Gardening Research

These are the books I'm using to learn how to grow a successful vegetable garden:

Organic Gardener’s Home Reference (Tanya Denckla)
-Useful as a reference book for specific questions and details about crops

The Smart Gardener’s Guide to Growing Vegetables (Bob Gough)
-A nice overview that will help you get your bearings in the garden and teach you the vocabulary of gardening

Gardening/ Solstice: Building & Living in a Warm, Humid Climate (Frank Macaluso)
-Short manual with some good suggestions for hot weather plant varieties

1,001 Ingenious Gardening Ideas (Deborah Martin)
-A fun book that will inspire and help you garden economically

Square Foot Gardening (Mel Bartholomew)
-A must read! If you only read one gardening book, let this be it!
-Very comforting to the beginning gardener and helpful for even the experts in the crowd
-Covers all your bases from creating the beds to harvesting, from watering to pest control