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by Doug Fine, 309 pages, 6x9, softcover. A must-read for anyone considering—or already knee-deep into—the cannabis industry. Fine covers the... read more
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by Michael Phillips, 2nd edition, 320 pages, 8x10, softcover. The book you need to grow apples organically. Research aimed at reducing the use of... read more
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by Amy Traverso, 336 pages, 8¼x10½, hardcover. Come fall, when the weather turns crisp and my cravings shift from vibrant refreshing summer... read more
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by John Bunker, 407 pages, 8½x11, softcover. I’ve been listening to John Bunker talk about apples for as long as I can remember. The old varieties... read more
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by Russell Steven Powell, 214 pages, 7¼x7¼, hardcover. Apples were planted in New England as far back as 1604 when the French explorer Pierre du... read more
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by Christopher Shockey and Kirsten K. Shockey, 336 pages, 8x9, softcover. This fermentation power couple is finally getting boozy. As in their... read more
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by Joan Morgan, 304 pages, 8x10, hardcover.
In our pursuit at Fedco Trees to track down, identify, and propagate the oldest surviving pear trees,
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6th edition, by Thomas J Elpel, 235 pages, 8½x11, softcover. I love this book, from a small press out of Pony, MT. Besides the dictionary and... read more
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2nd edition by Carol Deppe, 384 pages, 8½x11, softcover. “Why Save Seeds? Saving seeds is fun. Cleaning the seed, holding the clean seed in your... read more
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by Cass Turnbull, 365 pages, 7¼x9, softcover. I’m the kind of tree gardener who feels that one pruning book is not enough. Each one has something... read more
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by Charles Eisenstein, 320 pages, 6x9, softcover. A gift to a world disoriented by ecological collapse and haunted by the question of what to do,... read more
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by Allyson Levy and Scott Serrano, 384 pages, 7x10, softcover. Levy and Serrano began filling their upstate New York land with chosen plants in... read more
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by Dale Strickler, 352 pages, 8x10, softcover. It’s hard to find books that cover soil science and stewardship in a way that engages laypeople.... read more
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by Eric Fisher, 256 pages, 7x8, softcover. Finally! A guidebook on compost teas that goes well beyond the bubbler. Drawing on a variety of... read more
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by Frédéric Theriault and Daniel Brisebois, 136 pages, 7½x9, softcover. If I’d had this book when I started farming, I would have avoided many... read more
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by John Moody, 114 pages, 7½x9, softcover. The elderberry and humans have been together for a long time. This shrub shows up in ancient texts and... read more
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by Merlin Sheldrake, 353 pages, 5x8, paperback. Want something to take your mind off a virus? Try a fungus! This winter, as we stay closer to... read more
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by Stephen Russell, 232 pages, 7x9, softcover. Who knew that a roll of toilet paper could grow your supper? If you want to know how, read this... read more
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by Michael Foley, 265 pages, 5½x8½, softcover. “This is a book about farming today with an eye to an uncertain future.” So begins the author as he... read more
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Whimsical and beautiful black-and-white art is a hallmark of Fedco’s unique style, our way of counterbalancing the glossy, airbrushed color photos... read more
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by Kirsten K. Shockey and Christopher Shockey, 376 pages, 8x9, softcover. With more than 140 recipes that excite and intrigue, this book is... read more
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by Suzanne Simard, 368 pages, 6½x9½, paperback. Simard has an all-too-rare gift not just for looking closely, but for seeing closely and for... read more
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by Alan Bergo, 288 pages, 7x10, hardcover. This is a cookbook for avid foragers and gardeners looking to infuse their kitchens with creativity.... read more
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by the Maine Forest Service, 176 pages, 6x9, spiral-bound softcover. Mainers are familiar with the tall, slim pamphlet, Forest Trees of Maine.... read more
by Sara Bir, 400 pages, 7x10, softcover. Written by a poetic comical professional chef who knows her stuff, this book is bold, smart, witty and so... read more
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by Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, 303 pages, 8½x 103/4, softcover. This book’s subtitle initially raised my hackles as being part of the American... read more
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by Robert Johnston, Jr., 32 pages, 5½x8½, softcover. If you are new to seed saving, this little manual by the founder of Johnny’s covers all the... read more
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by Ron L. Engeland, 213 pages, 6x9, softcover. Garlic is the world’s second most important allium crop. Whether garlic is your passion, or just... read more
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by Philip Rutter, Susan Wiegrefe, and Brandon Rutter-Daywater, 260 pages, 7x10, softcover.
Growing Hybrid Hazelnuts is the first comprehensive
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by Henry Kock, et al., 288 pages, 8½x11, hardcover. While there are countless volumes on growing annual vegetables and flowers, guides to growing... read more
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by Alice Percy, 272 pages, 7½x9½, softcover. Make no mistake. The correlation in the title is not a romantic one. And it could have been chosen... read more
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by Bob Osborne, 288 pages, 8x10, hardcover. Two of our favorite apple authors are the practicable Michael Phillips and the encyclopedic Dan... read more
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3rd edition, by Bob Osborne, 208 pages, 8x10, softcover. More often than not, when I recommend a rose bush to a customer who is looking for a... read more
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by Deb Soule, 223 pages, 7⅔x9, softcover. Maine herbalist Deb Soule has always been a favorite of Fedco customers. Twenty-nine years ago, we were... read more
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3rd edition, by Dr. Sharol Marie Tilgner, 472 pages, 7x9, softcover. What better time than a pandemic to assemble your home apothecary? In this... read more
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Herbal Revolution: 65+ Recipes for Teas, Elixers, Tinctures, Syrups, Foods + Body Products That Heal
by Kathi Langelier, 192 pages, 7¾x9, softcover. From award-winning Maine herbalist and farmer Kathi Langelier comes this must-read for anyone... read more
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by Michael Phillips, 414 pages, 8x10, softcover. Written by the renowned New Hampshire-based orchardist and author of The Apple Grower, this book... read more
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by Barbara Pleasant, 328 pages. 8x10, softcover. For your veggies, fruits and culinary herbs, don’t you wish you had a guidebook full of growing... read more
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by Stephen Leslie, 416 pages, 8x10, hardcover. Now is a time of exciting new developments for live animal power. As the numbers of adherents to... read more
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by Deb Soule, 244 pages, 6¾x9¾, softcover. “As you cultivate the garden, the garden is cultivating you, both inwardly and outwardly. Gardeners are... read more
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by Sam Thayer, 480 pages, 6x9, softcover. Sam Thayer’s foraging books are in a league of their own. No other gives such insightful accounts of... read more
by Robert Kourik, 240 pages, 8½x11, softcover. In my twenties, I put in my days of stacking 700 bales of hay into the barn in 95° heat with a... read more
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by Jesse Frost, 304 pages, 7x10, softcover. There are now many books about no-till vegetable culture, but Frost’s stands out by going deeper into... read more
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by Eric Sloane, 89 pages, 8½x11, softcover. A self-described weather junkie, I’ve tried to read meteorologies for the layperson and absorbed... read more
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by Jan Adkins, 48 pages, 10¼x6¾, softcover. Years ago, I received a copy of this little book as a gift from my dear friend Carol Bryan, who... read more
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by Michael Phillips, 256 pages, 8x10, hardcover. “Investing in species diversity begins underground,” says the orchard revolutionary. He’s... read more
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by Douglas W. Tallamy, 200 pages, 6x9, hardcover. All life occurs in a web, seen and unseen. This book about oaks makes that web visible in a... read more
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by Eliot Coleman, 304 pages, 8x10, softcover. As a teenager, I was always listening to Pearl Jam’s Ten, and as a new farmer I was always reading ... read more
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by Daniel Mays, 240 pages, 8x10, softcover. As more gardeners and farmers warm up to the idea of reducing or eliminating tillage, a few farms in... read more
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by René Redzepi and David Zilber, 456 pages, 7½x10, hardcover. Fancy fare meets funky ferment in this handsome illustrated guide for advanced... read more
by Leda Meredith, 308 pages, 6½x9, softcover. Seeking affordable culinary adventures? Planning an edible scavenger hunt? Preparing for end times?... read more
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by Uli Lorimer, 252 pages, 8x9, softcover. Who better to teach us about gardening with natives than the director of horticulture at Native Plant... read more
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by Tom Philpott, 246 pages, 9½x6 ½, hardcover. The bounty in our supermarkets is destroying our soil and water while poisoning workers on which... read more
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by Stephen Harrod Buhner, 564 pages, 6x9, softcover. John Muir said “When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest... read more
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by Jessica Wallister, 224 pages, 8x9, softcover. The book begins with an introduction to evidence-based companion planting and what it can do for... read more
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by Robert Shetterly, 128 pages, 8½x11¼, hardcover. In 2002 Robert Shetterly started painting portraits in response to the impending war in Iraq.... read more
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by Allison Carrol Duffy and the Partners at Pomona’s Universal Pectin®, 176 pages, 7½x9¼, softcover. We won’t get in the habit of offering a book... read more
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5th edition, by Janet Greene, Ruth Hertzberg and Beatrice Vaughn, 464 pages, 5⅓x8, softcover. The pandemic has inspired scores of new gardeners,... read more
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Revised edition by Devon A. Mihesuah, 350 pages, 5½x8½, softcover. In this revised edition, award-winning author and citizen of Choctaw nation... read more
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by Nigel Palmer, 208 pages, 6x9, softcover. Science nerds, rejoice: this book dives deep into the chemical and biological workings of your garden... read more
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by Carol Deppe, 384 pages, 7½x9½, softcover. First published twelve years ago, the book’s subtitle was prescient. We all now know that climate... read more
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by Mike and Nancy Bubel, 2nd edition, 297 pages, 6x9, softcover. A good root cellar provides a “direct, earthy and deeply satisfying connection... read more
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by Rosemary Gladstar, 224 pages, 7¼x9, softcover. “One of the greatest benefits of herbal medicine is that it gives us the ability to become more... read more
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by Sherri Mitchell, 256 pages, 5½x8½, softcover. Every word counts in this broad yet concise book, and you’ll want to savor it through the winter... read more
by Sandor Ellix Katz, 352 pages, 7x10, hardcover. A balm for wanderlust at a time when travel seems risky (pandemic) and indulgent (burning fossil... read more
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by Kaci Rae Christopher, 320 pages, 8x10, softcover. My family kept a large vegetable garden when I was a child, and some of my earliest memories... read more
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by Judy Burris and Wayne Richards, 144 pages, 8x10, softcover. We picked out this book for our younger readers and were pleasantly surprised to... read more
edited by Lee Buttala & Shanyn Siegel, written by Micaela Colley & Jared Zystro, 390 pages, 9x11, softcover. To keep seeds alive they must be... read more
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by Suzanne Ashworth, 2nd edition, 240 pages, 8½x11, softcover. Considered the classic reference with detailed instructions on seed saving... read more
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by Chris Smaje, 320 pages. 6x9, softcover. After outlining a set of ten dire challenges we can no longer ignore, Chris Smaje centers agriculture... read more
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by William Bryant Logan, 384 pages, 6½x9½, hardcover. “Once…no place could prosper without its inhabitants knowing how to cut their trees so they... read more
edited by Sherry Wildfeuer, 40 pages, 9x12, softcover. “Inspiration and practical advice for gardeners and professional growers.” Contains lunar... read more
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by Robert Kourik, 486 pages, 8½x11, softcover. Don’t fear the thickness of this tome—it’s saving you from reading a 3-foot-tall stack of papers,... read more
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by Carol Deppe, 288 pages, 7½x9½, softcover. Armed with her scientific expertise (PhD in genetics from Harvard), her acute sense of observation,... read more
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by Jeff Jepson, 166 pages, 6x9, softcover. Timberrr! Crrack! Is there a more satisfying sound than that made by a newly felled tree landing... read more
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by Stephanie Seneff, 272 pages (including 58 pages of indices and notes), 6x9, hardcover. Glyphosate is a difficult word to say, let alone to... read more
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by Akiva Silver, 274 pages, 6x9, softcover. I’m not sure if this book would be with the gardening books or on the self-help shelf in a bookstore.... read more
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by Robert Kourik, 225 pages, 8½x11, softcover. Soil yearns for roots. In fact, plant roots define soil and, to a great extent, control the soil... read more
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by David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth, 192 pages, 7½x9½, softcover. The only book dedicated to a single species in the widely popular “What’s... read more
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by Tammi Sweet, 272 pages, 6x9, softcover. This book has something for both the cannabis-naive and the cannabis-savvy. Whether you want to make a... read more
by Pascal Bauder, 294 pages, 7x10, paperback. Just when we thought there couldn’t be one more book of any value written on the fermentation of... read more
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by Will Bonsall, 400 pages, 8x10, softcover. As a former apprentice of Will’s, I assumed his book would be a nostalgic journey but not especially... read more
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by Lindsey Schiller with Marc Plinke, 307 pages, 7¼x8¾, softcover. Is it worth the coal burned to generate the electricity to grow a tomato in... read more
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by Nicolette Perry and Elaine Perry, 243 pages, 7x9, softcover. Published in the UK as Botanical Brain Balms. We all know that the brain and... read more