Thursday, January 27, 2005

Deep Winter Reading

This is the time of the year for reading and thinking. Here are a five books, by three authors, worth reading while it is cold and snowy. Masanobu Fukuoka and Ruth Stout tell you how successful gardening can be accomplished without toiling in the fields. Amy Dacyczyn tells you how to live on less while engaging your brain more. You may be able to get them at your library or buy them used online:

The One Straw Revolution : An Introduction to Natural Farming (1978) by: Masanobu Fukuoka

The Natural Way of Farming : The Theory and Practice of Green Philosophy (1985) by: Masanobu Fukuoka

The Ruth Stout No-Work Garden Book (1971) by: Ruth & Clemence, Richard Stout.

How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back : A New Method of Mulch Gardening (1990) by: Leta MacLeod Brunckhorst, Ruth Stout

The Complete Tightwad Gazette : Promoting Thrift As a Viable Alternative Lifestyle (1999) by: Amy Dacyczyn

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