Gardening: Required reading for your garden library By Henry Homeyer I know that many people — especially gardeners under the age of 40 — use the internet to find the answers to their questions. That is fine, but the internet is full of “fake news” and spurious assertions. I do use the web, but if I want to learn about something in-depth, I reach for a book. People who write books generally write about things they know. Gardening books are written by gardeners. Some years ago I taught a class in sustainable gardening at Granite State College, part of the University of New Hampshire system. I asked my students to buy "The Garden Primer," by Barbara Damrosch. This paperback is a compact 800 pages of readable, educational information about nearly every aspect of gardening. It came out in 2008 but is still in print. Everyone could benefit from owning it.