This section will be updated as often as needed. Please check back frequently to see what has been added. These are references from workshops and classes that everybody interested in our mission may find useful.
Last Updated: 9/14/2024
Books To Consider Reading
Home Gardening/Landscaping
Doug Tallamy - Nature’s Best Hope
Doug Tallamy - Bringing Nature Home
Uli Lorimer - The Northeast Native Plant Primer
Lee Reich - Landscaping With Fruit
Dani Baker - The Home Scale Forest Garden
Agriculture/Culture
Wendell Berry - The Unsettling of America
Masanobu Fukuoka - The One Straw Revolution
Michael Foley - Farming for the Long Haul
Mark Shepherd - Restoration Agriculture
Mark Bittman - Animal, Vegetable, Junk
Permaculture/Ecological Design
David W. Orr - The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention
Aranya, Patrick Whitefield - Permaculture Design: A Step By Step Guide
Toby Hemenway - The Permaculture City
Toby Hemenway - Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture
Ben Falk - The Resilient Farm and Homestead
Green & Natural Building
Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith - The Hand-Sculpted House
Knowledge/Understanding
Brian Fagan - Climate Chaos
Fred Pearce - The New Wild
Tom Wessels - Reading the Forested Landscape
Suzanne Simard - Finding the Mother Tree
Other Books Mentioned During Courses/Workshops
Rachel Carson - Silent Spring
Aldo Leopold - Sand County Almanac
E.O. Wilson - Half Earth
Suzanne Simard - Finding the Mother Tree
Podcasts/Movies
INHABIT: A Permaculture Perspective
Helpful Links & Information.
Site Analysis / Gardening / Landscaping / Etc.
Frost Dates By Zip Code
Find Your USDA Hardiness Zone
Soil Temperature Map
Seed Starting Calculator
Fruition Seeds’ Plant Now! - Amazing resources for planting in Zones 4-6
Web Soil Survey
National Weather Service - Helpful for rainfall data/etc.
National Weather Service - Northeast Regional Climate Center
Topozone - Somewhat helpful topography if not using GIS
Google Earth Online
Misc. Helpful Resources
Homegrown National Park
Seeds / Supplies / Organizations
Permaculture Institute of North America
The Permaculture Institute
Hudson Valley Seed Co.
Prairie Moon Nursery
Dawn’s Wild Things (local to Capital District, NY)
Home Earth Alliance (local to Capital District, NY)