Our Favourite Books

These Canadian written and produced reference books are useful for the skilled as well as the beginner gardener.

	The Tomato Bulletin Price: $6.00 Quantity in Basket: none
Our 36-page tomato information booklet contains sections on heirlooms vs. hybrids, growing tomatoes, diseases and pests, harvesting your crop, preserving your tomatoes (canning, juicing, drying) and saving your heirloom tomato seeds for another year of bounty. This revised version features a chart describing many popular heirlooms. A ‘must-have’ for all new growers.
	How to Save Your Own Vegetable Seeds Price: $12.00 Quantity in Basket: none
Seeds of Diversity Canada’s 5th edition (48-page) handbook demystifies the techniques of saving seeds from common garden vegetables, giving simple detailed instructions for each type. Includes over 60 photographs plus an index which lists the isolation requirements and seed viability of more than 80 species of garden plants.
	From Seed to Table Price: $28.95 Quantity in Basket: none
Growing your own, eating seasonally and locally, and understanding the issues; all this plus a month-by-month ‘how-to’ organic garden written by Kingston, Ontario area resident Janette Haase. Vegetable garden plans, guidelines for planting vegetables and delicious seasonal recipes in an easy-to-read must-have manual. (245 pages.)
	Garden Wheels - set of 4 Price: $80.00 Quantity in Basket: none
Calendula Publishing, Barbara Shulz and her team from Nova Scotia have created these 11-inch round, laminated information ‘wheels’ ~ organic gardening tools ‘by gardeners for gardeners.’ Each wheel describes 40 common plants with planting, growing and harvesting information, uses and special notes. Order all four wheels for the complete set and a price savings. Or order below for each separate title: Companion Planting at a Glance, Vegetable Planting Guide, Beneficial and Edible Flowers, Herbs.
	Companion Planting at a Glance Price: $22.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Vegetable Planting Guide Price: $22.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Beneficial and Edible Flowers Price: $22.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	Herbs Price: $22.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	The Organic Home Garden Price: $29.95 Quantity in Basket: none
In The Organic Home Garden, Patrick Lima and John Scanlan take readers step-by-step through the engaging process of growing the best possible food - from spring's first spinach, asparagus and salad greens, through the summer abundance of tomatoes, cucumbers, melons and all, right into fall's harvest of squash, leeks, carrots and potatoes. Often, a small timely tip makes all the difference, and this dynamic team leaves nothing out. Whether you tend a small city yard, a full-size country garden or something in between, their instructive, easy to follow and often humorous advice will ensure you make the very best use of the space you have -- and you can't get any more local, seasonal and organic than food from your own yard. Combine this with John's unique and vibrant artistic paintings, and you have a book that stands out from the wall of glossy, manufactured gardening publications, making The Organic Home Garden a stand-alone, stand-out book sure to intrigue and capture gardeners, artists and customers who conduct their lives to a different rhythm.