 | The Vegetable Gardener's Bible: Discover Ed's High-Yield W-O-R-D System for All North American Gardening Regions by Edward C. Smith
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.65 Not its depth, but the range of material covered is what makes this book valuable. I suppose it falls under the "If you only buy one book about..." classification.
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 | Weedless Gardening by Lee Reich
Buy new: $8.95 / Used from: $4.50 |
 | Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew
Buy used from: $0.48 |
 | How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by John Jeavons
Buy used from: $11.00 Update of a classic. Some advice is out of date (for instance, double-dug beds are an ideas who's time has come and gone), and yet the book as a whole is still well worth having.
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 | Rodale's Garden Answers- Vegetables, fruits, and Herbs: At-a-Glance Solutions for Every Gardening Problem by Fern Marshall Bradley
Buy used from: $6.90 |
 | The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control: A Complete Problem-Solving Guide to Keeping Your Garden and Yard Healthy Without Chemicals
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $11.44 |
 | Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners by Suzanne Ashworth
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $17.78 An updated version of a classic. This book is THE resource on seed saving and the world would be much poorer without it. Published by the Seed Savers Exchange.
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 | Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's & Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding & Seed Saving by Carol Deppe
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $12.99 If you are saving seeds year-to-year, keeping your seeds true one year to the next can be tricky -learning how to avoid UNINTENDED cross breading is a must. This and several other lessons are taught.
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 | The New Seed Starter's Handbook by Nancy Bubel
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $4.15 |
 | Secrets of Plant Propagation: Starting Your Own Flowers, Vegetables, Fruits, Berries, Shrubs, Trees, and Houseplants by Lewis Hill
Buy new: $12.89 / Used from: $7.04 |
 | The Berry Grower's Companion by Barbara L. Bowling
Buy used from: $8.41 |
 | Small-Scale Grain Raising by Gene Logsdon
Buy used from: $95.00 Out of print and the only thing in its class. So if you can find a copy, expect to pay handsomely for it. Hopefully someone will decide to republish...
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 | The Rodale Book of Composting: Easy Methods for Every Gardener
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $3.00 |
 | Secrets to Great Soil (Storey's Gardening Skills Illustrated) by Elizabeth Stell
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.19 |
 | The Soul of Soil: A Soil-Building Guide for Master Gardeners and Farmers by Joseph Smillie
Buy new: $22.50 / Used from: $13.98 |
 | Mulch It!: A Practical Guide to Using Mulch in the Garden and Landscape by Stu Campbell
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $2.49 |
| The Earthworm Book: How to Raise and Use Earthworms for Your Farm and Garden by Jerry Minnich
Buy used from: $11.11 This is the best book on worms in the garden (earthworms) as opposed to the compost pile (red worms). OOP and hard to find, so an alternative would be "The Farmer's Earthworm Handbook" ISBN 0944079032
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 | Carrots Love Tomatoes: Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening by Louise Riotte
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $6.07 |
 | The American Horticultural Society Encyclopedia of Gardening by Christopher Brickell
Buy used from: $2.39 |
 | The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener (A Gardener's Supply Book) by Eliot Coleman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $14.65 |
 | Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $17.17 |
 | Knott's Handbook for Vegetable Growers, 4th Edition by Donald N. Maynard
Buy used from: $109.85 Expensive, but incredibly useful. If your livelihood involves growing vegetables, buy it! However, if you only have a backyard garden to tend to, it may be hard to justify the cost.
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 | Desert Gardening by Brookbank
Buy new: $15.30 / Used from: $5.90 |
 | Introduction to Permaculture by Bill Mollison
Buy used from: $33.96 Not technically out of print, but the distribution is so limited that it is often listed as such.
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 | Making Your Small Farm Profitable: Apply 25 Guiding Principles/Develop New Crops & New Markets/Maximize Net Profits Per Acre by Ron Macher
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.90 |
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