The following publications continue to inspire and educate me. Perhaps blog followers will also find them helpful. Disclaimer: I own or subscribe to these publications, yet do not receive monetary compensation by listing them. Photographs on this blog remain the sole property of Diane LaSauce
Handcrafted Modern: At Home with Midcentury Designers-Leslie Williamson
The Straw Bale House—Steen, Steen, & Bainbridge
Paint Magic—Jocasta Innes
Recipes for Surfaces—Mindy Drucker & Pierre Finkelstein
Caring for Your Collections—National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property
The Art and Craft of Stonescaping—David Reed
Culinary Herbs—Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record
Gardening for Fragrance—Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record
The Terracotta Gardener—Jim Keeling
the gardener’s weather bible—Sally Roth
The Vegetable Gardener’s Bible—Edward C. Smith
The Virginia Gardener’s Companion—An Insider’s Guide to Low-Maintenance Gardening in Virginia—Donna Williamson
Gardening at the Dragon’s Gate~At Work in the Wild and Cultivated World—by Wendy Johnson
The Nature Gardens of Sebastian Kneipp—Hans Horst Frohlich
The Natural Garden—Ken Druse
The Inward Garden—Julie Moir Messervy, photos by Sam Abell
Infinite Spaces—Edited by Joe Earle
Outside the Not So Big House—Julie Moir Messervy & Sarah Susanka
The Herb Companion—Ogden Publications, Inc.
Field Guide to Birds—National Audubon Society
Field Guide to Butterflies—National Audubon Society
Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America—Eric R. Eaton; Kenn Kaufman
The Bluebird Monitor’s Guide—Cynthia Berger, Keith Kridler, Jack Griggs
Stokes Bird Feeder Book—Donald; Lillian Stokes
The Family Butterfly Book—Rick Mikula
The Life Cycles of Butterflies—Wayne Richards; Judy Burris
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