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Cleaned it up a little and made links clickable. I may tackle that other, longer one linked just below sometime. It's big. Maybe I'll put them both together and put on my profile page.

This Is The Link Back Resource Area For New Gardeners And Old Gardeners Looking For New Ideas! Books, Magazines, Gardening Seeds, Supplies And Equipment, And Interesting Gardening Links! (Info Has Been Compiled From Previous Weekly Threads!)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3973069/posts?page=113#113

SELECT SOURCES OF GARDENING SUPPLIES (Search will locate many more!)

SEEDS, FRUIT TREES, GARDENING SUPPLIES, AND EQUIPMENT

ARBICO Organics (Organic products including beneficial insects)
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Botanial Interests
Burgess Seeds
Fungi Perfecti (Mushroom growing and mushroom products)
Grow Organic / Peaceful Valley (organic farming & gardening/irrigation supplies)
Gurney’s Seed & Nursery Co
High Mowing Seeds
Johnny’s Seeds
Jung Seeds & Plants
One Green World
ParkSeeds
Peaceful Valley/Grow Organic (Sell products up to the Pallet level! Probably more for CA Freepers!)
Prairie Moon Nursery (Native seeds and plants Wildflowers)
Raintree Nurseries
Seed Savers Exchange
Seeds Now
Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
Stark Brothers Nurseries
Territorial seeds
Thompson and Morgan

SEED SAVER EXCHANGE LINKS

http://www.seedsavers.org (Founders/supporter links below!)
https://awhaley.com
https://amygoldmanfowler.com/
88 posted on 6/6/2021, 7:17:43 PM by Diana in Wisconsin

Canning / Preserving Supplies
Posted by Honeysuckle Tn in another thread!
https://www.allamericancanner.com/"
Harvest Guard https://canninglids.com/
Tattler https://reusablecanninglids.com/

Gardener / Farming Prepper links:

Freeper Pollard has a list of Prepper links on Water and Food at his home page:

https://freerepublic.com/~pollard/

Ag/Prepper Database has an extensive list of farming/gardening/agricultural subjects at the link below! (Click on link to see what is available!!)

To: Diana in Wisconsin Ag/Prepper Database Crossover Ping from Pollard:

719mb of mostly pdf files on ‘Agriculture’ geared towards edibles, from nut trees to veggies to mushrooms with lots of supporting info on soils, pests, seed saving etc. There are 22 folders within the Agriculture folder with 21 of them having material sorted by subject and then there’s 1 Misc folder. When you’re in any folder, you can click the button at the top right to Download all files which will create a zip file for you. On individual items, click the three dots to the right of it and click download. I’m pretty sure I got rid of all copyrighted material, magic mushroom and marijuana stuff. I downloaded this as a torrent years ago and had never gone through it all until today but I didn’t open every single file. Just the big ones, apt to be a book and anything with obvious titles. This stuff’s not going anywhere soon so take your time and peruse the content and download what’s useful to you.

102 posted on 7/11/2021, 6:21:01 PM by Pollard

GREENHOUSE POLYCARBONATE PANELS

PLANS AND INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT POLLARD AG PREP DATA BASE ABOVE!
https://permasteader.com/cloud/index.php/s/cctrRrEp2QzoePC
To: TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig
“buy the polycarbonate panels”
I bought the much cheaper “clear” ( but you can’t see clearly through it) 4 year greenhouse film. Has lasted 8 years and still doing fine. Ha! Still have the link:
https://www.growerssolution.com/PROD/4-year-6-mil-clear-greenhouse-film/G4Y6MGF
If making one for occupation T recommend getting clear vinyl for some clear windows. The vinyl will have to be replaced every year so don’t overdo it’s use..

BOOKS (movies) AND LINKS TO BOOKS Mentioned on the thread

7 Books Aimed at Helping Hobby Farmers

https://www.hobbyfarms.com/books-hobby-farms-farming/

I own ‘The Woman Hobby Farmer’ and ‘The Lean Farm’ both of which I’ve found helpful.
107 posted on 6/21/2021, 9:45:28 AM by Diana in Wisconsin

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3941037/posts?q=1&;page=251
I have this book. It’s for people gardening in limited space with limited resources. It does teach you a lot about growing vegetables and composting organically. (Good to know but I think If you have space and fertilizer, use it you will get larger vegetables and yields.)
“How to grow more vegetables in less space than you ever imagined” John Jeavons
https://www.amazon.com/How-Grow-More-Vegetables-Ninth-dp-0399579184/dp/0399579184/ref=dp_ob_title_bk

I have not read this but am aware of some of his arguments for using space if you have it.

“Gardening when it Counts. Growing food in hard times.” Steven Soloman. (Founder of Territorial Seeds.)
https://www.amazon.com/Gardening-When-Counts-Growing-Mother/dp/086571553X

________________________________________ “Whizbang Gardening!” Herrick Kimball
https://whizbanggardening.blogspot.com/

I am using some of his ideas.
________________________________________ This looks interesting. I do not have room for a greenhouse. If you do It might be worth getting one!

“Four Season Harvest ” Elliot Coleman.

https://www.amazon.com/Four-Season-Harvest-Organic-Vegetables-Garden/dp/1890132276/

Pete from Shawnee Mission

Straw Bail Gardening.
https://www.amazon.com/Straw-Bale-Gardens-Complete-Karsten/dp/1591869072

49 posted on 2/20/2021, 10:54:22 AM by Qiviut

To: Qiviut
"The book I used as a resource was “Straw Bale Gardens Complete” by Joel Karsten."
142 posted on 2/21/2021, 10:12:45 PM by Grammy

To: Grammy
Here’s some more good info, Grammy!

“How to Build a Straw Bale Garden” ~ Modern Farmer
https://modernfarmer.com/2013/07/straw-bale-gardening/

I’d like to recommend Carol Deppe’s “The Resilient Gardener”, as well as her book “How to Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties”.
Even if you don’t intend to take up plant-breeding, she has excellent advice about how to save seeds in a way that minimizes inbreeding depression, and how to select for plants that do well in your particular area.
278 posted on 3/13/2021, 2:40:14 PM by Ellendra

Joseph Lofthouse just published the book for you! His methods of landrace breeding break a lot of rules, but the result is an almost lazy way to breed new varieties. Check it out!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0578245655/
87 posted on 6/20/2021, 4:27:09 AM by Ellendra

‘The Orchard: A Memoir’ by Adele Crockett Robertson
“The Orchard is an exquisitely beautiful and poignant memoir of a young woman’s single-handed struggle to save her New England farm in the depths of the Great Depression.

10 posted on 6/26/2021, 9:37:52 AM by Diana in Wisconsin

DISGUISED/CAMOUFLAGED GARDENING AND PERMACULTURE

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/secret-garden-of-survival-how-to-grow-a-camouflaged-food-forest-rick-austin/1114910772

and

https://www.thespruce.com/best-vegetables-and-fruits-for-edible-landscape-1403436 and

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/landscaping-with-vegetables.htm

“Edible Landscaping” by Rosalind Creasy is an excellent book. ALL of her books are terrific!

https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/rosalind-creasy/226104/

I see that ‘Edible Landscaping’ is out of stock at this site, but you can find it elsewhere on line or at your library.
(I just hate linking to Amazon for anything these days!)
296 posted on 3/17/2021, 11:29:26 AM by Diana in Wisconsin

Diana in Wisconsin:
“52 Weekend Garden Projects” By Nancy Bubel
To: bimboeruption
It's from 1992, but a really great reference with a lot of useful projects for the garden/yard.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3936288/posts?q=1&;page=101
posted on 2/23/2021, 9:40:20 AM by Diana in Wisconsin

“The Founding Gardeners” by Andrea Wulf
A friend recommended this to me, and it's in my 'stack-o-stuff' (Miss You, Rush!) to read.
"Andrea Wulf's fine story of how gardening and farming shaped the thinking of Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and James Madison … One of Wulf's most luxurious and sharp-witted chapters concerns the matter that would fertilize a new nation: 'Mundane as it seems,' she writes, 'manure was of the greatest concern to all
four of them." San Francisco Chronicle
'Land Girls' is a pretty good series to watch, too.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1449940/
https://www.createcraftlove.com/garden-hose-spring-wreath/