Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition

by Eliot Coleman

Book Overview

"Eliot is the reason I'm cooking. . . . I've followed that path because Eliot made it possible, and exciting, to farm in the four seasons."--Dan Barber, chef

"There is hardly a more well-known or well-respected name among organic farmers than Eliot Coleman."--Civil Eats

Learn season-extending techniques and eat the best food--garden fresh and chemical free--all year long, with little effort...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B005O1FXNE
• ISBN13: 9781890132279
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

I recommend this for anyone who hates to see the season end!

Eliot Coleman's love and deep knowledge of gardening comes through in this easy to read, and easy to use book. I love the idea of a four season harvest, and if he can do it in Maine, then anyone can do it! The book opens the readers mind to the wide spread possibilities that await gardener's with imagination, an open mind, and the willingness to work at it. He offers ideas for cold frames, row covers and tunnels to extend the season. Good explanations as to how they protect crops. The book also gives a great amount of detail for a wide range of vegetables. Charts provide information on when vegetables can be harvested throughout the year, and offers the reader many vegetables to choose from for a three season harvest, and a fair number for the four season harvest. I would recommend this book to anyone, beginner or experienced gardener!

A unique resource

This book is the only one of it's kind I have found. Not only does it have step-by-step instructions and tables on when and how to plant and harvest, it also has plans for building your own cold frames and a portable greenhouse (hoop house). Many books on the same subject focus on artificially heating a greenhouse to grow warm-weather vegetables. This one does not! The focus is instead on how to use what is naturally cold tolerant, and how to keep your plants harvestable throughout the winter.