Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener’s Guide To Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible From Any Size Space
Just how productive can one small vegetable garden be? More productive than one might think! Colin McCrate and Brad Halm, former CSA growers and current owners of the Seattle Urban Farm Company, help readers boost their garden productivity by teaching them how to plan carefully, maximize production in every bed, get the most out of every plant, scale up systems to maximize efficiency, and expand the harvest season with succession planting, intercropping, and season extension.
Along with chapters devoted to the Five Tenets of a Productive Gardener (Plan Well to Get the Most from Your Garden; Maximize Production in Each Bed; Get the Most out of Every Plant; Scale up Tools and Systems for Efficiency; and Expand and Extend the Harvest), the book contains interactive tools that home gardeners can use to assist them in determining how, when, and what to plant; evaluating crop health; and planning and storing the harvest. For today’s vegetable gardeners who want to grow as much of their own food as possible, this guide offers expert advice and strategies for cultivating a garden that supplies what they need.
“Essential reading for all vegetable gardeners. If you grow vegetables you need this book. Grow More Food is a comprehensive resource for vegetable gardeners on the techniques of intensive planting, succession planting and maximizing the homegrown harvest. ”
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Mountaineers Books
FOOD GROWN RIGHT, IN YOUR BACKYARD
“Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard” is the essential handbook for beginning home gardeners. Combining our knowledge of small-scale organic food production, environmental education and residential landscaping, we have created a thorough, easy-to-use guide for backyard farmers. Including hundreds of instructional photographs, the book provides step-by-step information on everything you need to know when setting up and caring for a home garden including: garden site selection, garden construction, crop selection, garden maintenance and crop harvesting. “Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard” will be your go-to gardening companion, always on hand to provide quick answers to your gardening questions.
Mountaineers Books, April 2, 2012
“Founders of the Seattle Urban Farm Co. have created a terrifically informative, nicely photographed guide to gardening—not just for Western Washington, but for any planting zone. It’s a terrific way to get inspired for new gardeners or pick up useful suggestions for green thumbs struggling with a particular crop.”
““Food Grown Right” is a practical, comprehensive resource that delivers its message via nicely sized and clearly written little crudités of knowledge. Insider tips include commonsensical but often overlooked matters. This book also endeavors to expand your experience with conversations on dining upon garlic scapes and devising dodecahedron watermelons.”
