Nature and Gardening

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All things green, outdoors, and nature-y. Whether it's animals in their natural habitat, hiking trails and mountains, or planting a little garden for yourself (and everything in between), you can talk about it here.

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Looking for book recommendations (lemm.ee)

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I would like to eventually begin growing my own food and herbs. Do any of you have good book recommendations for growing food, herbs, or possibly herbal medicine?

I know there are a million options, so a few places to start would be really helpful. I want to start with herbs in a raised planter. I’m in the midwest US, so I’ll bring the herbs into an indoor greenhouse cabinet during the winter.

The larger scale of trying to eat only my own vegetables and maybe chickens/goats would likely be in the distant future.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

John Jeavons book, How to Grow More Vegetables (than you ever thought possible on less land with less water than you can imagine) is a wonderful reference on the biointensive method (https://johnjeavons.org/books-and-videos/). And it's now in it's 9th edition.