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Plant, grow, harvest, eat!

This list offers practical advice on how to turn your seeds into crops into dinner.

Saint Paul Public Library

10 items

  • Compost City

    Practical Composting Know-how for Small-space Living

    Louie, Rebecca
    So... you've planted, harvested, and cooked, your veggies, but what do you do with the piths, seeds, rinds, and root ends? This book offers tips on how to turn would-be waste into fertile soil for your next crop.
    BookBoston, Massachusetts : Roost Books, 2015. — S661 .L68 2015
  • Is this your first year gardening, and you want to start small? Or maybe you want to make the most of your share of the boulevard. This guide will show you how to make the most of a small space.
    BookNew York : DK Publishing, c2012. — SB321 .H35 2012
  • High-yield Vegetable Gardening

    Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have

    McCrate, Colin
    Learn how to get the most yield from your seeds and space.
    BookNorth Adams, MA : Storey Publishing, [2015] — SB453 .M4626 2015
  • The Urban Garden

    101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City

    Jentz, Kathy,
    You don't need a sprawling grass lawn to create a beautiful and bountiful garden. This guide shows you how to use the space you have, however tight, to create a functional garden.
    BookBeverly, MA : Cool Springs Press, 2022. — SB454 .J56 2022
  • Garden Made

    a Year of Seasonal Projects to Beautify Your Garden and Your Life

    Whitney-Rose, Stephanie
    This book offers advice on how to turn your yield into nourishment for the soul as well as the body, with inspirations for beautiful handmade crafts.
    BookBoston, Massachusetts : Roost Books, 2015. — SB454.3.C64 W45 2015
  • Vegetables Love Flowers

    Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty

    Ziegler, Lisa Mason,
    Did you know that you not only can plant your flowers near your veggies, but that they can thrive if you do it well!
    BookMinneapolis, MN : Cool Springs Press, 2018. — SB453.6 .Z54 2018
  • We all know pesticides are toxic to our non-human neighbors, our water stream, and ourselves, but how else can we keep critters from eating our bounty before we can get to it?
    BookPleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest, c2001. — SB453.5 .F43 2001
  • Raised-bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple

    the Three-module Home Vegetable Garden

    Nones, Raymond
    For the non-land-owning among us, this guide offers comprehensive help on all steps of the container gardening process, from building your container, to where to put it, to which plants to plant together, and how to care for them.
    BookWoodstock, Vt. : Countryman Press, c2010. — SB321 .N6165 2010
  • Full of vegetarian and vegetable-forward meals so satisfying you won't miss the meat.
    BookNew York : Clarkson Potter/Publishers, [2016] — TX801 .M44 2016
  • From Asparagus to Zucchini

    a Guide to Cooking With Farm-fresh Seasonal Produce

    Don't want to just drop your vegetables in boiling water then dump them on a plate? This book offers plenty of ways to do literally anything else.
    BookMadison, Wis. : Jones Books, c2004. — TX801 .F76 2004