Permaculture Bibliography Jude Hobbs 1999 The Permaculture Design A practical Guide to a Sustainable Future Bill Mollison Island Press Wa. DC 1990 The indepth Permaculture manual by the co-founder of permaculture. Excellent examples, illustrations, and enjoyable reading. An Introduction to Permaculture Bill Mollison and Reny Slay New South Wales 1991 Simple, straight forward explanation of permaculture. Travel In Dream Bill Mollisons Tagari '96 An 'autobiography' with stories, stories, stories. This is the man behind the permaculture movement. The Permaculture Way Graham Bell Thorsons, London 1992 Simple explanation of permaculture in action. A Western Permaculture Manual David Browned. Cornucopia Subiaco, Wa. '89 Yet another look at permaculture from an American. Earth User's Guide to PC Robin Morrow Easy to understand 'how-to' book. A Pattern Language Christopher Alexander, Oxford, NY '77 The interrelationships between the design of buildings and settlements. At the core of this book is that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets, and communities. Guide to ways of seeing space, relative location, and permaculture design. Highly recommended. Ecological Design Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan Island Press 1996 One Straw Revolution Masanobu Fukuoka Rodale First book by the Zen high priest on sustainable agriculture The Natural Way of Farming Masanobu Fukuoka Rodale Press 1 Animals Earthworms for Ecology and Profit Vol. I Scientific Earthworm Farming Ronald E. Gaddie and Donald Douglas Bookworm Publishing PO Box 655 Ontario, Ca. 91761 A 'complete' book on the study of earthworms- lifecycle, production and marketing. I found this in a used bookstore, may be out of print. Raising Rabbits the Modern Way Bob Bennet Garden Way Publishing '80 Contains all the basics for raising rabbits Pastured Poultry Profits Joel Salatin Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1996 ISBN: 0963810901 Salad Bar Beef Joel Salatin Chelsea Green Publishing Co. 1996 ISBN: 096381091 Keepers of the Game Calvin Luther Building The Natural House Book David Pearson Fireside Books Simon and Schuster,1989 Build It With Bales Myhrman & Mac Donald Out on Bale,1997 The Passive Solar Book James Kachadorian Chelsea Green 1997 The Cob Builders Handbook Becky Bee Groundworks PO Box 14194, Portland, Or. 97293 $25 Earth Building &The Cob Revival and The Cobbler's Companion PO Box 123 Cottage Grove, Or 97424 Bioshelters, Ocean Arks, and City Farming by Jack and Nancy Todd Handbook: Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Building John Reynolds Children and Nature The Usborne Complete First Book of Nature Michael Chinery et.al.Usborne Ltd. Belgium Publishing Ltd. 1990 Beautifully detailed illustrations of plants and animals. A serious nature study for the young and old. I had to special order this but found it one of the best childrenÕs nature books available. Kids Nature Susan Milord Williams Publishing Charlette,Vt. 365 Indoor and outdoor nature experiences for kids. Springo Tyron Creek State Park 11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, Or 97219 (503)636-4550 Life Lab, Growing Adventure Life Lab Science Program 1156 High St. Santa Cruz, Ca. 95064 (408)459-2001 Common Ground Garden Program 2615 S. Grand Ave.#400 L.A. Ca. 90007 (213) 744-4341 If you or some one you know has the inclination to organize a school garden, Fred Meyer Foundation and the National Gardening Association often provide grant monies for these projects. Communities will often donate supplies needed. Communities Intentional Communities Communities Publication Cooperative 105 Sun Street Steele Illinois, 60919 This book explains what communities are, how to choose a community, social action, personal growth through community, ideas for decision making, community economics, land trusts, and networking. Living Communities Ben Haggard 4018 Old Santa Fe Trail, Santa Fe, NM 87505 Center for the Study of Community, Writing from experience this book is inspiring. Economics Ecology of Economics Paul Hawken Harper Collins '93 Ecological analysis of Business. Practical suggestions Small Is Beautiful Nine Steps to Financial Freedom Your Money or Your Life Edibles and General Gardening Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape Naturally Robert Kourik Metamorphic Press Santa Rosa,Ca. 1986 This is a must for those serious gardeners. Chock full of information on design, gardening, soil preparation, pruning, biological controls, combing fruits, flowers, lawns, herbs, Vines, and Vegies. The Self-Sufficient Gardener John Seymour Dolphin Books Doubleday and Company, Garden City N.Y. 1980 One of my favorite general garden book. Excellent colored line drawings, explanations of soil care, propagation, controlling insects and diseases, Harvesting and Storage, greenhouse growing and more. Master Garden Handbook Oregon State Extension Service 1993 EM 8442 Covers: Botany Basics, Soil and Fertilizers, Plant Propagation, Pruning, Vegie Gardening, Ornamental Herbaceous plants, Ornamental woody plants, Home Orchards, small fruit Culture and care, lawns, House plants, Insects, Plant diseases, Diagnostic key to urban plant problems, understanding pesticides, landscapes design, information about master gardeners. Available at he Country Extension Service for nominal price. The Beautiful Food Garden Kate Rodgers Gessert N.Y. 1983 An Encyclopedia of food plants specifically for the Willamette Valley. Winter Gardening in the Maritime Northwest Binda Colebrook A guide to growing vegetables between October and May. Site selection, variety choices, when to plant and harvest. Explanation of common winter crop pests and diseases. The Complete Herbal Handbook for Farm and Stable Juliette de Bairacli Levy Faber and Faber, Boston '90 Interesting and fun read on herbal remedies and folklore of many cultures How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible John Jeavons Ten Speed Press, Berkeley '79 French Intensive method of gardening, good lists of companions plants. Seed to Seed Suzanne Ashworth, Seed Saver's Exchange 307 N. Winn Road Decorah, Iowa 52101 Seed saving guide. Herbs of the Pacific Northwest Ross H Penhallen OSU Extension Bulletin #LC406 65 page comprehensive guide to the production of herbs Complete Book of Herbs and Spices Sarah Garland 1979 A Studio Book Viking Press N.Y. A definitive guide to herbs and spices with great illustrations, stories, and recipes Pruning: Roses, Deciduous Shrubs, Evergreens, hedges, wall shrubs, fruit bushes and trees, deciduous trees Christopher Brickell The best guide I know of for providing pruning techniques. The Orchard Almanac Steve Page and Joe Smillie A seasonal guide to healthy fruit trees. Excellent reference planting, pruning, fertilization, organic control of pests, restoring old fruit trees, IPM, resistant varieties, harvest and storage. Western Fruit, Berries and Nuts by Lance Walheim & Robert Stebbins Forestry/Forest Farming Restoration Forestry Michael Pilarski,ed. An International Guide to Sustainable Forestry Practices Wildwood A forest Farm for the Future--Ruth Loomis Pacific Certified Ecological Forest Products Institute for Sustainable forestry PO Box 1580 Redway, Ca. 95560 Forest Farming J. Sholto Douglas and R. Hart Forest Farming Robert de J Hart Green Books, Bideford, Devon '91 Mostly reviews tropical settings but has one chapter from his experience in England Forest Primeval Chris Maser Introduction to the forest particularly pertaining to our bioregion. The Forest Farmer's Handbook: A Guide to Natural Selection Forestry, Orville Camp Sky River Press, Ashland, Oregon 1984 Insects Rodale's Color Handbook of Garden Insects Anna Carr Rodale Press Emmaus, Pa 1979 Readily available used. Photographs illustrating insect (beneficial and 'pest') life cycles Then Bug Book Olkowski Easy to understand book on bugs- lifecysles, beneficials The Orchard Mason Bee Brian Griffin Knox Cellars 1607 Knox Ave. Bellingham, WA 98225 (306) 733-3283 Good little book on Mason Bees. Also, provider of Adult blue orchard bees (Osmia lignaria) along with nesting material and educational products. Least Toxic Pest Control Dan Stein Hulogosi PO Box 1188 Eugene, Or. 97440 A practical and humorous look at how to ÔcontrolÕ pests without pesticides. Handbook for Butterfly Watchers Robert Michael Pyle, Houghton Mifflin, Boston '84 Butterflies as indicator species Biological Control of Insects and Mites N.C.R.481 University of Wisconsin Coop./ Ext. Publication. 30 Murray St. Rm. 345 Madison, WI. 53715-2609 $9.00 An Introduction to beneficial natural enemies Suppliers of Beneficial Organisms in North America Ca. Environmental Protection Agency Dept. of Pesticide Regulation Environmental Monitoring and Pest Mangement Branch 1020 N. Street Rm 161 Sacramento, Ca. 95814-5604 FREE Insects Con't: Keys to Damaging Stages of Insects Commonly Attacking Field Crops in PNW University of Idaho Ag. Publication Building Build J40, Idaho Street Moscow, Idaho 83843 $17. Income Producing Sea Weed Vegetables Harvesting Guide and Cookbook Evelyn Mc Connaughety A guide to foraging and preparing of free nutritious sea vegetables. Salad Bar Beef Joel Salatin This proven system can yield a superb profit from a small cow herd regardless of the commodity price of calves. Pasture Poultry Profits Joel Salatin Production model describes how to produce an income from small acreage raising poultry. He tells how anyone can earn $25,000 in 6 months on 20 acres. Rebirth of the Small Family Farm Bob and Bonnie Gregson. A handbook for starting a successful organic farm based on the Community Supported Agriculture concept. IMF Associates, PO Box 2542, Vashon Island, Wa. 98070 Earthworms for Ecology and Profit Vol. I Scientific Earthworm Farming Ronald E. Gaddie and Donald Douglas Bookworm Publishing PO Box 655 Ontario, Ca. 91761 A 'complete' book on the study of earthworms- life cycle, production and marketing. I found this in a used bookstore, may be out of print. Inspirational The Greening of the Revolution Cuba's Experiment with Organic Agriculture Peter Rosset and Medea Benjamin Ocean Press 2017 Mission Street S.F. Ca. 94110 1994 Due to the collapse of the socialist bloc Cuba has lost its sources for conventional farming. They have made a dramatic shift by redistributing farmland and incorporating organic farming methods. Empty city lots and other available land is being converted to organic gardens frequently using long rows of raised beds. Radical Agriculture Ed. Richard Merrill Harper Colophon Books 1976 20 Essays that summarize the ecological, physical, and, social characteristics of a radical agriculture. Good used bookstore find or new. The Unsettling of America and The Gift of the Land and What Are People for? Wendell Berry Just a few of the books by this bountiful poet, visionary, and humanistic author. Women , Ecology, and Development Zed Books 1989 In this book she examines womenÕs relationship to nature and defines the links between the ecological crisis, colonialism, and the oppression of women. is Vandana Shiva. She is considered 'A green international star.' Native Plants Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast Pojar and Mackinnon One of the best books for native plant ID, great color photos Plants and Animals of the Pacific Northwest An illustrated Guide to the Natural History of Western Washington, Oregon, and B.C. Eugene Kozloff Good infor on our native fauna and flora Handbook of Northwestern Plants Gilkey Complete book of plants native to the area from the summit of the Cascade Range to the coastline of Washington and Oregon, to the South line of Lane County. Gardening With Natives of the Pacific Northwest Arthur Kruckenberg Good descriptions NW plants, how to propagate and their uses. Hortus Northwest Dale Shank A Pacific Northwest Native Plant Directory PO Box 955, Canby, Or.97013 Catalog Profiles of Northwest Plants Peggy Robinson Far West Book Service Portland, Or '79 Excellent book on the lore of medicinal NW plants. I think this is out of print. If you see it used, grab it. Sea Weed Vegetables Harvesting Guide and Cookbook Evelyn Mc Connaughety A guide to foraging and preparing of free nutritious sea vegetables. Natives con't Plant Association and Management Guide - Willamette National Forest Hemstrom 1987 . Put out US Department of Agriculture. Excellent reference for guide of guilds utilized in the Willamette National forest. These could be introduced in similar environments to that forest. More on Plants Wetland Plants of Oregon and Washington B. Jennifer Guard Lone Pine '98 A field guide with photos good glossary and lots of interesting info. Landscape Design That Saves Energy A. Moffat Morrow '81 Tree Crops: A Permanent Agriculture J. Russell Smith Harper '98 Agroforestry systems and key tree species Organic Plant Protection Rodale Pess1976 A How to guide to organic gardening. Readily found in used Book Stores Seeds Breeding Your Own Vegetable Varieties Carol Deppy Simple how book Biopiracy Vandana Shiva Biotech and what it is doing to seed savers The New Seed-Starters Handbook- by Nancy Bubel Excellent guide to starters seed Self-Sufficiency One Acre and Security by Bradford Angier Random House New York 1972 A comprehensive book describing techniques for raising food, bees, earthworms, cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits, poultry, fish, frogs and turtles. Homemade Garden Publishing 101 Easy to make things for your home, garden or farm. Simple detailed drawings such as, chicken feeders, egg candling light, watering troughs, portable buildings, plant protectors, tool cleaners, and on and on. Stocking Up Carol Hupping Stoner Rodale Press '77 Food preservation techniques: fruits, vegies, dairy products, meat and fish, nuts seeds and grains. Ferment and Human Nutrition Bill Mollison Tagari Publications, Tyalgum, Australia, 1993 Soil The Soil and Health and An Agricultural Testament Sir Albert Howard Foundation of organic agriculture and composting. Rodale Press 1976 Feed the soil Edwin McLeod Organic Ag. Research Institute 1982 Resource to understand how natural ag. works and putting it into practice. Focus on green manure crops and Nitrogen fixers. Water Water for Every Farm PA Yeoman's and KA Yeomans Keyline Designs, Southport '93 Avail thru Frank Espriella, PO Box 206 Guinda, Ca 95637 The 'bible' for water on the land Water: A Primer Luna Leopold, WH Freeman '74 An Introduction to Hydrology for designers working with dams and streams Living Water Olaf Alexandersson Viktor Schauberger theories on water. Can be a bit 'out there' for some folks but an interesting read. Water Con't Earth Ponds Tim Matson Countryman Woodstock, VT '82 Guide to avoiding mistakes in building earth ponds Farming In Ponds and Dams Nick Romanowski The Freshwater Aquaculture Book William McClarney Hartley and Marks, Pt. Roberts. '84 Mainly for east of the Rockies, includes pond design and construction Create and Oasis with Graywater Art Ludwig 5 San Marcos Trout Club, Santa Barbara, Ca 93105 (805)967-3222 One of the best illustrated books on the subject. Inexpensive yet complete Wildlife Attracting American Wildlife and Plants A Guide to Wildlife Food Habitats Alexander Martin, Herbert S. Zim, Arnold Nelson Dover Press 1951 This book is divided into three parts. 1) food and feeding habits of more than 1000 migratory birds and mammals and the relationship to each other. 2) Food habits and range of about 300 common birds (water, marsh, shore, upland, song, and birds of prey). Also included is fur and game animals, small mammals, hoofed browsers, and fish, amphibians, and reptiles. 3) The genera of plants that furnish food to wildlife (woody, upland weeds and herbs, marsh and aquatic, and cultivated plants). I had to special order this, with quite a wait, but it is well worth it. It has been around for a long time so you might find it used. Wildlife Attracting (Con't) HedgerowÕs Eric White This beautifully illustrated book that tells the story of hedgerowÕs in England. Their origins, growth, resources, wild life, and their place in the changing landscape. Very applicable to our region. Hedging: A Practical Handbook British Trust for Conservation Volunteers '88 Wallingford Oxfordshire Avail. thru Ag. Access Tools, species, techniques for hedges. A Guide To Bird Homes PO Box 110 Marietta, Ohio 45750 Scott Shalaway This is a small book that is rich in descriptions of what birds like what type of nesting and roosting space. There are adequate plans for nesting boxes and predator baffles. The basics of who, what, where, when, and how is addressed. Periodicals Sustainable Living News: A West Coast Journal of Environmental Design, PO Bo 45472, Seattle, WA 98145. Permaculture Activist, PO Bo 1209, Black Mountain, NC 28711 Permaculture International Journal, (Australia) available thr the Activist Permaculture Magazine (UK) available thr the Activist Permaculture Review, Overview, and Digest PO Bo 672, Dahlonega, Ga 30533. Permaculture Drylands Journal, PO Bo 156, Sante Fe, NM 87504 Rain, PO Bo 30097, Eugene, Or 97403 Earthword, 580 Broadway, Suite 200, Laguna Beach, Ca 92651 Places, PO Bo 368, Lawrence, K 66044 The Last Straw, PO Bo 42000, Tucson, AZ 85733-2000 Circle Round: The Women's Natural Building Newsletter, PO Bo 14194, Portland, Or 97293 Dandy Burgers from The Garden Gate 2/99 1 cup packed dandelion flowers ( no greens) 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup chopped onions 1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. garlic powder 1/4 tsp. each basil and oregano 1/8 tsp pepper Mix all ingredients together to form stiff batter. Roll in to golf ball sized pieces and flatten to 1/2". Pan fry in oil, turning until crisp on both sides. Use as you would vegetarian burgers.