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- Release date: 12-20-16
- Language: English
- Publisher: WCP Media
Regular price: $19.95
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Publisher's Summary
Growing on just one and a half acres, owners Jean-Martin and Maude-Helène feed more than 200 families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stands and supply their signature mesclun salad mix to dozens of local establishments. The secret of their success is the low-tech, high-yield production methods they've developed by focusing on growing better rather than growing bigger, making their operation more lucrative and viable in the process.
The Market Gardener is a compendium of proven horticultural techniques and innovative growing methods. This complete guide is packed with practical information on:
- Setting-up a micro-farm by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, all with negligible capital outlay
- Farming without a tractor and minimizing fossil fuel inputs through the use of the best hand tools, appropriate machinery, and minimum tillage practices
- Growing mixed vegetables systematically with attention to weed and pest management, crop yields, harvest periods, and pricing approaches
Inspired by the French intensive tradition of maraichage and by iconic American vegetable grower Eliot Coleman, author and farmer Jean-Martin shows by example how to start a market garden and make it both very productive and profitable. Making a living wage farming without big capital outlay or acreages may be closer than you think.
Jean-Martin Fortier is a passionate advocate of strong local food systems and founder of Les Jardins de la Grelinette, an internationally recognized model for successful bio-intensive micro-farming.
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- Felicia Bonynge
- 12-26-17
Great book
Awesome book for any gardener! Definitely will change the way my family gardens after listening to this book. Very helpful to have the printed version as well. I will be going back to this book for years to come!
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- hansen527
- 11-14-17
Great and very detailed information.
I have listened to this book multiple times and have heard something new and useful each time.
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- Joseph
- VALENTINE, NE, United States
- 08-18-17
Not that great for Home Gardener
A lot of other reviewers said that this book would be great even if you are not a market gardener. Although there are some definitely meaningful things to learn in the book (I think the best part is actually the appendix) it is not really as applicable to the home Gardener as some other people have stated. I have a very large home Garden where I'm trying to grow virtually all of my produce for my family for the entire year. For this reason, I thought that many things in the book would be applicable for me. I realize after reading it that there's way too many things that are not practical or useful for a home gardener. That being said I still enjoyed the book and learned quite a bit.
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- Amazon Customer
- Santa Rosa, CA United States
- 08-10-18
Great advice. Buy the paper version.
Fantastic and encouraging. Lots of practical ideas but the narrator drove me crazy. The last syllable of each sentence drops in pitch so it sounds like he's whining. I had to speed up the narration speed just to finish. Unfortunately, I will never listen to it again.
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- Cam S.
- 07-30-18
Fantastic
Not a huge fan of the narrator. Love the content and Author.
Has taken a our garden to the next level
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- Anon
- Gaithersburg
- 06-28-18
Narration is so boring....
If your interested in learning how to farm on a small scale, there is great information here - I suggest reading it though. The narrator is so boring that I can’t finish the book after 6 attempts and hundreds of other books completed.
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- RALPH F LOSTER
- 05-03-18
Dan good book
The Market Gardener is a Dam good book. You would not be disappointed in this book.
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- Digital Daniel
- 09-25-17
great book for staring organic farmers
so much detail and great tips for anyone who's never farmed at that scale and with such limitations.
I loved the book, but the narrator reads words in a certain way which was a bit annoying along with pronouncing the name of Jean-Martin's farm incorrectly! Les Jardin is not pronounced Le Hardin!
I wish the author read it, because he actually has a nice voice.
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-18-17
Defiantly one of the best market garden books ever
seriously if you only read to books to start your market garden this has to be one of them!!!!!!
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- D J Hupkes
- 06-19-17
perfect for the aspiring farmer only hands on
could be better like he says. the how to instruction for nearly every situation is priceless.
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- B. S. Mahtani
- 02-10-18
Good for beginners by a passionate no dig farmer.
Really great. Quite long and drawn out but detailed and helpful knowledge, giving you the overview. probably the most successful in the biz.
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- Michael P Ross
- 05-05-18
Extremely informative
If your interested in living your career and love the outdoors... This is inspiration. Small scale can be the next big thing. Enjoy