Title:
The market gardener : a successful grower's handbook for small-scale organic farming /
Jean-Martin Fortier ;
foreword by Severine von Tscharner Fleming, The Greenhorns ; illustrations by Marie Bilodeau ;
English translation by Scott Irving.
Summary:
Inspired by the French intensive tradition of maraichage and by iconic American vegetable grower Eliot Coleman, author and farmer Jean-Martin shows by example how to start a market garden and make it both very productive and profitable.
Author:
Fortier, Jean-Martin., author.
Contents:
Small Is Profitable
-- Succeeding as a Small-Scale Organic Vegetable Grower
-- Finding the Right Site
-- Designing the Market Garden
-- Minimum Tillage and Appropriate Machinery
-- Fertilizing Organically
-- Starting Seeds Indoors
-- Direct Seeding
-- Weed Management
-- Insect Pests and Diseases
-- Season Extension
-- Harvest and Storage
-- Crop Planning
-- Conclusion: Farming for ecology, community, and lifestyle.
Format:
Subject Term:
Permaculture.
Culture maraîchère.
Agriculture biologique.
Organic farming.
Truck farming.
Community-supported agriculture.
small scale farming.
Alternative agriculture.
vegetable crops.
agronomic characters.
cropping system.
pest insects.
Plant diseases.
ISBN:
9780865717657
9781550925555
Physical Description:
xvi, 223 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language Note:
Translated from the French.
Publication Date:
2014
General Note:
Originally published in French as Le jardinier-maraicher: manuel d'agriculture biologique sur petite surface.
Added Author:
Bilodeau, Marie,
Irving, Scott,
Available:5
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1 Burnside Library
Book Adult Non Fiction 635.0484 FOR C0510900752
Due 1/12/18
