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Recommended Books:
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Fresh
from the Garden: An Organic Guide to Growing Vegetables, Berries, and Herbs in
Cold Climates - by John Whitman. Fresh is simply best. To get the
tastiest, most nutritious produce, you have to grow your own, and in a cold
climate this presents unique challenges. Fresh from the Garden will help you
extend the growing season to produce the best vegetables, berries, and herbs,
right in your own backyard. The guide includes more than 150 edible plants and
helps you decide which varieties to choose; where and how to plant, tend, and
harvest them; and what to do with your bounty. Fresh from the Garden is a
clear, concise (yet comprehensive) guide, with nutrition information tables
and hundreds of helpful color photographs. A gardening text book!
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Gardening
When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times
- by Steve Solomon. This is a more advanced book for those who are serious about raising food. In this volume, Steve explains why intensive gardening methods are not natural and therefore require great amounts of energy and effort to maintain. A lot of information regarding soil health and cover cropping is included.
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Places to Visit:
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Bartlett Arboretum & Gardens -
151 Brookdale Road, Stamford, CT 06903
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Butler McCook House and Garden -
394 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103
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Connecticut College Arboretum -
270 Mohegan Avenue, Box 5201, New London, CT 06320
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Dinosaur State Park Arboretum -
400 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06067
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Fairfield Nature Center - Audubon
Society of Connecticut, 2325 Burr Street, Fairfield,
CT 06430
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General William Hart House - 350 Main Street, Old
Saybrook, CT 06475
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Glebe House Museum and Gertrude Jekyll Garden
- Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT 06798
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Harriet Beecher Stowe House - 77
Forest Street, Hartford, CT 06105
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Noah Webster House - 227 South
Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06107
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Phelps Homestead - 800 Hopmeadow
Street, Simsbury, CT 06070
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Sundial Gardens - Brault Hill
Road, Higganum, CT 06441
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Webb Deane Stevens Museum - 211
Main Street, Wethersfield, CT 06109
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