Suggested Readings
General gardening & plant care
Gardening When it Counts by Steve Solomon
IPM for Gardeners by Cloyd, Nixon, and Pataky (Promotes insect on insect violence)
The Gardener’s Guide to Plant Diseases by Barbara Pleasant
The Gardener’s Weather Bible by Sally Roth
Historical
100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells
Flora by Brent Elliott
Sweet Herbs and Sundry Flowers Medieval Gardens and the Gardens of the Cloisters by Tania Bayard
The Naming of Names The Search For Order in the World of Plants by Anna Pavord
Pelargoniums (AKA Geraniums)
Geraniums The Complete Encyclopedia by Faye Brawner
Scented Geraniums Knowing, Growing and Enjoying Scented Pelargoniums by Jim Becker & Faye Brawner
The Joy of Geraniums by Helen VanPelt Wilson (Hands down the best pelargonium book I have seen. It is out of print, but there are plenty on ebay for pretty cheap.)
Reference
Gardener’s Latin by Bill Neal
Shorter Dictionary of Gardening by Mickael Pollock & Mark Griffiths
Other
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver, with Steven L. Hopp and Camille Kingsolver (All the facts and on the laws that surround what we grow, the scoop on GMOs, plus a lot more)
Making More Plants by Ken Druse (Excellent for propegation, but I personally do not find the best success with his methods for propegating pelargoniums, I would recommend following the directions in the books in the pelargonium section)
Hortus Miscellaneous by Lorene Edwards Forkner & Linda Plato (Just... everything)
Natural Insect Repellents by Janette Granger & Connie Moore
The Botany of Desire by Michael Pollan (Are you being used by your garden plants?)
The New Holistic Herbal by David Hoffmann (The most practical and usable herbal)
Links
http://animalvegetablemiracle.com/ Animal Vegetable Miracle: A triumph of useful websites! Barbara Kingsolver, her family and friends, have stuffed more information about knowing and growing food than I can even stuff into my head! The sources alone are fantastic, and like her books, make difficult information very digestible.
http://www.botanical.com/ An excellent online herbal
http://www.gardensalive.com/ The best prices on beneficial insects and lots more.
http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/miscellaneous/flowers-and-history This is a wonderful resource for miscellaneous flower information, including history and lore.
http://www.vigavashon.org/ Vashon Island Grower's Association: This site has all the news that's fit to print about the farmer's market including schedules, who's who, and how to get there.
http://www.njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu/JerseyTomato.html Rutger’s Unversity tomato page
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/dining/23toma.html?_r=1 New York Times article on the Jersey Tomato.
http://www.vashonchamber.com/ (Where to eat & stay, and other shopping to be had on Vashon Island)
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/ (Get here from there)
http://thebugblaster.com/ (Fun with the garden hose)
