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TITLE:
The market gardener : a successful grower's handbook for small-scale organic farming / Jean-Martin Fortier ; foreword by Severine von Tscharner Fleming, the Greenhorns ; illustrations by Marie Bilodeau ; [English translation by Scott Irving, Edgar Translation.]
Translated Title:
Jardinier-maraîcher
Publication Date:
2014-2015
Publication Information:
Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers,
Physical Description:
xvi, 223 p. : ill. (some color)
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-205) and index.
Summary:
Offers information on setting up a micro-farm, with negligible capital outlay, by designing biologically intensive cropping systems, including crop yields, harvest periods, hand tools to use, appropriate machinery, and pricing approaches.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780865717657
General Note:
Translation of: Le jardinier-maraîcher.