The winter harvest handbook [electronic resource] : year-round vegetable production using deep-organic techniques and unheated greenhouses / Eliot Coleman ; photographs and illustrations by Barbara Damrosch.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Coleman, Eliot, 1938-
Language:English
Published: White River Junction, Vt. : Chelsea Green Pub., c2009.
Subjects:
Vegetable gardening.
Organic farming.
Greenhouse gardening.
Plants > Winter protection.
Online Access:
ProQuest Ebook Central: (Ebook Central @ Proquest)
Variant Title:
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep-Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The winter harvest
  • Historical inspiration
  • Getting started
  • The yearly schedule
  • Sunlight
  • The "cold" greenhouse
  • The "cool" greenhouse
  • Winter crops
  • Summer crops
  • Greenhouse design
  • Year-round intensive cropping
  • Soil preparation
  • Sowing
  • Weed control
  • Harvesting in winter
  • Marketing and economics
  • Pests
  • Insects and diseases
  • Tools for the small farm
  • Deep-organic farming and the small farm.