More food from small spaces : growing denser, deeper, higher, longer gardens / Margaret Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Margaret, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vegetable gardening.

Small gardens.

Square foot gardening.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Great River Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Food, we can't live without it, yet its costs are rising and consuming more of the family budget. In addition, health concerns about the use of pesticides, gmo foods, and potential soil mineral depletion in the food supply inspire more people to want to grow their own vegetables. Many of these live in cities with only small yard spaces.áThis book presents new methods devised and tested by the author to maximize food production from a small yard. áBy tightly spacing plants in deep, fertile soil, training plants vertically, and harvesting year round -- with the help of the inexpensive, portable

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; 1. Denser; The Center Square Plan; Benefits of the Center Square; Garden Siting; How to Build a Border; Framing Around the Center Square; Which Vegetables to Choose; Companion Planting; Planting Guide; Plant Spacing; Harvesting; 2. Deeper; The Fertile Soil Base for Intensive Planting; Digging Deeply and Doing It Once; Removing Sod; Shoveling; Removing Rocks; Enriching the Soil; Composting with Effective Microorganisms; Bokashi Composting Medium; How to Make Bokashi; How to Tap a Plastic Bucket with a Spigot; Burying the Bokashi Compost; Compost Tea; 3. Higher

Site ConcernsBuilding with PVC Pipes; Tomato Supports; Cucumber Trellis; Dual Season Grow Tower; 4. Longer; Warming Up Spring Chills; Mini Chinampas with Recycled Bottles; Overwintering with Water Warming; Cooling During the High Heat Weeks; Planting The Fall Crop; Winter; When to Erect the Greenhouse; How To Build The Greenhouse; Covering the Greenhouse with Plastic Sheeting; Greenhouse Variations; Starting Seeds in the Greenhouse; Summer and the the Greenhouse; Moving the Greenhouse; Managing a Longer Growing Season; 5. Seed Saving; Growing Open Pollinated Seed Varieties

Plants with Seeds We EatLettuces and Other Leafy Green Crops; Plants with Flowers We Eat; Root Vegetables; Fruits; Seed Storage Life; 6. Some Common Garden Concerns; Effective Microorganisms as Insect Deterrent; Compost Tea Repellent; Discouraging Snails and Slugs; The Hardware Cloth Seedling Cage; Water; Rain Barrels; Structuring Water; Buryied Watering Vessels; 7. Making Food Last; Canning; Freezing; Dehydrating; Shelf Life of Home Dried Foods; How to Make a Simple Solar Food Dryer

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-915556-45-6

OCLC:

836404894