The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener. This item is unavailable.The New Organic Grower: A Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener

Covers soil, farm economics and labor, crop planning, equipment, green manures, tillage, organic fertilizers, pests, pricing, cold frames, and livestock

aThis is the best book on small-scale farming Iave read in years.a--Pat Stone, "Mother Earth News"

aEliot Colemanas book will help market gardeners establish the vital and profitable link between farm and city during the 1990s. Every small-scale grower and serious gardener should have a copy.a--Robert Rodale

aI know of no other person. . . who can produce better results on the land with an economy of effort and means than Eliot. He has transformed gardening from a task, to a craft, and finally to what Steward Brand would cal alocal sciencea.a--Paul Hawken, from the Foreword

aAnybody seriously tempted to try. . . raising healthy food on healthy land. . . must first read "The New Organic Grower," Coleman, who has been a quiet leader in the American organic movement for several decades, presents a balanced, logical exposition of his subject.a--"Horticulture"
aColeman conveys a vast amount of detailed information without ever insulting the intelligence of the reader. He speaks as if to a fellow home or market gardener, sharing what works for him and discussing what he knows and what he doesnat know. "The New Organic Grower" will be the book you dog-ear and feather with yellow sticky pages, returning to it time and again.a--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"I know of no other person. . . who can produce better results on the land with an economy of effort and means than Eliot. He has transformed gardening from a task, to a craft, and finally to what Steward Brand would cal 'local science'."--Paul Hawken, from the Foreword

"This is the best book on small-scale farming I've read in years."--Pat Stone, "Mother Earth News"

"Coleman conveys a vast amount of detailed information without ever insulting the intelligence of the reader. He speaks as if to a fellow home or market gardener, sharing what works for him and discussing what he knows and what he doesn't know. "The New Organic Grower" will be the book you dog-ear and feather with yellow sticky pages, returning to it time and again."--"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Eliot Coleman's book will help market gardeners establish the vital and profitable link between farm and city during the 1990s. Every small-scale grower and serious gardener should have a copy."--Robert Rodale

"Anybody seriously tempted to try. . . raising healthy food on healthy land. . . must first read "The New Organic Grower". Coleman, who has been a quiet leader in the American organic movement for several decades, presents a balanced, logical exposition of his subject."--"Horticulture"