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Book

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

Call Number

  • 635 J439 (CEN)

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Edition

8th edition.

Publication Information

Berkeley : Ten Speed Press, ©2012.

Physical Description

xiv, 239 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Summary

"A primer on the life-giving Grow Biointensive method of sustainable horticulture."

Contents

  • Ecology action and the Common Ground Project
  • Building soil, building the future
  • Deep soil structure creation and maintenance
  • Sustainability
  • The use of compost and soil fertility
  • Fertilization
  • Open-pollinated seeds, seed propagation, close-spacing and seed-saving
  • Companion planting
  • An interrelated food-raising system : creating and caring for a balanced natural ecosystem with insect life
  • Master charts and planning
  • Sample garden plans.

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