Click on one of the books below to find it in our catalog. You can click on the "Place Request" button, log in with your library card number and PIN, and have the book delivered to your local library!
How to Garden Indoors and Grow Your Own Food Year Round by A recent article in the magazine "Business Insider" picked reviewed five gardening books as the best and most useful. You could buy them, but why spend the money you could spend on seeds, plants, or raised beds? We have them all in our library system! You just saved about $75!
Here are the top five according to https://www.businessinsider.com/best-gardening-books:
Gaia's garden : a guide to home-scale permaculture
The garden primer
The vegetable gardener's bible : discover Ed's high-yield W-O-R-D system for all North American gardening regions
All new square foot gardening : the revolutionary way to grow more in less space
We're focusing on what grows here, how to grow it, or where to find it!
The public libraries in Clinton, Essex and Franklin Counties have many resources available to gardeners of all skill levels, as well as people who want to cook and eat local food or protect the environment by learning about pollinators and native plants.
This guide highlights the books and videos you can borrow, local organizations you can contact, and how to find fresh, locally grown food in our area.
Through New York State, public library patrons are able to access a wealth of information that would normally require a paid subscription. There are many databases of full text journal and magazine articles at your fingertips through the New York Online Virtual Electronic Library.
Two of these databases are especially helpful for serious gardening and agriculture questions:
Cornell Cooperative Extension offers information on soils, site improvement, plant selection, proper plant care, eco-friendly practices, integrated pest management, composting and more. They offer free or low-cost gardening classes, and opportunities to share your love of gardening as a volunteer. We have three locations you can contact with gardening questions in our region.
Our collection of ebooks is growing and includes some great gardening titles. You can see all of them by clicking on this link: Gardening Ebooks. Below is one example.
How to Create a New Vegetable Garden by 
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020 by 
The Living Soil Handbook by 
