2.45 If you're going to grow roses, START HERE. PLEASE. In general, roses HATE cool and wet (i.e., the PNW). Spare yourself future agony, disappointment, and diseases, and GROW THE RIGHT ROSES FOR OUR AREA IN THE FIRST PLACE. They'll be happy. You'll be happy. I'll be happy.
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 | 59" Circle Hoe
Fabulous for fine weeding around plants without damaging roots. Actually comes in three sizes. Oh, Amazon, where are the others?
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 | Western Garden Book
Buy used from: $0.40 The bible western gardening--don't go into the garden without it. Be sure to cross-reference with other regional books, though, because this book covers the entire west not just the Pacific Northwest.
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 | Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest : Cool Season Crops for the Year-Round Gardener by Binda Colebrook
Buy used from: $29.73 Learn how to grow veggies all year round in the PNW--which may be the only heartening thing in a rainy winter. Kale, swiss chard, spinach, hardy Asian greens, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, onions (think Walla Wallas), garlic, leeks), carrots, beets, etc.
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 | Cass Turnbull's Guide to Pruning: What, When, and Where and How to Prune for a More Beautiful Garden by Cass Turnbull
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $11.94 This is THE BOOK to get for pruning in the PNW. What's more, it's really fun. And if you have a chance to hear Cass speak (check out http://plantamnesty.org), don't pass it up.
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 | Plants Of The Pacific Northwest Coast: Washington, Oregon, British Columbia & Alaska by Jim Pojar
Buy new: $17.12 / Used from: $15.76 You need Pojar and McKinnon. Need I say more?
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 | Gardening With Native Plants of the Pacific Northwest by Arthur R. Kruckeberg
Buy new: $25.55 / Used from: $14.83 Not only do I highly recommend buying this book (this is the only place for a lot of this info), but I suggest you visit the Kruckeberg Garden, just outside of Seattle (Shoreline, maybe?), where Arthur Kruckeberg still occasionally runs tours.
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 | Trees of Seattle: The Complete Tree-Finder's Guide to the City's 740 Varieties by Arthur Lee Jacobson
Buy used from: $9.94 I can't tell from the photo if this is the new edition of Arthur's Trees of Seattle. ****HOLD OUT FOR THE NEW EDITION**** published 2006! Arthur personally knows every tree in Seattle, and this book is absolutely indispensable.
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 | American Horticultural Society Pruning & Training (American Horticultural Society Practical Guides) by Christopher Brickell
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $16.97 You need this AND Cass Turnbull's book. There's some overlap, of course, but they both have tons of unique info.
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 | American Horticultural Society A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants by Christopher Brickell
Buy new: $50.40 / Used from: $34.21 Oh, the hours you'll enjoy reading and rereading this book. Just no comparison.
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 | Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Herbs
Buy new: $16.29 / Used from: $7.50 I haven't read the new edition, but this book is one of the first gardening "bibles" I got, and, oh, it's a joy from cover to cover. How to grow, how to use, and some history to boot.
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 | Wild Plants of Greater Seattle: A Field Guide to Native and Naturalized Plants of the Seattle Area by Arthur Lee Jacobson
Buy used from: $75.00 Gotta have. Also check out other A.L. Jacobson books.
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 | American Horticultural Society Plant Propagation: The Fully Illustrated Plant-by-Plant Manual of Practical Techniques by Alan Toogood
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $21.94 Want more plants? Grow your own.
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 | American Horticultural Society Pests and Diseases: The Complete Guide to Preventing, Identifying and Treating Plant Problems by Pippa Greenwood
Buy used from: $14.44 Can't go wrong with AmHort.
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 | Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture, Propagation and Uses by Michael A. Dirr
Buy new: $40.14 / Used from: $37.66 This book is mandatory. OK, there're no pretty pictures in it, so also get Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs *and* Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates. Yes, we're a warm climate. Surprise.
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 | Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr
Buy new: $44.07 / Used from: $34.59 Oh, the pictures you'll see. Makes a good coffee table book. BE SURE TO GET THE WARM CLIMATES VERSION, TOO.
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 | Dirr's Trees and Shrubs for Warm Climates: An Illustrated Encyclopedia by Michael A. Dirr
Buy new: $45.43 / Used from: $32.94 Really, you need this book in Puget Sound. We can grow a lot of these trees here, and some of them are so special....
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 | The Pacific Northwest Gardener's Book of Lists by Ray McNeilan
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $1.97 This is your cheat-sheet to successful gardening in the PNW. I'd put it in my top 10 gardening books list. Pro nursery folk and gardening experts list the best-to-grow species and varieties for a plethora of conditions you'll find in the PNW.
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