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How to Grow More Vegetables,
by John Jeavons, 6th Ed. (US)$19.95 |
What's new in the 5th edition?
About the book
Grow on less land! Using far less water! If there is one book that has dramatically changed the way we garden, it is How To Grow More Vegetables*, * than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine (Ten Speed Press) by John Jeavons. With the recent release of the fifth edition of How To Grow More Vegetables, the best book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening just got better. Even if you have an old edition or have never read this book before, the new edition is the gardening book you need and will come back to time and time again. Why use sustainable GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening methods? It simply works better -- for now and for the future. Not only will you get higher yields with far less space, but the sus-tainable GROW BIOINTENSIVE method taught in How To Grow More Vegetables, actually builds soil, instead of depleting it. Gardening with this method you will use: 67% to 88% less water 50% less purchased organic fertilizer, while creating a 100% increase in soil fertility!
About the author
Jeavons has twice been nominated for the World Food Prize, and has received numerous other awards. A graduate of Yale University, he is the author and editor of over 30 publications. He and Ecology Action have been featured in the PBS programs "Circle of Plenty" and "Market to Market." "The Jeavons approach has done
more to solve poverty and misery than anything else we've done."
What's new in the fifth edition?
As we begin the year 2000, we face many new and exciting opportunities. At the same time, we are also being confronted with previously unexperienced ecological challenges. How do we heal our planet? The solution will be found in making daily choices which bring us back into accord with nature. During this last century many of the modern agricultural practices have unwittingly strip-mined much of our planet's precious topsoil. The new How To Grow More Vegetables illustrates how to achieve bountiful harvests by nurturing the soil and providing it with what it needs for optimal health and productivity. How To Grow More Vegetables has been published in 7 different languages and is used in 108 countries. This book has helped revolutionize food production around the globe. How To Grow More Vegetables has been the classic learning text and mainstay reference of food-growers for nearly 25 years. Five years in the making, the new fifth edition of How To Grow More Vegetables is 25% larger and contains completely updated and expanded material, including:easy-to-use tables for accurate garden planning, a new chapter on growing food in a truly sustainable way, and a hopeful perspective into the future of food-raising for everyone. With the help of this book, you can learn the simple, life-giving GROW BIOINTENSIVE method of growing food. In 800 square feet or less (the size of an ordinary front lawn and a fraction of the land normally required) you can provide a family of four with fresh, organically and sustainably produced vegetables for an entire year! Designed for the Beginning Gardener THE SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE GARDEN, John Jeavons and Carol Cox, 1999, 118 pp. Based on the best-selling How To Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine, The Sustainable Vegetable Garden is a simpler book for those just beginning to garden or those who need less information for the gardening they are doing. Take advantage of two decades of GROW BIOINTENSIVE food-raising experiences from people everywhere as you create a highly productive, resource-conserving mini-farm at home, with its own thriving ecosystem—an environmental solution for the nineties … and beyond. Available worldwide for $12.95 plus s/h(U.S. funds) from Ecology Action (see below). How To Order Order the new edition of How To Grow More Vegetables and unlock the hidden nutritional potential lying dormant in spaces you might ordinarily consider too small. More food, flowers, beauty and life than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine! For the beginning gardener, order The Sustainable Vegetable Garden. To place your order go directly to Ecology Action's Order Form |
John
Jeavons is a master gardener and ecologist. He is the director
of Ecology Action, a non-profit environmental research and educational
organization which was formed in 1970 and is located in the mountains
of Northern California. Ecology Action has helped revolutionize
sustainable gardening and mini-farming around the world.
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