Synopses & Reviews
Review
"This is the best book on small-scale farming I've read in years."--Pat Stone, Mother Earth News
Review
"I know of no other person. . . who can produce better results on the land with an economy of effort and means than Eliot. He has transformed gardening from a task, to a craft, and finally to what Steward Brand would cal 'local science'."--Paul Hawken, from the Foreword
Review
"Anybody seriously tempted to try. . . raising healthy food on healthy land. . . must first read
The New Organic Grower. Coleman, who has been a quiet leader in the American organic movement for several decades, presents a balanced, logical exposition of his subject."
--Horticulture
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"Coleman conveys a vast amount of detailed information without ever insulting the intelligence of the reader. He speaks as if to a fellow home or market gardener, sharing what works for him and discussing what he knows and what he doesn't know.
The New Organic Grower will be the book you dog-ear and feather with yellow sticky pages, returning to it time and again."
--San Francisco Chronicle
Review
"Eliot Coleman's book will help market gardeners establish the vital and profitable link between farm and city during the 1990s. Every small-scale grower and serious gardener should have a copy."--Robert Rodale
Synopsis
With more than 45,000 sold since 1989, The New Organic Grower has become a modern classic. In this newly revised and expanded edition, master grower Eliot Coleman continues to present the simplest and most sustainable ways of growing top-quality organic vegetables. Coleman updates practical information on marketing the harvest, on small-scale equipment, and on farming and gardening for the long-term health of the soil. The new book is thoroughly updated, and includes all-new chapters such as:
- Farm-Generated Fertility how to meet your soil-fertility needs from the resources of your own land, even if manure is not available.
- The Moveable Feast how to construct home-garden and commercial-scale greenhouses that can be easily moved to benefit plants and avoid insect and disease build-up.
- The Winter Garden how to plant, harvest, and sell hardy salad crops all winter long from unheated or minimally heated greenhouses.
- Pests how to find "plant-positive" rather than "pest-negative" solutions by growing healthy, naturally resistant plants.
- The Information Resource how and where to learn what you need to know to grow delicious organic vegetables, no matter where you live.
Written for the serious gardener or small market farmer, The New Organic Grower proves that, in terms of both efficiency and profitability, smaller can be better.
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Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-334) and index.
Table of Contents
Agricultural craftsmanship -- Land -- Scale and capital -- Part-time help -- Marketing strategy -- Planning and observation -- Crop rotation -- Green manures -- Tillage -- Soil fertility -- Farm-generated fertility -- Direct seeding -- Transplanting -- Soil blocks -- Setting out transplants -- Weeds -- Pests? -- Pests: temporary palliatives -- Harvest -- Marketing -- Season extension -- The movable feast -- The winter garden -- Livestock -- The information resource -- The final question -- L'envoi -- From artichokes to zucchini.