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Title: Favorite Gardening Books
Post by: Brian Gallimore on January 24, 2011, 12:21:25 AM
Square Foot Gardening - Mel Bartholomew
http://amzn.to/lH66lN
Easy and low-maintenance method.  Very close plant spacing, raised beds.

Gardening When it Counts - Steve Solomon
http://amzn.to/jSIica
Focus on reliably growing food when you have no resources available, like water or fertilizer.   Recommends wide plant spacing.  How to make your own organic fertilizer and compost.  Lots of insight about seed companies and where to buy seed from.  

Grow more vegetables in less space than you thought possible... - John Jeavons
http://amzn.to/lCt4WS
Recommends double digging each year.  (I'm against this practice personally)

Gaia's Garden - Toby Hemenway
http://amzn.to/jQ5G7F
Permaculture methods for city dwellers.