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The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses (1603580816) - Reviews and Prices
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that's taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, pushing the limits of the harvest season while working his world-renowned organic farm in Harborside, Maine.
Now, with his long-awaited new book, The Winter Harvest Handbook, anyone can have access to his hard-won experience. Gardeners and farmers can use the innovative, highly successful methods Coleman describes in this comprehensive handbook to raise crops throughout the coldest of winters.Building on the techniques that hundreds of thousands of farmers and gardeners adopted from The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest, this new book focuses on growing produce of unparalleled freshness and quality in customized unheated or, in some cases, minimally heated, movable plastic greenhouses.Coleman offers clear, concise details on greenhouse construction and maintenance, planting schedules, crop management, harvesting practices, and even marketing methods in this complete, meticulous, and illustrated guide. Readers have access to all the techniques that have proven to produce higher-quality crops on Coleman's own farm.His painstaking research and experimentation with more than 30 different crops will be valuable to small farmers, homesteaders, and experienced home gardeners who seek to expand their production seasons.A passionate advocate for the revival of small-scale sustainable farming, Coleman provides a practical model for supplying fresh, locally grown produce during the winter season, even in climates where conventional wisdom says it "just can't be done."
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
The system seems to work:
Read a lot of reviews on this book prior to purchasing it. Eliot Coleman spells out the difference between "growing season" and "harvest season" building on the idea that, with a certain amount of protection, cool season crops can be harvested almost all year round. I was somewhat dubious since the area where I live (northern Idaho) often has 30 or more days of cloud cover during the winter months. Several people commented that his system works best in situations where the storms come and go with periods of... more info
Grow Vegetables In The Winter! I'm Doing It. Great Book!:
Readers will learn from this book at their own level of understanding. I'm a novice, so I'll be going back for more as I mature as a vegetable gardener, even though I've got a GREENHOUSE FULL OF VEGETABLES AND THIS IS JANUARY! I had (still have) so much to learn, but I knew I wanted to grow vegetables when they weren't traditionally supposed to be growing. The Winter Harvest Handbook taught me how the shortened days of winter affect growing (everyone else probably already knew that but I had to read it... more info
For the Northeast FROM the Northeast:
If you're the type that gets a tad depressed when you're bringing in your final harvest of brussel sprouts, carrots and beets, beat those winter blues with some year-round gardening now possible under the tutelage of Mr. Coleman. First the authority on organic gardening, Eliot is now the authority on year round gardening. If you think your climate is too harsh, think again and flip through the pages of Eliot harvesting veggies with snow covered hills in the background. We can't wait to get started!
great resource:
This book tells you most of what you need to know to grow in the cold. Not for the beginner - but not super advanced. Straight forward, informative great piece on cold weather gardening.
