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The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening and Some of Their Disciples

Jane Lamb

Down East Books, 2004

used hardcover- very good condition

143 pages

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Unique Maine Farms

Mary Quinn Doyle

Penmor Lithographers, Sept. 2014

printed in Maine on Maine Sappi paper

brand new book - 296 pages

profiles 178 unique farms in Maine

$15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Gardens of Maine - A Guide to Gardens Open to the Public

by Tarrant Hancock

Heritage Publishing, 1997

very good condition, softcover

162 pages

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

People-Places-Plants

A Gardening Magazine From Maine

Early Spring 1999

magazine - good condition

69 pages

$2.95 plus media mail shipping

People-Places-Plants

A Gardening Magazine From Maine

Winter 1988

magazine - good condition

76 pages

$2.95 plus media mail shipping

Gardening From the Merrimack to the Kennebec

(formerly Piscataqua Papers)

compiled by the Piscataqua Garden Club

York Harbor, Maine

Heritage Books Inc., 1978

vintage softcover, 160 pages

good condition - clean pages

cover shows wear

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Fertile Ground

Celebrating 40 Years of MOFGA

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, 2011

softcover, 100 pages

very good condition

our price:   $4.95  plus media mail shipping

The Orchids of Maine

by Jean Wallace Cameron

University of Maine at Orono Press, 1976

vintage softcover, 80 pages

good condition - pages are intact and unmarked

cover shows minimal wear

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

HOME - The Story of Maine - A Love for the Land

VHS Tape - Northeast Historic Film

A look at the last century of farming in Maine and the farmers who shaped their land from the wooded rocky terrain

Length:  25:37     Closed Captioned

Maine Public Broadcasting

our price:  $5.95 plus media mail shipping

The Nearings - Prophets of Survival

Boston Globe Sunday - Nov. 1, 1970

vintage Boston Globe Sunday Magazine

rare collector’s item

story appears on pages 8, 9, 14, 15, 16

pages are tanned due to age

small tear in top left of newspaper cover

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Coon Cat

by Liza Gardner Walsh

Down East Books, 2013

softcover - 94 pages

like new condition - clean and crisp pages

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping

Two Farms - Essays on a Maine Country Life

by Janet Galle

Will-Dale Press, Bowdoin, Maine, 2006

illustrations by Arek W. Galle

like new condition - clean, crisp pages

294 pages

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening and Some of Their Disciples

Jane Lamb

Down East Books, 2004

used hardcover- very good condition

143 pages

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

A Small Farm in Maine

by Terry Silber

Houghton Mifflin, 1988

vintage hardcover, 211 pages

very good condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Will Bonsall’s Essential Guide to Radical, Self-Reliant Gardening

Innovative Techniques for Growing Vegetables, Grains, and Perennial Food Crops with Minimal Fossil Fuel and Animal Inputs

by Will Bonsall

Chelsea Green Publishing, 2015

softcover, 385 pages

like new condition

our price:   $28.95 plus media mail shipping

The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening and Some of Their Disciples

Jane Lamb

Down East Books, 2004

used hardcover- like new condition

143 pages

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening and Some of Their Disciples

Jane Lamb

Down East Books, 2004

used hardcover- very good condition

143 pages

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

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Maine Farm - A Year of Country Life

by Stanley Joseph and Lynn Karlin

Foreword by Helen Nearing

Random House, 1991

First Edition

hardcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

black remainder line on bottom of book

our price:   $10.95  plus media mail shipping

A Small Farm in Maine

by Terry Silber

Houghton Mifflin, 1988

vintage hardcover, 211 pages

good condition

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

Northern Farm - A Chronicle of Maine

by Henry Beston

Ballantine Books, 1974

vintage softcover,  213 pages

interior pages - good condition

pages are slightly tanned due to age of book

collector’s item -

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Gardens - Maine Style

by Lynn Karlin and Rebecca Sawyer-Fay

Down East Books, 2001

hardcover,  160 pages

excellent like new condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

A History of the Longfellow Garden

by Dorris Ambler Porter

Longfellow Garden Club, 1996

softcover,  30 pages

good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Four-Season Harvest

How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long

by Eliot Coleman

Foreword by Barbara Damrosch

Chelsea Green Publishing, 1992

softcover,  212 pages

good condition

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Farm - A Year of Country Life

by Stanley Joseph and Lynn Karlin

Foreword by Helen Nearing

Random House, 1991

First Edition

hardcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

black remainder line on bottom of book

our price:   $10.95  plus media mail shipping

Native Plants for Your Maine Garden

by Maureen Heffernan

Down East, 2010

softcover, 128 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $19.95  plus media mail shipping

1996 Common Ground Country Fair

20th Anniversary -

Celebrating Rural Living

CD with 15 songs

produced by Jay Hardy and David Jordan

our price:   $8.95  plus media mail shipping

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Carrying Water as a Way of Life

A Homesteader’s History

by Linda Tatelbaum

About Time Press,

softcover, 120 pages

good condition

our price:   $8.95  plus media mail shipping

Eighty-Eight Years of a Maine Farm

by Will and Minnie Penney of Belgrade, Maine

edited by Lawrence M. Sturtevant

Second Edition, 1973

softcover, 152 pages

former library book

good condition

our price:   $13.95  plus media mail shipping

The Gardens of Maine - A Guide to Gardens Open to the Public

by Tarrant Hancock

Heritage Publishing, 1997

very good condition, softcover

162 pages

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

A Countryman’s Journal - View of Life and Nature from a Maine Coastal Farm

by Roy Barrette

Rand McNally & Company, 1981

vintage hardcover, 189 pages

very good condition

gift inscription on front page

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Fertile Ground

Celebrating 40 Years of MOFGA

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, 2011

softcover, 100 pages

very good condition

our price:   $4.95  plus media mail shipping

From the Land - Maine Farms at Work

photographs by Bridget Besaw

text by John Piotti

with a Preface by Chellie Pingree

Everbest Publishing, 2010

softcover, 96 pages

very good condition

our price:   $12.95  plus media mail shipping

A Small Farm in Maine

by Terry Silber

Doubleday, 1989

vintage softcover, 213 pages

very good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Pilgrimage - The Search for an

American Way of Life

by Richard Saltonstall, Jr.

Drawings by Polly Warren

Little, Brown & Company, 1974

gift inscription on first page

vintage hardcover, 353 pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket shows light wear

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

From the Land - Maine Farms at Work

photographs by Bridget Besaw

text by John Piotti

with a Preface by Chellie Pingree

Everbest Publishing, 2010

softcover, 96 pages

good condition

our price:   $12.95  plus media mail shipping

Northern Farm - A Glorious Year on a Small Maine Farm

by Henry Beston

Henry Holt & Company, 1994

softcover,  246 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Fertile Ground

Celebrating 40 Years of MOFGA

The Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, 2011

softcover, 100 pages

very good condition

our price:   $4.95  plus media mail shipping

A Countryman’s Bed-Book

More observations on country matters from Amen Farm

by Roy Barrette

Down East Books, 1987

vintage hardcover, 176 pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket has been taped as shown in photo

our price:   $11.95  plus media mail shipping

The Roots of a Family

Life in Rural Maine

by Gail Anne Rowe

Jarus Printing, 2012

softcover,  355 pages

like new condition

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Wild Plants of Maine - A Useful Guide

by Tom Seymour

signed by author

Just Write Books, 2010

softcover, 1600 pages

like new condition

excellent resource

our price:   $24.95  plus media mail shipping

Two Farms - Essays on a Maine Country Life

by Janet Galle

Will-Dale Press, Bowdoin, Maine, 2006

illustrations by Arek W. Galle

good condition - clean, crisp pages

143 pages

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

Gardens - Maine Style

by Lynn Karlin and Rebecca Sawyer-Fay

Down East Books, 2001

hardcover,  160 pages

excellent like new condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

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Grandfather’s Broadaxe

Other Stories of a Maine Farm Family

by C.A. Stephens

William R. Scott, Publisher, 1967

vintage hardcover,  224 pages

former library book

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket shows wear

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

A Small Farm in Maine

by Terry Silber

Doubleday, 1989

vintage softcover, 213 pages

cover shows wear

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Gardens Maine Style Daybook

photographs by Lynn Karlin

Down East Books, 2001

hardcover, 114 pages

very good condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Designing the Maine Landscape

by Theresa Mattor & Lucie Teegarden

Down East Books and the Maine Olmstead

Alliance for Parks & Landscapes

Down East books, 2009

hardcover, 215 pages

very good condition

our price:   $28.95 plus media mail shipping

Northern Farm - A Chronicle of Maine

by Henry Beston

Ballantine Books, 1974

vintage softcover,  213 pages

interior pages - good condition

pages are slightly tanned due to age of book

collector’s item -

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

From the Land - Maine Farms at Work

photographs by Bridget Besaw

text by John Piotti

with a Preface by Chellie Pingree

Everbest Publishing, 2010

softcover, 96 pages

very good condition

our price:   $12.95  plus media mail shipping

From the Land - Maine Farms at Work

photographs by Bridget Besaw

text by John Piotti

with a Preface by Chellie Pingree

Everbest Publishing, 2010

softcover, 96 pages

very good condition

our price:   $12.95  plus media mail shipping

The Dark Well

Coming of Age on a Maine Farm

by Brenda Shaw

Audenreed Press, 1997

softcover, 421 pages

good condition

former library book

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping

Native Plants for Your Maine Garden

by Maureen Heffernan

Down East, 2010

softcover, 128 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $19.95  plus media mail shipping

The Barns of Maine

Our History Our Stories

by Don Perkins

The History Press, 2012

softcover, 189 pages

interior pages - like new  condition

our price:   $14.95  plus media mail shipping

Piscataqua Papers

Gardening from the Merrimack to the Kennebec

published by the Piscataqua Garden Club

York Harbor, Maine, 1965

vintage softcover, 148 pages

good condition -

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Crossing the Field

by Kate Barnes

poems

wood engravings by Siri Beckman

Blackberry Books, 1992

softcover, 42 pages

good condition -

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

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New Growth

Portraits of Six Maine Organic Farms

by Peter Felsenthal

Gray Crow Press, 2014

signed by author

hardcover, 146 pages

good condition -

$16.95 plus media mail shipping

Saltwater Farm

by Luthera Burton Dawson

Cushing, Maine

Impatiens Press, 1993

gift inscription by author inside cover

softcover, 109 pages

good condition -

$16.95 plus media mail shipping

The Cows are Out! - Two Decades on a Maine Dairy Farm

by Trudy Chambers Price

Islandport Press, 2004

softcover,  excellent condition, 220 pages

SIGNED BY AUTHOR!

$8.95 plus media mail shipping

Once Upon a Farm

Stories about the Crossland Farm by

Lloyd Crossland, Joyce Morgan, Fern Stearns,

Gail Parent

stories about the farm on Thompson Hill in Mexico, Maine

1993softcover,  good condition, 180 pages

$19.95 plus media mail shipping

Native Plants for Your Maine Garden

by Maureen Heffernan

Down East, 2010

softcover, 128 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $19.95  plus media mail shipping

Native Plants for Your Maine Garden

by Maureen Heffernan

Down East, 2010

softcover, 128 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $19.95  plus media mail shipping

Memories Tucked in My Pocket

by Brenda Dionne Lewis

AuthorHouse, 2012

softcover, 91 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $14.95  plus media mail shipping

Pork, Molasses and Timber

Stories of bygone days in the logging camps

of Maine

by Louis W. Eaton

Print ‘N Press, Ltd., 1954

vintage softcover, 75 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $14.95  plus media mail shipping

We Ate Molasses Cookies for Walrus Meats

Jingles from a Maine Farm Two Generations Ago

by Doris Thurston

Signed by Author

Third Printing, 1977

vintage softcover, 52 pages

interior pages - good condition

rare collector’s item

our price:   $15.95  plus media mail shipping

 

A Maine Artist’s Garden Journal

by Loretta Krupinski

Down East Books, 2006

hardcover, 80 pages

interior pages - good condition

stunning watercolor illustrations

former library book

dustjacket shows light wear

our price:   $7.95  plus media mail shipping

Brookfield Farm - Stories of Land and Lives

as told by Jeanette Wales Chapman

Cushing, Maine - 2009

softcover, 114 pages

interior pages - good condition

gift inscription by author on title page

our price:   $10.95  plus media mail shipping

Piscataqua Papers

Gardening from the Merrimack to the Kennebec

published by the Piscataqua Garden Club

York Harbor, Maine, 1965

vintage softcover, 148 pages

good condition -

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Gardens Maine Style Daybook

photographs by Lynn Karlin

Down East Books, 2001

hardcover, 114 pages

very good condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Farm - A Year of Country Life

by Stanley Joseph and Lynn Karlin

Foreword by Helen Nearing

Random House, 1991

First Edition

hardcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

gift inscription by author on front endpage

our price:   $10.95  plus media mail shipping

Wild Plants of Maine

A Useful Guide - Newly Revised

by Tom Seymour

Just Write Books, 2013

softcover, 164 pages

very good condition

our price:   $24.95 plus media mail shipping

Earliest Maine Films

Trout Fishing, Logging, Canoeing, Potato Farming

five films in this collectionwere filmed between 1901 and 1920

Northeast Historic Film DVD, 1999

44 minutes

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Farming in Maine 1860-1940

by Clarence A. Day

University of Maine Press,  1963

vintage softcover, 308 pages

good condition

rare collector’s item

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Farm - A Year of Country Life

by Stanley Joseph and Lynn Karlin

Foreword by Helen Nearing

Random House, 1991

First Edition

hardcover, 192 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $10.95  plus media mail shipping

Gardens - Maine Style

by Lynn Karlin and Rebecca Sawyer-Fay

Down East Books, 2001

hardcover,  160 pages

good condition

no dustjacket

gift inscription written on front endpage

our price:   $13.95 plus media mail shipping

The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening and Some of Their Disciples

Jane Lamb

Down East Books, 2004

used hardcover-

pages in book have a slight wave as it

appears the book was affected by possible

exposure to moisture - still a great reading copy

dustjacket is worn

143 pages

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Maine Geographic - Wildflowers

A Guide to Some of Maine’s Most Beautiful

Flora

edited by L.M.Eastman

DeLorme Mapping Company, 1983

vintage softcover, 48 pages

good condition

cover is worn

$8.95 plus media mail shipping

A Maine Artist’s Garden Journal

by Loretta Krupinski

Down East Books, 2006

hardcover, 80 pages

interior pages - good condition

stunning watercolor illustrations

our price:   $9.95  plus media mail shipping

The Grand Masters of Maine Gardening and Some of Their Disciples

Jane Lamb

Down East Books, 2004

used hardcover -143 pages

good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Piscataqua Papers

Gardening from the Merrimack to the Kennebec

published by the Piscataqua Garden Club

York Harbor, Maine, 1965

vintage softcover, 148 pages

good condition -

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Piscataqua Papers

Gardening from the Merrimack to the Kennebec

published by the Piscataqua Garden Club

York Harbor, Maine, 1965

vintage softcover, 148 pages

good condition -

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Maine Garden Journal

Insider Secrets from Maine People Who

Love to Put Their Hands in Dirt

by Lisa Colburn

Fern Leaf Publishing Company, 2012

Signed By Author!!!

softcover, 187 pages

good condition -

$14.95 plus media mail shipping

Gardens Maine Style Daybook

photographs by Lynn Karlin

Down East Books, 2001

hardcover, 114 pages

very good condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Orchids of Maine

University of Maine Bulletin

University of Maine Studies, 1951

Second Series, No. 65

Vol. LIII - April 1951 - No. 12

by Jean Elizabeth Wallace, M.S.

vintage softcover, 80 pages

good condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

New Growth

Portraits of Six Maine Organic Farms

by Peter Felsenthal

Gray Crow Press, 2014

hardcover, 146 pages

good condition -

$15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Gardens & Flowers of Jordan Pond

by Scott L. Hadley

Words & Pictures Publications, 1993

softcover, 146 pages

good condition -

handwritten note on inside cover where

book was purchased

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

Backyard Gardener - A Guide to Gardening in Maine and Other Cold Climes

designed by Meredith Herzog

photography by Tom Jones

illustrations by Margaret Campbell

Stroudwater Press, 1977

used paperback - 176 pages

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Cows are Out! - Two Decades on a Maine Dairy Farm

by Trudy Chambers Price

Features New Epilogue

Islandport Press, 2010

softcover,  excellent condition, 226 pages

$9.95 plus media mail shipping