How to Grow More Vegetables

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Copyright © 1974, 1979, 1982, 1991, 1995, 2002, 2006, 2012 by Ecology Action of the Midpeninsula All rights reserved. Published ...

eISBN: 978-1-60774-190- Illustrations by Pedro J. Gonzalez, Ann Miya, Susan Stanley, Sue Ellen Parkinson, Betsy Jeavons Bruneau, ...

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CONTENTS Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD by Alice Waters PREFACE Ecology Action and the Common Gr ...

1 Deep Soil Creation and Maintenance Getting Started—Correct Tools • Laying Out Your Beds • Types of Deep Soil Preparation • Gen ...

4 Fertilization Soil Testing • Taking a Soil Sample • pH • Recommended Sources of Nutrients • Adding Fertilizers and Compost • M ...

Natural Predators • Other Initiatives 8 Master Charts and Planning Letter Codes • Vegetable and Garden Crops • Calorie, Grain, P ...

APPENDIX 5 Memberships and Ordering INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR ...

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Betsy Bruneau, Rachael Leler, Tom Walker, Craig Cook, Rip King, Bill Spencer, George Young, Claudette Paige, Kev ...

Bartholomew, Randy Fish, Dawn Gri3n, Marie Laure Roperch, Jake Blehm, Mark House, Robert de Gross, Patricia Becker, Don Larson, ...

FOREWORD BY ALICE WATERS In the early days at Chez Panisse, forty years ago, we had to scrounge for decent beans, pick lemons fr ...

John’s methods are nothing short of miraculous. He has shown that almost any soil can be prepared for the planting of food, and ...

PREFACE Ecology Action and the Common Ground Project by the Ecology Action Staff ECOLOGY ACTION GOAL: Act as a catalyst, instruc ...

met. After forty years of testing, GROW BIOINTENSIVE food-raising has produced amazing bene2ts. Yields can average 2 to 6 times ...

to grow, maintain, and harvest. Time spent in soil preparation is more than oCset later in less need for weeding, thinning, cult ...

farm. Preliminary monitoring of our soil-building process by a University of California soil scientist was probably the most imp ...

compost crops than we ever imagined. At the Common Ground Mini-Farm in Willits, California, we are enjoying a permanent site whe ...

there once was a tongue-in-cheek guide called 50 Really Di=cult Things You Can Do to Save the Earth. The second item was “Grow a ...