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A classic in the field of sustainable gardening, HOW TO GROW MORE VEGETABLES shows how to produce a beautiful organic garden with minimal watering and care, whether it's just a few tomatoes in a tiny backyard or enough food to feed a family of four on less than half an acre. Updated with the latest biointensive tips and techniques, this is an essential reference for gardeners of all skill levels seeking to grow some or all of their own food.
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JOHN JEAVONS is a cofounder of the group Ecology Action and the father of the modern biointensive gardening movement. He lives in Willits, California, where he has been growing more vegetables for decades.
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Preparing the raised bed is the most important step in GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Concise, Thorough Guide to Gardning for sustinance,
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This review is from: How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)
This book was loaned to me by a friend who has used it's techniques to produce high-yield growth in his gardens. I have always wanted to have a self sufficent garden, and land for this, but have always thought I would need a number of acres to do this. I am now planning on purchasing a home with one acre and am confident that with the techniques detailed in this book, I will be able to produce good crops for home-grown organic vegetables.There is so much information here on composting, conpanion planting, how plants and thier root systems grow and interact, how to make the garden beds, why beds and clumps are better and yield more produce than planting in rows, soil composition, garden implements and more. There are diagrams for everything you need to know presented in such a way that it's easy to understand and implement. There is so much information here, it would be usefull to a complete beginer like me or an experienced gardner. Happy Planting!
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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How to Grow More Vegetables- An Honest Review,
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This review is from: How to Grow More Vegetables: (and Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains, and Other Crops) Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)
First of all, I was a bit mislead by the title, as I thought this book covered vegetables, fruits, and etc. by individual plants, but it doesn't. There is a chapter with charts that includes companion planting, when to plant, when to harvest, etc. but there was not much detailed info. I would have liked more of that.One objection I had was that there was too much of the author's philosophy included, as another previous reviewer stated. This wasn't of any particular use to me, and I thought the space taken by it would have been better used with more gardening information. Be that as it may, a few of the chapters were very useful, such as the chapter I mentioned with the numerous charts. I was going to try and design my own, but now I'll simply use these which saves me an enormous amount of time. Other charts included companion plantings of vegetables and herbs, quite useful as well. It should also be clarified that this book zones in on BIOINTENSIVE planting, meaning that all of the info is geared to gardening in raised beds. I did not know this at the time of my purchase, and it would have been a deciding factor, as I'm not using raised beds. However, much of the information included can be adapted for application in normal beds, but not all of it. If you are planning on gardening in raised beds, this is the one and only for you, but if your planting the standard garden like I am, you might want to look at another book.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent resource for food production,
By Lisa Almarode (Oregon) - See all my reviews
This review is from: How to Grow More Vegetables: And Fruits, Nuts, Berries, Grains and Other Crops Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine (Paperback)
This book is an amazing, overwhelming wealth of information.I'm not sure I totally agree with all the advice - he's somewhat anti-manure and recommends transplanting everything twice. It mentions things like phase of the moon planting, but it's not dogmatic about these more offbeat ideas. The real value is the charts for the growing needs, spacing, etc. for every plant and grain and tree, with suggested layouts and rotations; and how it targets sustainably suppling real food for people, in quantities needed to live on, rather than just growing the odd vegetable for fun. They are, I believe, in Northern CA so more appropriate for me in Oregon than many of the Rodale and other east-coast authors.
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