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These are the book that I really could not have done without. (In the format Author, Title, Publisher and Date, ISBN, my comments.)
Brenda and Robert Vale
The New Autonomous House
Thames and Hudson (2000)
ISBN 0-500-28287-0
Detailed description of energy efficient house in the Midlands with rainwater harvesting system and composting toilet. Compares the designed systems with how they worked in practice.
Sue Roaf, Manuel Fuentes, Stephanie Thomas
Ecohouse 2: A design Guide
Elsevier (2003)
ISBN 0-7506-5734-0
How to design an eco-house. Lots on passive solar design.
Cindy Harris and Pat Borer
The Whole House Book: Ecological Building Design and Materials (2nd Ed.)
Centre for Alternative Technology Publications (1998)
ISBN 1-90217-522-0
Helpful for choosing appropriate materials.
Colin Buchanan and Partners Ltd. and Mike Shanahan and Associates, Architects
Planning Standards and Guidance Series, No. 1: Cork Rural Design Guide, Building a New House in the Countryside
Cork County Council (2003)
ISBN 0-9525-86940
Really helpful guide on how to design a vernacular house that will fit into the landscape.
Mike Oehler
The Earth Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book: How to build an energy free year-round greenhouse
Mole Publishing Company (2007)
ISBN 9780960446407
Energy efficient greenhouses from predominately recycled materials.
Mike and Nancy Bubel
Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruit and Vegetables (2nd Ed.)
Versa Press (1991)
ISBN 0-88266-703-3
Detailed guide on how to build root cellars with lots of examples and details of how to store a comprehensive range of produce.
Peter Harper and Louise Halestrap
Lifting the Lid: An ecological approach to toilet systems
C.A.T. Publications (1999)
ISBN 1-898049-79-3
Different dry toilet systems. Not as good as Humanure Handbook but does look at different commercial systems.
Nick Grant, Mark Moodie, Chris Weedon
Sewage Solutions: Answering the call of Nature (3rd Ed.)
C.A.T. Publications (2005)
ISBN 1-90217-526-3
How to reduce water demand and dealing with grey and black water including reedbeds.
Joseph Jenkins
The Humanure Handbook: a guide to composting human manure (3rd Ed.)
Chelsea Green Publishing (2005)
ISBN 0-9644258-3-1
Inspirational book on dealing with human manure, mostly by composting toilets including how to make your own. Available online too.
Judith Thornton
The Water Book
C.A.T. Publications (2005)
ISBN 1-90217-523-9
Self-sufficient water systems including rainwater harvesting.
S.B. Watt And W.E. Wood
Hand Dug Wells and Their Construction
Practical Action Publishing (2007)
ISBN 978-0-90303-127-1
How to safely dig wells by hand and protect the water supply.
Graham Bell
The Permaculture Garden
Permanent Publications (2004)
ISBN 1-85623-027-9
Good introduction to sustainable and forest gardening. Useful tables e.g. Fibre Plants, Insect Repellent Plants, Soap Plants, Dynamic Accumulators. Aimed more at urban gardeners and only 170 pages long.
Patrick Whitefield
How to Make a Forest Garden
Permanent Publications (2002)
ISBN 1-85623-008-2
Lots of information on the theory and design of forest gardens. Details of some of the more common edible perennial species for UK gardens.
Dave Jacke with Eric Toensmeier
Edible Forest Gardens Volume 1 and 2
Chelsea Green Publishing (2005)
ISBN 1-931498-79-2 and 1-931498-80-6
Extremely detailed look at forest gardens from permaculture design principles onwards. Volume 2 has useful tables (Plant Species Matrix and Species-by-Function tables). Not all plants are suitable for the UK and it does not mention some common UK species.
Ken Fern
Plants for a Future
Permanent Publications (2000)
ISBN 1-85623-011-2
An excellent resource of edible species suitable for the UK. Lots of cool inspirational plants. Information also available in on-line database.
British Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Woodlands: a practical handbook
Antony Rowe Ltd (1998)
ISBN 0-9501643-7-2
How to plant and manage native woodlands. Lots of other useful BTCV titles and also available on-line.
William Milliken and Sam Bridgewater
Flora Celtica
Birlinn Ltd (2004)
ISBN 1-84158-303-0
Wonderful book about the plants and people of Scotland using information gathered from the public, historical writings and modern plant uses. Great for dipping into. |
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jamanda
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Barefoot Andrew
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Bump. Just sorting out my unwieldy email inbox, and the following list from orangepippin has been sat in there for a while 
The Fruit Expert
Dr G.G. Hessayon
If you just want to start growing apples or other fruit trees in the garden or allotment, no need to buy anything else, this has it all.
Pruning Fruiting Plants
Richard Bird
Slightly "coffee table" but simple to refer to - just find the fruit you are interested in and follow the instructions and diagrams for standards, cordons, bushes, spindles etc.
The Grafter's Handbook
R.J. Garner
If you want to start propagating your own fruit trees, this is the only book you need.
Peaches and Apricots / Plums / Cherries
Martin Crawford, Agroforestry Research
Three small notebooks, but containing very detailed information about these fruit species - useful if you are starting to become obsessed with fruit trees.
Apples in Scotland
John Butterworth
Essential reading if you want to try growing apples in the slightly more challenging environment north of the border.
The New Book of Apples
Joan Morgan et al
The definitive work about the history of apples, and includes a directory listing some 2,000 varieties in the UK National Fruit Collection.
The Apple Grower
Michael Phillips
This is the one to get if you want to setup an organic orchard and need a bit of inspiration - although you might need to translate some of the American terminology.
Intensive Orchard Management
Bruce Barritt / Washington State University
A good insight into how modern orchards are managed - very different from the garden or allotment situation, but some of the techniques can be adapted.
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Botanical friends will point out discrepancies. "You can't eat that with that, they aren't in flower/fruit at the same time..." I use it and enjoy it.
This is the pocket edition which I 
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