Top 11 Vegetable Gardening Books for Midwest Gardeners

My go-to references, in order:

1. Square Foot Gardening – Mel Bartholomew
2. Lasagna Gardening – Patricia Lanza
3. Rodale's Garden Answers
4. Rodale's Chemical-Free Yard & Garden
5. The New Seed-Starters Handbook – Nancy Bubel
6. The Midwest Fruit & Vegetable Book – James Fizzell
7. Rodale's Pest & Disease Problem Solver
8. 1,001 Old-Time Garden Tips – Roger Yepsen
9. Burpee Complete Gardener
10. The Experts' Book of Garden Hints – Rodale Press
11. Gardening Secrets – Charles W.G. Smith

For a single encyclopedia: Rodale's All-New Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening. Most are available online or at bookstores. Rodale dominates because of their organic focus.