Resources
Prairie Birthday Farm is dedicated to promoting education about and respect for the plants and animals that sustain our lives. Our resource list includes:
Web/Catalog Links
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Breeding the Nutrition Out of Our Food (Robinson, J.)
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Healthy land ethic (Crumpler, J.)
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Real Life Science with Dandelions and Project BudBurst (Johnson, K.)
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Rooted to the plot: what can Voltaire’s ‘Candide’ teach gardeners? (Wilkie, K., March 24, 2016.)
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Seed Savers Exchange (Decorah, Iowa)
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Seeds of Change (Santa Fe, NM 888-762-7333)
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Wild Ones (Native Plants/Native Landscapes)
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Willow Water/salicylic acid & SAR
Audio/Visual Resources
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City of Bees. (2005). A Frejas Boren Film.
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Dining on the wilds [videorecording], Darnall-Kramer, M. (1994). JEG Development Video Division.
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Global Gardener: Permaculture with Bill Mollison, Mollison, B. (1991). Bullfrog Films.
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Koyaanisqatsi, Life Out of Balance, (1983), Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
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Powaqqatsi, Life in Transformation, (1988), Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
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Naqohqatsi, Life as War, (2002). Metro Goldwyn Mayer.
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Subdivide & Conquer: Land Use & Design, (1999). Bullfrog Films.
Books and Articles
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Ableman, M. (1998). On good land. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
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Adams, B. (2004). Micro eco-farming. Auburn, CA: New World Publishing.
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Adams, J. (1992). Landscaping with herbs. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
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Ban Breathnach, S. (1995). Simple abundance. NY: Warner Books.
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Barber. (2014). The third plate. New York: Penguin Press.
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Bartholomew, M. (2006). All new square foot gardening. Nashville, TN: Cool Springs Press.
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Bishop, H. (2005). Robbing the bees. NY: Free Press.
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Brickell, C., & Joyce, D. (1996). Pruning & training. New York, NY: DK Publishing.
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Brock, S. (2014). Heritage. New York: Artisan.
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Brown, L. (2006). Plan b 2.0. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Buchmann, S., & Nabhan, G. (1996). The forgotten pollinators. Washington, DC: Island Press.
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Buchmann, S. (2005). Letters from the hive. New York, NY: Bantam Books.
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Burrell, C. (2006). Native alternatives to invasive plants. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
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Carroll, S., & Salt, S. (2004). Ecology for gardeners. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
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Colborn, T., et al. (1996). Our stolen future. NY: Penguin Books.
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Byczynski, L. (1997). The flower farmer. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Carson, R. (1962). Silent spring. NY: Fawcett Crest.
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Coleman, E. (1999). Four season harvest. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Creasy, R. (1982). The complete book of edible landscaping. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
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Creasy, R. (1999). The edible flower garden. Boston, MA: Periplus Editions.
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Czarapata, E. (2005). Invasive plants of the upper midwest. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press.
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Davidson, E. (2000). Economics as if ecology mattered. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing.
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Denison, E. (1998). Missouri wildflowers (5th ed.). Jefferson City, MO: MO Dept. of Conservation.
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Diamond, J. (2005). Collapse: How societies choose to fail or succeed. New York, NY: Viking Press.
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Dowding, C. (2007). Organic gardening. Totnes, Devon, UK: Green Books.
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Flores, H. (2006). Food not lawns. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Freeman, M. (1997). Building your own greenhouse. Machanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
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Freeman, M. (1998). Gardening in your greenhouse. Machanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books.
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Gardner, J.A. (1989). The old-fashioned fruit garden. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: Nimbus Publishing.
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Gardner, J.A. (2001). Heirloom flower gardens. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Gessert, K. (1987). The beautiful food garden. Pownal, VT: A Garden Way Publishing.
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Gillespie, L. (2000). Cinder block gardens. Paonia, CO: TLC Publishing.
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Glavin, T. (2007). The sixth extinction: Journey among the lost & left behind. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne Books.
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Goodall, J. (2005). Harvest for hope: A guide to mindful eating. NY: Time Warner Book Group.
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Grissell, E. (2001). Insects & gardens. Portland, OR: Timber Press.
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Gussow, J. (2001). This organic life: Confessions of a suburban homesteader. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Hall-Beyer, B., & Richard, J. (1983). Ecological fruit production in the north. Quebec, Canada: Jean Richard.
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Harstad, C. (1999). Go native!. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.
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Hartman, B. (2015). The lean farm. Vermont: Chelsea Green.
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Henderson, B. (2000). The neighborhood forager. Canada: Key Porter Books.
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Hightshoe, G. (1988). Native trees, shrubs, and vines for urban and rural america. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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Horn, T. (2005). Bees in America: How the honey bee shaped a nation. Lexington, KY: U. Press of Kentucky.
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Horne, J., & McDermott, M. (2001). The next green revolution. NY: Food Products Press.
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Howard, S.A. (1947). The soil & health. Old Greenwich, CT: Devin-Adair Co.
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Imhoff, D. (2005). Paper or plastic?. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
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Imhoff, D. (2003). Farming with the wild. San Francisco, CA: Sierra Club Books.
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Ivanko, J. & Kivirist, L. (2004). Rural renaissance. Canada: New Society Publishers.
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Jackson, D. & Jackson, L. (2002). The farm as natural habitat. Washington, DC: Island Press.
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Jackson, W. (1996). Becoming native to this place. Washington, DC: Counterpoint.
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Jackson, W., Berry, W., & Colman, B.(1984). Meeting the expectations of the land. San Francisco, CA: North Point Press.
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Katz, S. (2006). The revolution will not be microwaved. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Kavasch, B. (2005). Native harvests. Mineola, NY: Dover Publications.
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Kimmerer, R. (2013). Braiding sweetgrass. Canada: Milkweed Editions.
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Kingsolver, B. (2007). Animal, vegetable, miracle. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.
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Korten, D. (2006). The great turning: From empire to earth community. San Francisco, CA: BK.
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Kurz, D. (1997). Shrubs & woody vines of Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: MO Dept. of Conservation.
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Ladd, D. (1995). Tallgrass prairie wildflowers. MT: Falcon Press.
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Lappe, F., & Lappe, A. (2002). Hope’s edge. New York, NY: Penguin Putnam.
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Lappe, A., & Bryant, T. (2006). Grub: Ideas for an urban organic kitchen. New York, NY: Penguin Group.
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Lawrence, R. G. (2004). The wabi-sabi house: The Japanese art of imperfect beauty. New York, NY: Clarkson Potter Publishers.
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Leakey, R., & Lewin, R. (1995). The sixth extinction. New York, NY: Doubleday.
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Lee, A. (1998). Backyard market gardening. Buena Vista, VA: Good Earth Publications.
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Lengnick, L. (2015). Resilient agriculture. Canada: New Society Publishers.
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Leopold, A. (1949). A sand county almanac. NY: Ballantine Books.
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Logsdon, G. (1994). The contrary farmer. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Louv, R. (2005). Last child in the woods. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books.
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Luebbermann, M. (1997). Heirloom gardens. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books.
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Lyle, K. (1997). The foraging gourmet. NY: Lyons & Burford Publishers.
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Madson, J. (1995). Where the sky began. Iowa City, IA: U. of Iowa Press.
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Madison, D. (2002). Local flavors. NY: Broadway Books.
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Marcin, M. (1993). The herbal tea garden. Pownal, NY: Storey Communications.
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Nearing, H., & Nearing, S. (1954). Living the good life. New York, NY: Galahad Books.
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Otto, S. (1995). The backyard berry book. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Pierce, J. (1981). Home solar gardening. NY: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
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Poirot, E. (1964). Our margin of life. NY: Vantage Press.
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Pollan, M. (2001). Botany of desire. NY: Random House.
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Pollan, M. (2014). Cooked. New York: Penguin Press.
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Pollan, M. (2006). The omnivore’s dilemma: A natural history of four meals. NY: Random House.
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Pollan, M. (2008). In defense of food: An eater’s manifesto. NY: Random House.
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Phillips, J. (1969). Wild edibles of Missouri. Jefferson City, MO: MO Dept. of Conservation.
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Planck, N. (2006). Real food: What to eat and why. NY: Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Pleasant, B., & Martin, D. (2008). The complete compost gardening guide. North Adams, MA:Storey Publishing.
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Quarles, W. (Ed.). Common sense pest control quarterly. Berkley, CA: BIRC. (See www.birc.org to order.)
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Rankin, D. (1985). Cooking with herb pastes. Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press.
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Reich, L. (2001). Weedless gardening. NY: Workman Publishing.
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Robinson, E., & Robinson, C. (1947). The “have-more” plan for a little land – a lot of living. NY: Macmillan Co.
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Robinson, J., (2013). Eating on the wild side. New York: Little, Brown, & Co.
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Rombough, L. (2002). The grape grower: A guide to organic viticulture. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green Publishing Co.
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Royte, E. (2005) Garbage land. NY: Little, Brown & Co.
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Salatin, J. (2013). Fields of farmers. Virginia: Polyface, Inc.
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Salatin, J. (2004). Holy cows & hog heaven. Swoope, VA: Polyface Inc.
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Salatin, J. (2007). Everything I want to do is illegal. Swoope, VA: Polyface Inc.
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Shapin, S. (2006, May 15). Paradise sold. The New Yorker.
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Shepherd, M., Buchmann, S., Vaughan, M., & Black, S. (2003). The pollinator conservation handbook. Portland, OR: Xerces Society.
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Singer, P., & Mason, J. (2006). The ethics of what we eat. New York, NY: Holtzbrinck Publishers.
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Smith, N. (2004). Harvest: A year in the life of an organic farm. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press.
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Snyder, G. (1990). The practice of the wild. San Francisco, CA: North Point Press.
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Soule, J., & Piper, J. (1992). Farming in nature’s image. Washington, DC: Island Press.
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Speth, J. (2004). Red sky at morning: America & the crisis of the global environment. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
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Stein, S. (1993). Noah’s garden. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Co.
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Sternberg, G., & Wilson, J. (1995). Landscaping with native trees. Shelburne, VT: Chapters Publishing.
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Stubbendieck, J., Coffin, M., & Landholt, L. (2003). Weeds of the great plains. Lincoln, NE: NE Dept. of Agriculture.
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Swain, R. (1994) Groundwork: A gardener's ecology. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Tatum, B. J. (1976). Wild foods cookbook & field guide. NY: Workman Publishing.
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Taylor, P. (1996). Easy care native plants. New York, NY: Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
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Teitel, M. (1999). Genetically engineered foods: Changing the nature of nature. Rochester, VT: Park Street Press.
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(1987). The ball blue book: The guide to home canning and freezing (31st ed.). Muncie, IN: Ball Corporation.
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Wallace, A. (2006). A keeper of bees. NY: Random House.
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Wasowski, S. (2002). Gardening with prairie plants. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
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Weaver, W.W. ((1997). Heirloom vegetable gardening. New York, NY: Henry Holt & Co.
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Whealy, K.(Ed.). (2001). Fruit, berry & nut inventory (3rd ed.). Decorah, IA: Seed Savers Exchange.
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Whealy, K. (2004). Garden seed inventory (6th ed.). Decorah, IA: Seed Savers Exchange.
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Wilson, E.O. (2006). The creation: An appeal to save life on earth. NY: W.W. Norton & Co.
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Wilson, J. (1992). Landscaping with wildflowers. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Wong, T. W., (2012). Foraged flavor. New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers.
Favorite Tools
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Bug Baffler - chemical free protection from insects. Enter 595 in coupon box for free shipping. http://www.bugbaffler.com/
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Pullerbear - pull trees & bushes with roots, http://www.pullerbear.com/
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Florian Rachet Cutting Tools - http://www.floriantools.com/
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Vintage food mill (sourced in antique stores & sold from the Farm). Please contact us to inquire about purchasing:
Best tool for wild persimmon processing.