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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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Adams National Historic Site -
135 Adams Street, Quincy, MA 02169
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Aptucxet Trading Post and Museum
- 24 Aptucxet Road, Box 3095, Bourne, MA 02532
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Arnold Arboretum - Harvard
University, 125 Arborway, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
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Berkshire Botanical Garden -
Routes 102 and 183, Stockbridge, MA 01262
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Botanic Garden of Smith College and Lyman Conservatory
- College Lane, Northampton, MA 01063
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Case Estates of the Arnold Arboretum
- 135 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02193
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Codman House Gardens: Codman
Road, Lincoln, MA 01773
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Hancock Shaker Villages -
Junction of Routes 20 and 41, Pittsfield, MA 01202
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Harlow Old Fort House - 119
Sandwich Street, Plymouth, MA 02360
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Longfellow National Historic Site
- 105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Massachusetts Horticultural Society at Elm Bank
- Route 16 (Dover Road), Dover, MA
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Mayflower Society House - 4
Winslow Street, Plymouth, MA 02360
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New
England Wild Flower Society Garden in the Woods
- 180 Hemenway Road, North Framingham, MA 01701
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Old
Sturbridge Village - 1 Old Sturbridge Village
Road, Sturbridge, MA 01566
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Plimoth Plantation - 133 Warren Avenue,
Plymouth, MA 02362
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Polly Hill Arboretum - 809 State
Road, West Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, MA 02575
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Tower Hill Botanic Garden - 11
French Drive, Boylston, MA 01505
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