Best and Most Important Books on Gardening Self-Sufficiency 

I smiled when you mentioned Maine authors at least twice! I've lived in Maine for over 30 years and these two men are legends here. It's amazing how much we can grow in what many people consider "way up north". I like to remind people that there's a perfectly lovely country further north, above us, where people also grow productive gardens. A few years ago my husband and I listened to a talk Will Bonsall gave about growing your own wheat. He knows his stuff! (he was giving a class at the Common Ground Fair, held yearly in Unity, Maine.) Also, we built a greenhouse similar to that which Elliot Coleman describes in his book, Four Season Harvest. We had fresh veggies from mid April to the end of November...in Maine, zone 4, in an unheated greenhouse.

Here are some links to the books Affiliate Links The Resilient Gardener amzn.to/3wbciKn Will Bonsall's Radical Guide To Self-Sufficient Gardening amzn.to/31vt5JK Seed To Seed amzn.to/2PBnwH5 Elliot Coleman - The New Organic Gardener amzn.to/3deWzkP Elliot Coleman - Four Season Harvest amzn.to/3w8bkye Holistic Orchard - amzn.to/3fmVhXu

I will always appreciate a good book recommendation. Thank you!

I have all of those but after learning more about landrace farming my ideas about seed saving and breeding has changed. I think I would keep Resilient Gardener, Seed to Seed and Will Bonsall's book but I would add Landrace Gardening by Joseph Lofthouse.

Great list! One additional book I would consider is "The Mittleider Gardening course". If I had only two books I would want this one and along with "The resilient gardener"

We'll be checking those out, thank you for the recommendations.

Never been this early. Thank you so much for this information Chad.

It's interesting to see several authors/gardeners are from the great state of Maine (my home state 😉). I suppose if you can grow there you can grow anywhere! Thank you so much for this. I've been scouring the internet for the best homesteading books and have found that a lot of them just don't pertain to our lifestyle. I'm off to add many of these to my Amazon cart. Keep up the great work!

yaay thanks for the list! Ive been looking for books to buy on gardening but theres so many out there that its overwhelming!

I just picked up Seed to Seed from the library. Thanks for the reference.

Thank you so much for this list ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for these recommendations! I live in the humid tropical climate of Panama, is there a book you would recommend that is more specific towards growing in this type of climate?

Hello. Thanks for all the valuable information. I have a question, do you have a book recommendation for preserving food in a healthy way for the winter? Thank you!

Hi Chad! Does the orchard book teach planting trees the way EGW suggests ( using rocks/stones)?

Thanks

Really good video, anyone ever told you look like Gareth Southgate

I think this book is the absolute best: "The Mittleider Gardening Course" January 1, 2021. Using Jacob R. Mittleider's methods, one pallet of mineral fertilizers would last 10 years for a family of four.

Seed to seed a much have. I would add 'Growing food gods way'.

Do you have any other videos on organic farming?

Sweet I'll go pirate these immediately. I joke but some gardening books can be expensive.