Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable
living trend that's taken hold throughout the UK and
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 Colemanis
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 ijust canit be done.i |
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