Hey Adam, did you like Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman? it's not a "how to" but it makes the gardeners so lovable, fictitious though they be. how many other community garden books make you feel all sappy and want to run out and hug an 82 year old woman hovering over her swiss chard?
-----Original Message----- From: Honigman, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:05 AM To: 'Jennifer Lauzon'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [cg] good community garden book? The best written, one volume treatment of community gardening remains, Jobb, J. (1979). The Complete Book of Community Gardening. New York: William Morrow and Co. Every time I get the bug to write one, I just pick Jobb's book and realize that even after 23 years, it's hard to beat for historical context and down to earth, practical advice. Because this book is so good, it's usually missing from most public libraries (i.e., "Steal this Book!" ) I obtained my copy from Amazon. Another fine cg book that you'll find missing from your in local library is A Handbook of Community Gardening By Boston Urban Gardeners - Edited By Susan Naimark Charles Scribner's Sons - New York 1982 SB457.3.H26 635 81-23302 ISBN 0-684-17466-9 AACR2 While it's out of print, you can purchase a copy through ACGA treasurer, Betsy Johnson (I think she has a few copies left.) Betsy's contact information: Elizabeth (Betsy) Johnson Boston Natural Areas Network 59 Temple Place #558 Boston MA MA 02111 phone: 617-542-7696 fax: 617-542-0383 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best wishes, Adam Honigman -----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Lauzon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 08, 2002 5:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [cg] good community garden book? Rex, Lucky for you, I'm doing my thesis on community gardening. Here's some of the books that I could get a hold of. Some of them are out of print but a library may have them. Also check Urban Agricultural Notes, city farmer web site's listing of resources: http://www.cityfarmer.org/communitygarden7.html#community The general guides are listed towards the bottom. And though I don't like buying from amazon.com, they do have a good search engine, listing out of print books, as well as in-print ones. Sometimes you have to be very specific with my library's search, so I do a search on amazon and then copy and paste the isbn number from amazon's page into the search on my library's--a very quick and easy way to find a specific book. -Jen Lauzon Coe, M. L. (1978). Growing with Community Gardening. Taftsville, VT: Countryman Press. . Naimark, S. (Ed.). (1982). A Handbook of Community Gardening. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "REX SCATES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [cg] good community garden book? Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2002 12:30:42 -0800 I just received funding tobuild a community garden at my school and I have a few questions. 1. Is their a good resource book for design the layout of a community garden/ or do I just have to peice one together using 3-4 books? (one on irrigation, one on plants, one on raised beds, one on fence building)? 2. anyone have estimated cubic yards of compost for each 1000 sqft of new beds? I am working on old compacted soil of slightly on the clay side of the soil spectrum. ttyl rex thanks for help _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ______________________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. 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