Smart Gardener Free Online Garden Planner
http://www.smartgardener.com
Hortsense
http://pep.wsu.edu/hortsense/
Home gardener fact sheets for managing plant problems.
Pestsense
http://pep.wsu.edu/pestsense/
Fact sheets for managing common pest problems.
A copy of Growing Guide in Spanish
http://thefoodproject.org/
A copy of Growing Guide in English
http://thefoodproject.org/
Garden dictionary
http://www.garden.org/
Seed Savers Exchange
http://www.seedsavers.org
National Center for Home Food Preservation
http://nchfp.uga.edu
Food Preservation Resources
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/C1117E/C1117E.pdf
WSU Vegetable Gardening in Washington State
http://gardening.wsu.edu/vegetable-gardens/
WSU Publication Backyard Composting
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1784e/eb1784e.pdf
OSU Publication Fertilizing Your Garden
http://osuext.intermountaintech.org/download/fertilizing%20your%20garden.pdf
WSU Home Gardener's Guide to Soils and Fertilizers
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/eb1971e/eb1971e.pdf
OSU Growing Your Own Garden
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/handle/1957/21092
Book Recommendations from the Mentors
Our favorite books! An asterisk by the title means that the book is in the Fort Vancouver Library System.
*Rodale's Garden Answers, Vegetables, Fruits and Herbs (Rodale Press)
This is my favorite all-around gardening book. The beginning is a gardening primer, and the rest covers all the basics in vegetables, herbs and fruit. Each plant has its own profile with the information you need to know to grow it. This is the book I started learning from, and to this day I reference it when growing something new. -Eve
*Seed Sowing and Saving, by Carole B. Turner (Storey's Gardening Skills Illustrated)
Did you know that parsley seeds will germinate better if you soak them and rinse them? This book notes the small picky things that different seeds require to grow the best, in far more depth than any other book I've come across yet. It covers both edibles and basic flowers, how to start them and how to save them. -Eve
*Your Backyard Herb Garden, by Miranda Smith
My favorite herb book of all time! I couldn't survive without this book. I really appreciate how it is based for the home gardener, covering only the most common and precious culinary and medicinal herbs. Some herb books are filled to the brim with the rarest and most bizarre plants, which is overwhelming for someone who is just getting started. The first half of this book teaches you everything you need to know, from planning an herb garden to using herbs for cooking and for health, and the second half contains a profile on each herb with instructions for growth and use. -Eve
*The Maritime Northwest Garden Guide, by Seattle Tilth
A local gardening treasure! This book is a "Planning Calendar for Year-Round Organic Gardening". Broken down month by month, you will never again wonder if it's to late or too early to plant something. -Eve
New Junior Garden Book, Better Homes and Gardens
This book is directed to children gardeners, but is filled to the brim with crafts and projects that can be enjoyed by all ages. -Eve
*The Winter Harvest Handbook, by Eliot Coleman
I have to recommend a book by Eliot Coleman, who is arguably a year-round gardening master. This book is about how to extend your gardening season using organic and sustainable growing methods, for both the commercial grower and the home gardener. I look forward to reading this one cover-to-cover. -Eve
*Grow Fruit, by Alan Buckingham
Although most fruit plants are perennials and unrealistic for a Bethel garden bed, I still wanted to mention this book, especially for those of you who do some gardening or landscaping at home, too. This book is absolutely inspiring. It teaches how to grow a rainbow of fruits, both common and uncommon. It makes me want to turn my yard into a food forest! -Eve
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