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Damrosch, Barbara. The garden primer. Emmaus, PA, Rodale, 2003.
673 p. The Edible garden. In The American Horticultural Society gardening
manual. New York, Dorling Kindersley, 2000. Growing plants for food. In Reader’s Digest new illustrated guide
to gardening. Pleasantville, NY, Reader’s Digest, c2000. p. 340-461.
Subject headings used by the Library of Congress, under which works on kitchen gardens and gardening can be located in Library catalogs, include the following:
Bartley, Jennifer R. Designing the new kitchen garden: an American
potager handbook. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2006. 222 p. The Big book of kitchen gardens. Alexandria, VA, Time-Life Books,
c1999. 335 p. Biggs, Matthew, Jekka McVicar, and Bob Flowerdew. Vegetables,
herbs & fruit: an illustrated encyclopedia. San Diego, CA,
Laurel Glen Pub., c2002. 640 p. Coleman, Eliot. Four-season harvest: organic vegetables from
your home garden all year around. White River Junction, VT, Chelsea
Green Pub., c1999. 234 p. Courtier, Jane, and Fern Marshall Bradley. Vegetable gardening,
from planting to picking: the complete guide to creating a bountiful
garden. Pleasantville, NY, Reader’s Digest, c2006. 288 p. Denckla, Tanya. The gardener’s A-Z guide to growing organic
food. 2nd ed. North Adams, MA, Storey Books, c2003. 485 p. Growing fruits and vegetables organically: the complete guide
to a great-tasting, more bountiful, problem-free harvest. Edited
by Jean M. A. Nick and Fern Marshall Bradley. Emmaus, PA, Rodale
Press; New York, distributed in the book trade by St. Martin’s
Press, c1994. 532 p. Hirsch, David P. The Moosewood Restaurant kitchen garden:
creative gardening for the adventurous cook. Rev. ed. Berkeley, CA, Ten
Speed Press, c2005. 294 p.
McGrath, Michael. Kitchen garden A to Z: growing, harvesting, buying, storing.
New York, H. N. Abrams, 2004. Michalak, Patricia S., and Cass Peterson. Vegetables. Emmaus,
PA, Rodale Press; New York, distributed in the book trade by St.
Martin’s Press, c1993. 159 p. Miller, Crow, and Elizabeth Miller. Organic gardening: a
comprehensive guide to chemical-free growing. Foster City, CA, IDG Books Worldwide,
c2000. 338 p. Nardozzi, Charlie, and the editors of the National Gardening
Association. Vegetable gardening for dummies. Foster City, CA,
IDG Books Worldwide, c1999. 356 p. Pavord, Anna. The new kitchen garden. London, New York, Dorling
Kindersley, 1996. 208 p. Smith, Edward C. The vegetable gardener’s bible: discover
Ed’s high-yield W-O-R-D system for all North American gardening
regions. Pownal, VT, Storey Books, c2000. 309 p. Thompson, Sylvia Vaughn Sheekman. The kitchen garden. New York,
Bantam Books, 1995. 389 p. White, Hazel, and Janet H. Sanchez. The edible garden. Menlo
Park, CA, Sunset Pub. Corp., c2005. 192 p.
Fruits, Berries, Nuts and Vines Bowling, Barbara L. The berry grower’s companion. Portland, OR,
Timber Press, 2000. 284 p.
Otto, Stella. The backyard berry book: a hands-on guide to growing berries,
brambles, and vine fruit in the home garden. Maple City, MI, OttoGraphics,
c1995. 284 p.
Trehane, Jennifer. Blueberries, cranberries and other vacciniums. Portland,
OR, Timber Press, c2004. 256 p. Garden Ecology Basic composting: all the skills and tools you need to get started. Edited by Eric Ebeling and others. Mechanicsburg, PA, Stackpole Books,
c2003. 87 p. Carroll, Steven B., and Steven D. Salt. Ecology for gardeners. Portland,
OR, Timber Press, 2004. 328 p. Cloyd, Raymond A., Philip L. Nixon, and Nancy R. Pataky. IPM for
gardeners: a guide to integrated pest management. Portland, OR, Timber Press, c2004.
204 p. Grissell, Eric. Insects and gardens: in pursuit of a garden ecology. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2001. 345 p. Heiser, Charles B. Weeds in my garden: observations on some misunderstood
plants. Portland, OR, Timber Press, 2003. 247 p. Ingham, Elaine R. The compost tea brewing manual. Eugene, OR, Unisun
Communications, in association with the Sustainable Studies Institute,
2000. 59 p.
Lord, Tony. The encyclopedia of planting combinations: the ultimate visual
guide to successful plant harmony. Toronto, Buffalo, Firefly, 2002. 416 p.
Spedding, C. R. W., and Geoffrey Spedding. The natural history of a garden. Portland, OR Timber Press, 2003.
Stell, Elizabeth. Secrets to great soil: a grower’s guide to composting,
mulching, and creating healthy, fertile soil for your garden and lawn. Pownal,
VT, Storey Pub., c1998. 215 p. Turner, Carole B. Seed sowing and saving: step-by step techniques for
collecting and growing more than 100 vegetables, flowers, and herbs. Pownal, VT, Storey
Communications, c1998. 217 p. Heirloom Vegetables Coulter, Lynn. Gardening with heirloom seeds: tried-and-true flowers,
fruits, and vegetables for a new generation. Chapel Hill, University
of North Carolina Press, c2006. 316 p. Creasy, Rosalind. The edible heirloom garden. Boston, Periplus Editions, 1999.
106 p.
Male, Carolyn J. 100 heirloom tomatoes for the American garden. New York, Workman,
c1999. 246 p. Stickland, Sue. Heirloom vegetables: a home gardener’s guide
to finding and growing vegetables from the past. New York, Fireside Books,
1998. 191 p. Stuart, David C. Gardening with heirloom plants. Pleasantville, NY,
Reader’s Digest Assoc., 1997. 160 p. Taylor’s guide to heirloom vegetables. Edited by Ben Watson. Boston,
Houghton Mifflin, 1996. 343 p. Weaver, William Woys. Heirloom vegetable gardening: a master
gardener’s
guide to planting, growing, seed saving, and cultural history. New
York, Henry Holt and Company, 1997. 439 p. Yepsen, Roger B. A celebration of heirloom vegetables: growing
and cooking old-time varieties. New York, Artisan, 1998. 192 p. Herbs Tucker, Arthur O., and Thomas DeBaggio. The big book of
herbs: a comprehensive illustrated reference to herbs of flavor
and
fragrance. Loveland, CO, Interweave Press, c2000. 688 p. Lanza, Patricia. Lasagna gardening with herbs: enjoy fresh
flavor, fragrance, and beauty with no digging, no tilling,
no weeding, no kidding! Emmaus, PA, Rodale, c2004. 278 p. Lima, Patrick. Herbs, the complete gardener’s guide. Willowdale, ON,
Firefly, 2001. 222 p. History of Kitchen Gardening The Country house kitchen garden, 1600-1960: how produce
was grown and how it was used. Edited by C. Anne Wilson. London, Sutton
Pub., in association with National Trust Enterprises, c1998. 212
p. (Food and society, 10) Davies, Jennifer. The Victorian kitchen garden. New York, W.
W. Norton, c1987. 160 p.
Harrison, Lorraine. The Shaker book of the garden: with a facsimile of
the original Gardener’s manual of 1843. Hauppauge, NY, Barron’s, 2004.
64 p. Pennington, Susan. Feast your eyes: the unexpected beauty
of vegetable gardens. Edited by Ann C. Easterling. Berkeley, University
of California Press, in association with Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service, c2002. 142 p. Stuart, David C. The kitchen garden: a historical guide to traditional
crops. London, R. Hale, 1984. 270 p. Tucker, David. M. Kitchen gardening in America: a history. Ames,
Iowa State University Press, 1993. 205 p. Kitchen Gardening in Containers Atha, Antony. The container kitchen garden. London, Collins & Brown;
New York, Distributed in the United States and Canada by Sterling Pub., 2000.
160 p.
Crandall, Chuck, and Barbara Crandall. Movable harvests: fruits, vegetables,
berries, the simplicity & bounty of container gardens. Shelburne, VT, Chapters;
Buffalo, NY, Trade distribution in the U.S. by Firefly Books, c1995. 128 p. Guerra, Michael. The edible container garden: growing fresh
food in small spaces. New York, Simon & Schuster, c2000. 159 p. McGee, Rose Marie Nichols, and Maggie Stuckey. McGee & Stuckey’s
the bountiful container: a container garden of vegetables, herbs,
fruits and edible flowers. New York, Workman Pub., c2002. 432 p.
Pleasant, Barbara, Doreen Howard, and Betty Mackey. Container gardens. Minnetonka,
MN, National Home Gardening Club, c1997. 152 p. Kitchen Gardening with Children Brennan, Georgeanne, and Ethel Brennan, with Marcel Barchechat
and the East Bay French-American School. The children’s kitchen
garden: a book of gardening, cooking, and learning. Berkeley, CA,
Ten Speed Press, c1997. 146 p. Creasey, Rosalind. Blue potatoes, orange tomatoes: how to
grow a rainbow garden. San Francisco, Sierra Club Books for Children,
c1994. 40 p.
Hardesty, Constance. Grow your own pizza! gardening plans and recipes for
kids. Golden, CO, Fulcrum Kids, c2000. 128 p. Kuhn, Dwight. More than just a vegetable garden. Englewood Cliffs, NJ,
Silver Press, c1990. 40 p. Lerner, Carol. My backyard garden. New York, Morrow Junior Books, c1998. 48 p. Lovejoy, Sharon. Roots, shoots, buckets & boots: gardening
together with children. New York, Workman Pub., c1999. 159 p. Richardson, Beth. Gardening with children. Newtown, CT, Taunton
Press, 1998. 153 p. Waters, Marjorie. The Victory garden kid’s book. Rev. ed.
Old Saybrook, CT, Globe Pequot Press, c1994. 148 p. Of Historical Interest
Bailey, L. H. The principles of vegetable-gardening. New York, The Macmillan
Company, 1901. 458 p. (The Rural Science series, edited by L. H. Bailey) The Complete kitchen and fruit gardener. Philadelphia, T. B.
Peterson, 1851. 118 p.
Hedrick, U. P. Cyclopedia of hardy fruits. New York, The Macmillan Company,
1922. 370 p.
M’Mahon, Bernard. American gardener’s calendar. 11th ed. Philadelphia,
J. B. Lippincott, 1857. 637 p.
Rogers, John. The vegetable cultivator: containing a plain and accurate
description of all the different species and varieties of culinary vegetables... . 2nd
ed. London, Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1843. 343 p. Phillips, Henry. The companion for the kitchen garden. London,
H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831. 2 v.
Putnam, Jean-Marie. Gardens for victory. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company,
1942. 221 p.
Dissertations may be identified by using online resources or the following indexes located in the Main Reading Room. Consult any reference librarian about options. Some dissertations may be available in full text through electronic resources on public terminals at the Library of Congress.
Bomford, Michael K. Yield, pest density, and tomato flavor effects
of companion planting in garden-scale studies incorporating tomato, basil,
and Brussels sprout. Ann Arbor, MI, UMI, 2005. Damrow, Christine B. “Every child in a garden:” radishes,
avocado pits, and the education of American children in the twentieth
century. Ann Arbor, MI, UMI, 2005.
Dillon, Clarissa Flint. “A large, an useful, and a grateful field.” Eighteenth
century kitchen gardens in southeastern Pennsylvania, the uses of the plants,
and their place in women’s work. (Volumes I and II). Ann Arbor, MI, UMI,
1986.
Hammetter, John Thomas. Gardening and meaningful lives: an ethnography
of Milwaukee-area residential vernacular gardeners. AnnArbor, MI, UMI, 2002.
Liu, Jing Yu. A vegetable garden plan for a family of four. Ann Arbor, MI,
UMI, 2000.
Mohan, Soumya. An assessment of the ecological and socioeconomic benefits
provided by homegardens: a case study of Kerala, India. Ann Arbor, MI, UMI, 2004.
Nickerson, Virginia. Continuity and resistance: Central Vermont farmers’ motivations
for cultivating heirloom vegetables. Ann Arbor, MI, UMI, 2006.
ABSTRACTING AND INDEXING SERVICES that index relevant journal articles and other literature are listed below. Consult a reference librarian for the location and format of abstracting and indexing services.
Journals that often contain articles relevant to kitchen gardens include the following:
Bhardwaj, Harbans L. Muskmelon and sweet corn production with legume
cover crops. HortScience, v. 41, Aug. 2006: 1222-1225.
Burton, Bonnie. Beauty of the beets. Organic gardening, v. 52, Oct./Nov. 2005:
22-27. Chandoha, Walter. Grow and sell heirloom tomatoes. Mother earth
news,
Dec./Jan. 2007: 73-77. Damrosch, Barbara. A shrinking homegrown crop. KGI newsletter, Sept.
2006: 5. Fischer, Thomas. Fields of greens. Horticulture, v. 97, Jul./Aug. 2000:
44-48. Hall, Doug. A fall vegetable garden for children: planting activities
that can be done in
August. Flower & garden magazine, v. 38, Aug./Sept. 1994: 48. Halloran, Kathleen. A bed of mixed greens. Herb companion, v. 19, Jan.
2007: 16-17. Heirloom vegetable seeds. Better homes & gardens, v. 81, Mar. 2003:
260.
McWilliams, James E. “To forward well-flavored productions:” the
kitchen garden in early New England. New England quarterly, v. 77, Mar. 2004:
25-50. Ogden, Shepherd. Creating a kitchen garden from scratch. American
gardener, v. 85, Mar./Apr. 2006: 38-42. Paul, Lindsay C., and James D. Metzger. Impact of vermicompost on vegetable
transplant quality. HortScience,
Pelczar, Rita. Managing your load with wheelbarrows and garden carts. American
gardener, v. 85, Nov./Dec. 2006: 50-51. Volkening, Tom. Seed Savers Exchange. Journal of agricultural & food
information, v. 7, no. 2/3, 2006: 3-15. Weaver, William Woys. The joy of kitchen gardens. Organic gardening, v. 49, May/June 2002: 20-25. Weaver, William Woys. Three rare beans: plant these exceptional beans
now to add color and zip to midsummer meals. Mother earth news, Apr./May
2006: 123-124.
Selected Materials available in the Science Reading Room pamphlet boxes include the following:
General Interest
Heirloom Vegetables
Kitchen Garden History
Kitchen Gardening in Containers
Kitchen Gardening with Children
Associations and Organizations
A Few Selected Sources for Kitchen Garden Seeds and Plants
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