The Winter Market Gardener

Catherine Sylvestre, Jean-Martin Fortier, Laurie Bennett

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• Co-op available


• Galleys available


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• Mother Earth News, Hobby Farm, Growing for Market, Growers & Co, Acres USA




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• Outreach to author's 117k Instagram followers;33k Market Garden Institute followers; 24k Growers & Co. followers


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• Bookseller promotion: ABA Galley giveaway

Best-selling author - author's previous book The Market Gardener has sold over 130,000 copies

Established publicity platform - Author has a sophisticated, multi-product business model supported by a large team at the Market Garden Institute, Growers & Co., and author website www.themarketgardener.com

Foreword - Celebrity chef TBC

Proven Track Record - Quebec French edition, Le Maraîchage Nordique sold 8,000 in 2 months

Professional translation - careful selection of skilled translator provides excellent translation

Full color with 150 illustrations

10 000 print run

International appeal - above the 49th parallel

The Complete Practical Guide to Growing Vegetables Year-Round in Northern Climates for Local Markets

MANY SMALL FARMS shut down during the dark winter months. Yet with the right techniques, equipment, and cultivars, year-round growing can produce the highest quality and tastiest fresh local vegetables, all while banking a profit.

Building on years of research, experimentation, and collaboration, The Winter Market Gardener is a beautifully illustrated practical guide to winter vegetable production for small farmers growing in northern climates. Coverage includes:

• Unique aspects of year-round vegetable production


• Dozens of detailed vegetable profiles


• Start-to-finish winter crop planning


• Selecting shelters, from row covers to high tunnels


• Tool selection and use for efficiency


• Winter storage crops and successful autumn growing.

Whether you are an experienced farmer or market grower, enthusiastic amateur, or committed consumer, The Winter Market Gardener will excite, inspire, and empower you to embrace the seasons and work with nature to produce and enjoy superior-quality local vegetables all year.

Foreword

Introduction: Yes, We Can Grow Vegetables Year-Round. . . and Why We Should

The Knowledge and Skills of Northern Growers

Using Simple Shelters to Protect Crops

Winter Crop Planning

Vegetables in Winter

Tools for Winter Growing

Tending to Winter Crops

Fall Harvests for Cold Storage

Growing and Selling Vegetables Year-Round

Conclusion

Appendices

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

About the Authors

About New Society Publishers

Sujets

• Jardinage
• Potager
• Sustainable Agriculture
• Small Business
• Sciences et techniques
• Extensión
• Míchigan
• Grower
• Intensive word form
• Row cover
• Organic horticulture
• Heated
• Eliot Coleman
• Organic farming
• Organic
• Farm
• Weather
• Technology
• Engineering
• Climate
• Northern
• Agriculture
• Extensivité - intensivité
• Extension
• Maine
• Production
• Michigan

Informations

• Publié par: New Society Publishers
• Date de parution: 10 octobre 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781771423762
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 30 Mo

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