Northeast Urban Gardener Course
Hereās what Iāll be reading over the next six months, to get through what Iām sure will be a short autumn and a brutal winter. I plan to get through a book every two weeks, while taking notes and preparing for spring!
Part 1: Microbes
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World (Dan Koeppel, 2008)
Mold Survival Guide: For your Home and For your Health (Jeffrey C. May, 2004)
A Field Guide to Bacteria (Betsey Dexter Dyer, 2003)
Part 2: Gardening Basics and Troubleshooting
Garden Makerās Answer Book (Lorraine Marshall Burgess, 1975)
Garden Rescue (Jo Wittingham, 2013)
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Healing Remedies (C. Norman Shealy, 2002)
Garden Wisdom and Knowhow (Rodale press, 2010)*
Part 3: Weeds and Foraging
Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast (Peter Del Tredici, 2010)
Natureās Garden: Identifying, Harvesting, Preparing Wild Edible Plants (Samuel Thayer, 2010)
Foraged Flavor: Finding Fabulous Ingredients (Tama Matsuoka Wong, 2012)
Part 4: Spirituality in Nature
The Forest Unseen (David George Haskell, 2013)
Nature Spirits (Rudolf Steiner, 1995)
Lost Art of Reading Natureās Signs (Tristan Gooley, 2014)
*This book is HUGE so not only is it impossible to commute with, it will take me longer to read. Here are other books Iāve got as backup to bring when I travel:
Northeast Smart Garden Regional Guide (Trevor J Cole, 2003)
Orthoās All About Houseplants (2007)
Gardenerās Essential Companion (Dora Galitzki, 2000)
Common Mosses of the Northeast and Appalachians (Karl B. McKnight etc, 2013)
Smithsonian Nature Guide to Trees (Tony Russel, 2012)
Last Child in the Woods (Richard Louv, 2005)










