
Eliot Coleman lives and farms in Harborside, Maine. He is co-host with his wife, Barbara Damrosch, of the popular television series, "Gardening Naturally," on the Learning Channel.
The New Organic Grower
Softcover, 340 pages
A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener
"Small farms are where agricultural advances are nurtured. New ideas are conceived every day by the folks who are solving nature's puzzles."
A master gardener and farmer describes the simplest and most sustainable ways to grow top-quality organic vegetables. Includes practical information on marketing the harvest, small-scale equipment and gardening and farming for the long-term health of the soil. Chapters include Crop Rotation; Green Manures; Tillage; Soil Fertility; Direct Seeding; Transplanting; Soil Blocks; Setting Out Transplants; Weeds; Pests; Harvest; Season Extension; The Winter Garden; Livestock; Agricultural Craftsmanship; Scale and Capital; Planning and Observation.
Four Season Harvest
Softcover, 224 pages
"My idea of paradise is a place where I can eat garden-fresh food year-round. I enjoy good food, and I know the vegetables from my home garden taste better and are more nutritious than anything I can buy. Yet I have no desire to move to the tropics or to cover my property with a geodesic dome. Nor can I afford the financial expense and time commitment of a sophisticated greenhouse."
Eliot Coleman presents simple, inexpensive designs for cold frames, unheated mobile greenhouses, and root cellars in this home garden best seller. Chapters include: The Living Soil; Compost; Planning and Preparing; Planting and Cultivating; Cold Frames; Tunnels; Root Cellar and Indoor Harvesting; Plants and Pests; Growing tips for 50 Vegetable Crops; and Resources.
To read more about Eliot Coleman, and Barbara Damrosch who is a tremendous gardener in her own right, click here.


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