Eat What You Grow

Want to know more about backyard chickens? Be sure to read all about it on Gwen's blog!

• Eat Your Yard! by Nan K. Chase
• Backyard Farming by Terry Bridge
• Edible Estates by Will Allen
• Grow Great Grub by Gayla Trail
• Small Plot, High Yield Gardening by Sal Gilbertie and Larry Sheehan
• From Container to Kitchen: Growing Fruits and Vegetables in Pots by D.J. Herda
• Incredible Edibles: 43 Fun Things to Grow in the City by Sonia Day
• One Magic Square: The Easy, Organic Way to Grow Your Own Food on a 3-Foot Square by Lolo Houbein
  
• Starter Vegetable Gardens: 24 No-Fail Plans for Small Organic Gardeners Barbara Pleasant
  
• Homegrown: A Growing Guide for Creating a Cook's Garden in Raised Beds, Containers, and Small Spaces by Marta Teegen

Read more personal accounts of the trials and triumphs of sustainable living in these biographies and memoirs:

• Farewell, My Subaru: An Epic Adventure in Local Living by Doug Fine
  
• My Empire of Dirt: How One Man Turned His Big City Backyard into a Farm by Manny Howard
• Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer by Novella Carpenter
• Hit by a Farm by Catherine Friend
• Still Life with Chickens by Catherine Goldhammer

More about the Locavore Movement:

• The Locavore Way by Amy Cotler
• Sharing the Harvest: A Citizen's Guide to Community Supported Agriculture by Elizabeth Henderson with Robyn Van En
• The Locavore's Handbook: The Busy Person's Guide to Eating Local on a Budget by Leda Meredith
• Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon
• Eating Local: The Cookbook Inspired by America's Farmers by Sur La Table with Janet Fletcher