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How to grow more vegetables : (and fruits, nuts, berries, grains, and other crops) than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine / John Jeavons ; [foreword by Alica Waters].

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, c2012.Edition: 8th edDescription: xiv, 239 p. : ill. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 160774189X
  • 9781607741893
  • 9781607741909 (eISBN)
  • 1607741903 (eISBN)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • SB324.3 .J43 2012
Contents:
Ecology action and the Common Ground Project -- Building soil, building the future -- Deep soil structure creation and maintenance -- Sustainability -- The use of compost and soil fertility -- Fertilization -- Open-pollinated seeds, seed propagation, close-spacing and seed-saving -- Companion planting -- An interrelated food-raising system : creating and caring for a balanced natural ecosystem with insect life -- Master charts and planning -- Sample garden plans.
Summary: "A primer on the life-giving Grow Biointensive method of sustainable horticulture"--T.p.
List(s) this item appears in: Urban Farming | Vegetable Gardening

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-224) and index.

Ecology action and the Common Ground Project -- Building soil, building the future -- Deep soil structure creation and maintenance -- Sustainability -- The use of compost and soil fertility -- Fertilization -- Open-pollinated seeds, seed propagation, close-spacing and seed-saving -- Companion planting -- An interrelated food-raising system : creating and caring for a balanced natural ecosystem with insect life -- Master charts and planning -- Sample garden plans.

"A primer on the life-giving Grow Biointensive method of sustainable horticulture"--T.p.

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