John Jeavons

For over 25 years, John Jeavons has been researching and teaching the biointensive garden method in over 100 countries and has revolutionized small-scale food production. "The method," first brought to this country by legendary Master Gardener Alan Chadwick, produces the largest amount of food on the smallest amount of earth using no pesticides or equipment other than a sturdy fork and spade for "double digging".

Jeavons writes: "As we begin to use sustainable land and resource-conserving food-raising approaches, a living habitat, free from human interference, can remain untouched so that the great spectrum of endangered plant and animal diversity on this Earth can be preserved and thrive. This wealth of genetic diversity is necessary if the planet on which we live is to support abundance."

How To Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible On Less Land Than You Can Imagine
Softcover, 208 pages

Based on Biointensive gardening techniques, How To Grow More Vegetables details the farming method which can result in 800 square feet or less (the size of an ordinary front lawn and a fraction of the land normally required) providing a family of four with fresh vegetables -- produced organically while maintaining soil nutrients for future crops, with a minimum of water and daily care needed -- for an entire year. The new revision (the first in five years) contains completely updated and expanded material throughout, as well as new chapters on soil sustainability and a perspective into the future of farming.

To read more about John Jeavons and access links to his Biointensive workshops, click here.