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                                         Seed Sowing and Saving: Step-by-Step Techniques for                                                      Collecting and Growing More Than 100 Vegetables, Flowers                                              and Herbs  By:  Carole B. Turner

Geri Guidetti highly recommends this easy to follow book for everyone who strives to become more self-reliant and food self-sufficient. It teaches you how to sow and harvest seeds from more than 100 vegetables, flowers and herbs. You will learn how to dry and store seeds and test them for viability. Learn to prepare your soil and garden beds for your transplants or seeds sown directly; how close to space them; how deep to plant them; how to prevent cross-pollination to keep your varieties from crossing with others. A must-have book for self-reliance in good times
and bad.
PRICE:  $20.00 + $4.10 s&h


                                           





                                            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

Discover the last W.O.R.D.--wide rows--organic methods--raised beds--deep soil--keys to high yield, earth friendly, successful vegetable gardening. By integrating expert organic gardener, Ed Smith's techniques, you have to potential to improve your health and increase your food self-sufficiency and food security. This is an excellent resource you will refer to year after year.  320 information-packed pages, full-color photographs, easy-to-read tables and illustrations throughout.
PRICE:  $25.00 + $4.10 s&h






                                             

 
The Gardener’s A–Z Guide to Growing Organic Food
                                            By:  Tanya L. K. Denckla

Enjoy guaranteed organic produce with this plant-by-plant reference for how to select, grow, harvest and store more than 765 varieties of vegetables, herbs, fruits and nuts. Also included are more than 100 up-to-the-minute organic remedies for 201 diseases and pests. This is the book to demystify the complex organic systems of the garden, and make healthful vegetable gardening easier and more fun! 496 pages, paperback, two-color; illustrations throughout.
PRICE:  $23.00 + $4.10 s&h









                                         COUNTRY WISDOM & KNOW-HOW:  A Practical Guide to                                   Living off the Land
                  By Editors of Storey Publishing's Country Wisdom Bulletins

Reminiscent in both spirit and design of the beloved Whole Earth Catalog, Country Wisdom & Know-How is an unprecedented collection of information on nearly 200 individual topics of country and self-sustained living. Compiled from the information in Storey Publishing's landmark series of "Country Wisdom Bulletins," this book is the most thorough and reliable volume of its kind. Organized by general topic including animals, cooking, crafts, gardening, health and well-being, and home, it is further broken down to cover dozens of specifics from "Building Chicken Coops" to "Making Cheese, Butter, and Yogurt" to "Improving Your Soil" to "Restoring Hardwood Floors." Nearly 1,000 black-and-white illustrations and photographs run throughout and fascinating projects and trusted advice crowd every page
PRICE:  $20.00 + $5.75 s&h (this is a BIG, HEAVY book!)
*A Customer Favorite and a Best Seller!!*     









                                                  

Cold-Climate Gardening:  How to Extend Your Growing                                                      Season by at Least 30 Days  By:  Lewis Hill

For the gardener plagued by early and late frosts, arctic winds, and inhospitable terrain, here is invaluable advice on landscaping, growing food, and warming up the soil in the icebox regions of North America. 320 pages,  photographs and illustrations throughout.
PRICE:  $17.00 + $4.10 s&h










Fruits and Berries for the Home Garden  By:  Lewis Hill

"Hill's expertise and easy conversational tone illuminate the mysteries of everything from pollination to pruning."...280 pages, photographs and illustrations throughout.
PRICE:  $19.00 + $4.10 s&h











Growing & Using Herbs Successfully
By: Betty E. M. Jacobs 

Want to start a new business?  Or do you just want to grow and use some of the world's most delicious and healthful herbs? This illustrated guide teaches readers how to plant, propagate, harvest, dry, freeze, store, and sell (both wholesale and retail) 64 of the most popular herbs.
PRICE:  $14.95 + $4.10 s&h










Just In Case How To Be Self-Sufficient When
The Unexpected Happens  By: Kathy Harrison

* PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY
* ASSESS YOUR FAMILY'S NEEDS
* PACK AN EVACUATION KIT
* EVALUATE YOUR FOOD SUPPLY
* DEVELOP A COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
* DO WITHOUT ELECTRICITY
PRICE:  $16.95 + $4.10 s&h












How to Grow MORE VEGETABLES...Than You Ever Thought Possible
on Less Land Than You Can Imagine  By: John Jeavons    


How to Grow MORE VEGETABLES...Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine by: John Jeavons
The title says it all!
PRICE:  $19.00 + $4.10 s&h












Making and Using Dried Foods  By: Phyllis Hobson



You'll find directions for drying scores of vegetables, fruits, herbs, mushrooms, cheese, meats and teas, plus delicious recipes for using your dried food.
PRICE:  $15.00 + $4.10 s&h



Plain-Talk Medicine for Uncertain Times & Places by: Robert S. Berry M.D.
A Non-Doctor's Practical Guide for Surviving at Home and Abroad

If physicians' services become less and less available and medical supplies are scarce, how can we protect our family's health?
PRICE: $17.00 + $4.10 s&h

                                              






Rodale's All New Encylopedia of Organic Gardening



At nearly 700 pages, this is a great resource!
PRICE: $25.00 + $4.10 s&h










Root Cellaring Natural Cold Storage of Fruits
and Vegetables  By: Nancy and Mike Bubel


No electricity? No problem!
PRICE: $15.00 + $4.10 s&h








     Surviving a Bioterrorist Attack: Prevention, Treatment,        Management...Compiled and Edited By: Geri Guidetti    


This is Geri's compilattion of the latest information on fourteen (not two or three you hear about on the news) biological agents U.S. experts believe are likely weapons.
PRICE: $10.00 + $4.10 s&h











The Big Book of Preserving the Harvest
By: Carol W. Costenbader



150 Recipes for Freezing, Canning, Drying and Pickling Fruits and Vegetables.
PRICE: $19.00 + $4.10 s&h









The Organic Gardener's Handbook of Natural
Insect and Disease Control    




This complete, problem-solving handbook will help you to keep all of your food crops healthy, minimizing crop losses due to destructive insect pests and devastating plant diseases.
PRICE: $20.00 + $4.10 s&h




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