You Grow Girl Library

The following are just a few of my favourite books on gardening, cooking, preserving, ecology, stitching, art making, and writing. They are all much-loved volumes that I have on my own shelves and return to often. I think you’ll love them, too.

Whenever you purchase a book through most of the following links, I will collect a small fee (at no charge to you) that goes towards the cost of maintaining this website. Your help is very appreciated!

Books by Gayla Trail

I love reading books and I also love making them. Check out the Books page for more information about the books I have authored.

book_you_grow_girl
Grow Great Grub
book_easy_growing
book_drinking_the_summer_garden

Garden Books
A few of the shelves in my garden book collection. I LOVE print on paper!

Garden & Plant Resources

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book_makingmoreplants
book_backyardparables
book_succulentsworld
book_naturalpest
book_succulentscoldclimate
book_agavesliving
book_sedums
book_greenthoughts
book_mygardenbook
book_savagegarden
book_pruning book
books_dryshade
book_fourseason
seedtoseed
greenflowers
heirloomtomato
carrotslovetomatoes
onestrawrevolution
books_botanyinaday
books_salvias
books_plantbreeding
books_seedstarters
books_earthknowsmyname
books_gardenpeople

Foraging & Wild Plants

book_sonorandesertplants
ediblewildplants
peterson_ediblewild
ediblewildplants_kallas
wildfoodbooks_weedsinwinter

Culinary and Medicinal Herbs & Herbalism

book_medicinal
book_herbalrecipes
book_herbalwomen
book_backyardmedicine
book_medicinalsouthwest
book_herbalkitchenbooks_adaptogens
books_medicinalherbs
books_healingwithwholefoods
books_medicaladaptogens

Favourite Cook Books

Ikaria
book_moro
book_moro_east
book_tale_of_12_kitchens
book_purplecitrus
book_the_kitchen_diaries
book_tender_vol1
book_tender_vol2
book_terrine
book_jerusalem
book_achangeofappetite
book_levant
book_crazywater
book_ottolen
book_newpersiankitchen
book_burma
book_vietnamesehomecooking
book_turquoise
book_roots
book_cucinapovera
51N7CCTCF9L
book_vegetableliteracy
books_oaxacaalgusto
books_heritage
books_afrovegan
books_bartartine
books_yucatan
books_persiana
books_oliveslemons
books_plentymore
books_healingwithwholefoods

Canning, Preserving & Fermenting

book_canning_for_a_new_generation
book_saltsugarsmoke
book_asianpickles
book_artoffermentation
book_wildfermentation
book_well-preserved
book_tartandsweet
book_bluechairjam
book_foodinjars
book_bitters
book_jelliesjams
book_fruitsofearth
rootcellaringbooks_preservingjapaneseway

Nature & Ecology

book_second_nature
book_biomimicrybook_gathering_the_desert
book_beeswaspsants
books_stingintale
book_weedswinter
book_biophilia
treesofnorthamerica
books_whataplantknows
books_lostlanguageofplants
books_savagegrace

Making, Stitching, & Natural Dyeing

book_markmaking
book_drawntostitch
book_stitchdraw
book_indiantextiles
book_textilesislamic
book_africantextiles
book_foundobjectintextile
book_reclaimedtextiles
book_textintextileart
book_geesbend
book_harvestingcolor
book_naturaldyes
books_slowstitch
Modern Natural Dyer
book_secondskin
book_naturalprocessesintextilebooks_stitchstoriesbooks_unconventionalandunexpectedbooks_papermakingwithplantsbooks_improvequilterbooks_rughooking

Arts, Culture, & Writing

book_what_it_is
book_syllabus
book_picturethis
book_writingdownbones
book_birdbybird

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