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From first sentence to last, Coleman's ( The New Organic Gardener ) book is a delight--an earnest guide written with an impish sense of humor. It will refresh anyone who wants to get the most from a vegetable garden yet doesn't want to devote too much time and energy to the process. Apparently Coleman thoroughly enjoys every phase of gardening--from planting crops to weeding. Who else has ever suggested, only half in jest, dancing with a hoe? Or keeping a pair of ducks for pest patrol? This is that kind of book. It's also a book full of valuable information on how to harvest fresh vegetables and salad ingredients literally year-round--yet without an expensive greenhouse or indoor light garden set-up. Coleman combines succession planting (small sowings three or more times, rather than one big endeavor) with cold-frame growing in the winter months. He includes how-tos for building simple cold-frames. Given the fact that he lives in Maine, his advice seems all the more reliable. He believes in simplicity ("If what I am doing in the garden seems complicated, it is probably wrong"), seasonality (tomatoes in summer, broccoli in fall, mache in February) and diplomacy in the garden (which "has more to teach us than just how to grow food"). Here, his philosophy of organic growing is shared easily. The book concludes with an extensive chapter on the vegetables that comprise his "cast of characters." Illustrated.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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a"Four-Season Harvest" is a magnificent work. Itas enticing, inspiring, sensible, and it opens a whole new world for the home grower.a--Peter Fossel, "Country Journal"
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Cold hardy winter vegetables,
By Andrea (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Four Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Gardens All Year Long (Paperback)
It is probably not easy writing a second book on a similar subject.I read and reviewed Eliot Coleman's first book on Organic Gardening.And as you can read in that first review,I just loved that book.The second book,I would have called "Cold Hardy Winter Vegetables",rather than the Four-Season Harvest.Of course there is a list for growing vegetables all year round.But apart from the list what one can grow during the colder season,it is just pretty much a recapitulation of the first work Coleman put on paper. So I still give this book 4 Stars.Because if you have not read his first one,then of course it would be a great book.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
The author is too self involved - not enough real info,
By Walter V. Jeffries "Walter V. Jeffries" (W Topsham, VT United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Four Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Gardens All Year Long (Paperback)
After seeing the book here on Amazon I thought I wanted it. While looking for another book at the local library I found this book in it's revised and updated edition. I was sadly disappointed. It is more a travellog than a how-to on gardening. I read several other similar books and the best one I found was "Solar Gardening" by Leandre Poisson from Chelsea Green.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A must own for anyone gardening up north,
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This review is from: Four Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Gardens All Year Long (Paperback)
This book is really wonderful. I've owned it for several years and have also had reliable winter harvests in Maine (where I used to live). It has also really expanded my awareness of good things to eat fresh from my garden. Coleman presents his ideas clearly and with plenty of pictures. This is really critical. Using the diagrams in the book, I was easily able to build a cold frame from scrap board. No mean feat, as I am not the most accomplished builder. The only drawback to the book, which is pretty minor, is the size of the hardiness zone map in the back. I would have much preferred it to be larger and in color.
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