Cynthia wrote: "Jo, I haven't read that one by him. I think I need to add it to my TBR shelf!"

I picked it up within the past couple of years at either the library sale or the thrift shop but haven't read it yet. It's been sitting in w/my gardening books collection. Then I saw the documentary and decided it needs to be on my "to read" bookshelf in the living room!

Jo, I haven't read that one by him. I think I need to add it to my TBR shelf!

Another great book by Michael Pollan is: The Botany of Desire A Plant's-Eye View of the World. His documentary version was on our local PBS channel recently and it was really good!

Cheryl, I'm always glad when I can pass along book suggestions!

Cynthia--you just gave me some great ideas for my Christmas wish list! I usually beg for gift certificates to book stores, but it's a lot more fun to open an actual present.

Martha, I don't know where you are located but here are a couple books on gardening/landscaping/agriculture that I've found fun and informative.....

Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love, by Julie Moir Messervy.

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, by Toby Hemenway.

Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in Our Gardens, by Douglas W. Tallamy.

Any of the Beverley Nichols gardening books, such as Merry Hall.

Second Nature, by Michael Pollan.

Noah's Garden: Restoring the Ecology of Our Own Back Yards, by Sara Stein.

Any of Wendell Berry's agricultural essay compilations.

Well, that's a start. Hope one or more of these strike a chord for you!

Martha,

I think the following site will assist you immensely: http://www.animalvegetablemiracle.com/ as would the References, Organizations, Sidebar Resources sections at the back of the Animal Vegetable Miracle paperback edition.

This may be the list you mentioned, but I don't remember so I wanted to post the link: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/469.L...

These might as well:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93504...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/64814...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63163...

And one of my personal faves: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/68709...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75186...