How to Grow More Vegetables*
John Jeavons
How to Grow More Vegetables*
2012. Ten Speed Press, Emeryville CA
Sometimes an "*" is truly significant. In How to Grow More Vegetables* the "*" means: than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine. Now in its 8th printing, this fully-updated ultimate growers guide instructs home gardeners, as well as small-scale commercial producers throughout the world, how to produce high-yield responsibly. The key to this success is using the Grow Biointensive method, a holistic organic gardening approach. Rather than trying to dominate soil, insects, rain, moon, sun, plants and animals, human beings cooperate as "an interwoven part of the whole." Beginning gardeners will enjoy learning basic techniques such as bed preparation and composting, while intermediate gardeners will learn to grow soil fertility crops. Applying eight key components including deep soil preparation; close plant spacing, and synergistic crop combinations, "we become gentle shepherds providing the conditions for plant growth."
