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About the book
The best book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening just got better...
Grow on less land! Using far less water!
With less fertilizer and energy overall!
If there is one book that has dramatically changed
the way we garden, it is How To Grow More Vegetables*,
* than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine
(Ten Speed Press) by John Jeavons.
With the recent release of the seventh edition of
How To Grow More Vegetables, the best book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE
gardening just got better. Even if you have an old edition or have
never read this book before, the new edition is the gardening book
you need and will come back to time and time again.
Why use sustainable GROW BIOINTENSIVE
gardening methods?
It simply works better -- for now and for the
future. Not only will you get higher yields with far less space,
but the sus-tainable GROW BIOINTENSIVE method taught in How To Grow
More Vegetables, actually builds soil, instead of depleting it.
Gardening with this method you will use: 67% to 88% less water 50%
less purchased organic fertilizer, while creating a 100% increase
in soil fertility!
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Readers' Comments
- "A masterpiece."
- Alan Chadwick
- ". . . possibly the most detailed explanation of the Intensive
gardening method available!' - The New York Times
- "The Jeavons' approach has done more to solve poverty
and misery than anything else we've done."
-Robert Bergland, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
- "One of the great American gardening books."
- Agri-Topics
- ". .. the talk of the dirt-under-the-nails set."
- The Washington Post
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About the author
 John
Jeavons is a master gardener and ecologist. He is the director
of Ecology Action, a non-profit environmental research and educational
organization which was formed in 1970 and is located in the mountains
of Northern California. Ecology Action has helped revolutionize
sustainable gardening and mini-farming around the world.
Jeavons has twice been nominated for the World
Food Prize, and has received numerous other awards. A graduate of
Yale University, he is the author and editor of over 30 publications.
He and Ecology Action have been featured in the PBS programs "Circle
of Plenty" and "Market to Market."
"The Jeavons approach has done
more to solve poverty and misery than anything else we've done."
- Robert Bergland, Former U. S. Sec. of
Agriculture
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What's new in this edition?
The book that helped revolutionize food production
around the world, as well as in our backyard gardens. The book
has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new information
on harvesting, rotating crops, composting and fertilizing, and
a vast and varied resources selection. Yes, it is possible to
grow fresh vegetables for a family of four on the front lawn!
The classic book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening
for beginners to advanced gardeners. The most complete and practical
book of its kind, proven effective in all types of garden conditions.
This book is every gardener’s guidebook to healthier and
more beautiful gardens. Everything you need to know to grow the
best crops.
Everyone who has used and enjoyed previous
editions owes it to themselves and their gardens to have this
book. The best thing any gardener can do for their garden!“...possibly
the most detailed explanation of the Intensive gardening method
available.”-The New York Times
Designed for the Beginning Gardener
 THE
SUSTAINABLE VEGETABLE GARDEN, John Jeavons and Carol Cox, 1999,
118 pp. Based on the best-selling How To Grow More Vegetables
Than You Ever Thought Possible on Less Land Than You Can Imagine,
The Sustainable Vegetable Garden is a simpler book for those just
beginning to garden or those who need less information for the
gardening they are doing. Take advantage of two decades of GROW
BIOINTENSIVE food-raising experiences from people everywhere as
you create a highly productive, resource-conserving mini-farm
at home, with its own thriving ecosystem—an environmental
solution for the nineties … and beyond.
Available worldwide for $12.95 plus s/h(U.S. funds)
from Ecology Action (see below).
Apprentice Opportunities Booklet (BEA 1020), John Jeavons and Staff; 2005; 27 pages; $6.50
Sustainable Mini-Farming Teachers Certification Program (BEA 0030), Ecology Action Staff; 2000; 33 pages; $7.50
Order the new edition of How To Grow More
Vegetables and unlock the hidden nutritional potential
lying dormant in spaces you might ordinarily consider too small.
More food, flowers, beauty and life than you ever thought possible
on less land than you can imagine!
For the beginning gardener, order The
Sustainable Vegetable Garden.
To place your order go directly to Bountiful Gardens.
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