| Customer Reviews
GeosminMom After joining a farmer's market, this book/author was mentioned several times in conversation with other growers. Since we had recently "retired" to upstate NY, I thought it might be a good thing to see how someone else turned a negative to a positive(such as our frozen north). The result- with the help of my 81 year old friend we are building a hoop house (or 2)instead of the green house I originally desired. Simple and useful-sums the book up best!
Grow vegetables year 'round! Coleman is an experienced organic gardener and has written previous books on organic gardening. Whether you are looking for new organic gardening techniques or ways to improve a self-sustaining lifestyle, Coleman's book will be a valuable resource. He explains how to grow delicious, organically-grown vegetables from your home garden year 'round.Organically-grown vegetables can be harvested throughout the coldest months in all climate zones in the Lower 48 without much extra effort or time. He shows how to design inexpensive, simple cold frames and unheated mobile greenhouses. He explains how to use them along with a root cellar to grow a variety of organic vegetables each suited to their season. Success depends on growing a large variety of vegetables each suited to their season, and in cold frames, mobile greenhouses, and root cellars. Coleman's book will surely guide the grower to extend the growing season!
One of my new favorites! I love this book! I recently checked this out from the library, to try it out before I buy, and now I know that it's definitely a book to add to my collection. I am going to be starting a garden in the spring, and I was becoming overwhelmed with all of the information out there, but once I started reading Four Season Harvest, I realized that it won't be as complicated as I thought and I was able to relax a little. With all of the thorough and easy to understand information he gives, his system (and his results) sounds like it would be easy to reproduce in anybody's garden. I especially like his mobile greenhouse plans and I am planning on implementing them once I get my garden established. I appreciate the fact that not only does he give recommendations on how to use coldframes and greenhouses, but he also gives suggestions on how to build simple versions, which is great for someone like me who does not already have plans for building those things. ^M
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