How to Grow More Vegetables

4,000 sq ft

(year 2000, water

scarce)

Sufficient land and no

surplus

GROW BIOINTENSIVE Applications

The GROW BIOINTENSIVE method, is eminently
practical for serious small-scale food production. Some
possible applications are:

• One mini-farmer may be able to net $20,000 to

$40,000+ a year on a^1 ⁄ 8 -acre mini-farm. He or she

might work a 40-hour week and take a 4-month

vacation each year. (For more details, see Ecology

Action’s The Backyard Homestead, Mini-Farm and

Garden Log Book and Cucumber Bonanza, Self-

Teaching Mini-Series Booklet.)

Perhaps it is unfair to compare the yields we obtained in our hard clay subsoil

in Palo Alto with commercial agricultural yields. The stunted broccoli plant on

the left was grown using normal backyard techniques, loosening the soil and

adding chemical fertilizer. The broccoli shown in the middle was obtained by