On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 13:20:12 -0500, "Floreksa"
wrote:

I need some good book recommendations for both vegetable gardening and
general landscape style gardening. I live in Western MA and would love to
start gardening, but am kind of can't figure out where to even start. My
biggest area of concern right now, is the front of my house, which has NO
landscaping and receives very little sunlight.

The 'Victory Garden' books should be apropos, although western MA may
be entirely different than the Boston area. I find them quite useful
quite a distance south -- I just make adjustments in the times for
sowing, setting out, etc.