Hello! Can Someone Refer me to some good reading??

[Nature's Babe]

I applaud your wish to work with nature. I don't know how academic you are but if you wish to grow naturally my advice would be first understand nature's processes within and above the soil, before you plant a thing. Here is a link to the soil food web. expaining soil processes Elaine Ingham has just been appointed chief scientist at the Rodale Institute

https://www.soilfoodweb.com/sfi_approach1.html#Benefits

Also there are different approaches to growing naturally, Emelia Hazlips synergistic gardening, forest gardening, Fukoaka's methods, permaculture, organic, no-dig, it helps to know your soil type and climate and any difficulties before choosing the right one to suit you and your plot, each plot and each gardener are different and you will find your own way to suit your own plot and climate, it might be a combination of different methods. Observe, listen to nature, and your plot. A little time spent studying your prospective growing area will pay dividends in the long term enabling you to place plants in suitable conditions for them, eg moisture loving plants in moist areas, drought tolerant plants in dry areas, sun loving plants in sunny areas etc. If your soil has been extensively cultivated you may need to be patient for a little while before a natural balance occurs between predator and pest, and beneficial soil organisms and disease. You will not be bored it is a continuous learning process, You will be giving your family and the planet the very best and you will come to love and treasure what the universe provides for us. Good luck

[john gault]

The Informed Gardener By Linda Chalker-Scott. Great at addressing the myths, which there are many in this hobby. https://www.amazon.com/Informed-Gardener-Linda-Chalker-Scott/dp/0295987901

For a taste of what's in her book you can browse her website: https://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~linda%20chalker-scott/

[farmerlon]

You've got lots of good recommendations above.
Another book that I think is fantastic, is Eliot Coleman's "the New Organic Grower"... loads of useful and practical information for anyone that wants to grow with organic methods; on any scale (home or commercial).

[Artemesia]

Nature's Babe
Thanks for the Soil Food Web site
Great reading

[Nature's Babe]

Glad you found it helpful Artemesia. I actually introduced some of the local fungi, by including a small amount of that soil in my seedling compost, we back on to a wooded area so I guess it would grow through slowly anyway, but my compost heap is ajacent to it, hopefully some fungi will infiltrate that too. It is quite interesting to watch the little fruiting bodies emerge with the other plants.

[CharlieBear]

Here are two more you might want to check out:
The roganic gardener's handbook of Natural Insect and Disease Control Ed. by Barbara Ellis and Fern Marchall Bardley
Rodale's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Organic gardening.
Personally I would hold off on the permaculture stuff, if you don't know what it is until you have gardened for a couple of years.
Also there are some pretty good books on Lasagna gardening and info on it on the net. It is similar to permaculture in some ways, but easier to impliment in any climate than the permaculture that was done down under.
Also check with your extention service to see what they have, like lists of what varieties of vegetables grow best where you are. That is the best varieties to start with the first couple of years. Then you can get more adventuresome.
I don't know what seed companies are close by, most I am familar with are out west, the deep southwest, and Ohio, maybe the Ohio firms, but I have not experience with them. The closest seed company to you I have ued isPinetree Gardem seed which you can find on the net. They are in maine.
Go to the library and get related books to the ones that you find fit your needs, that is what I did for the first couple of years when I started gardening again. Make good winter reading.
Also check out the web site:
gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening
Then hit the button for vegetables, there you will find a lot of info on the various vegetables, what they will tolerate, which you can reasonably start yourself indoors and how etc. It has all of the info you will wish was printed on the seed packets.

[Artemesia]

These are my favories. Some have been recommended by people above so they are obviously popular.

The Encyclopedia of Organic Gardening by Rodale
The Complete Vegetable & Herb Gardener by Burpee
Taylor's Guide to Fruits and Berries
American Horticultural Society, Pests & Diseases
by Pippa Greenwood
Seed to Seed by Suzanne Ashworth
Biological Control of Weeds and Plant Diseases
by Elroy L. Rice
Roots Demystified by Robert Kourik
Lessons in Nature by Malcolm Beck