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Author(s): Jean-Martin Fortier
ISBN(s): 9781550925555, 1550925555
Edition: Illustrated
File Details: PDF, 8.24 MB
Year: 2014
Language: english
SKU: EB-58907564 Category: Tag:

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ISBN 10: 0865717656

ISBN 13: 978-0865717657 

Author: Jean-Martin Fortier 

Grow better not bigger

AS LOCAL ORGANIC agriculture continues to flourish, young professional growers like Jean-Martin Fortier are leading the way with their innovative ideas about how to start a farm. Growing on just 1.5 acres, he and his wife have been making a good living from their vegetable operation for over 10 years, feeding more than 200 families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stand.

Based on low-tech, high-yield methods of production, The Market Gardener is packed with practical information on:

  • Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, all with negligible capital outlay
  • Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil-fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools, appropriate machinery and minimum tillage practices
  • Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management, crop yields, harvest periods and pricing approaches.

The Market Gardener is a complete, modern, micro-scale farming handbook which shows that making a living wage growing food without large capital outlay or access to an acreage may be closer than you think.

Table of contents:

  1. Acknowledgments

  2. Foreword

  3. Preface

  4. Small Is Profitable

  5. Succeeding as a Small-Scale Organic Vegetable Grower

  6. Finding the Right Site

  7. Designing the Market Garden

  8. Minimum Tillage and Appropriate Machinery

  9. Fertilizing Organically

  10. Starting Seeds Indoors

  11. Direct Seeding

  12. Weed Management

  13. Insect Pests and Diseases

  14. Season Extension

  15. Harvest and Storage

  16. Crop Planning

  17. Conclusion: Farming for Ecology, Community, and Lifestyle

  18. Appendix 1: Crop Notes

  19. Appendix 2: Tools and Suppliers

  20. Appendix 3: Garden Plan

  21. Appendix 4: Annotated Bibliography

  22. Appendix 5: Glossary

  23. Index

  24. About the Author

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