Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard
A Beginner's Guide to Growing Crops at Home
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* Full color with instructional photographs and garden-design illustrations
* Easy, inspiring intro for first-timers who want to grow their own food while saving money and time
* Written by the founders of the nationally recognizedSeattle Urban Farm Co.
As the founders behind theSeattle Urban Farm Company,Colin McCrate andBrad Halm have heard it all: My backyard is too small; how can I make space for a garden? Do I really need to buy fertilizer? What on earth is that creature crawling on the tomatoes? My crops took off and the zucchini are in the sidewalk -- who has time to harvest this all?!
Food Grown Right, in Your Backyard is a primer for these questions and more. In response to the rising interest in homegrown foods, the Seattle Urban Farm Co. builds vegetable gardens for everyone from busy families to restaurants. Along the way, Colin and Brad teach beginner growers from all walks of life the techniques of organic food production. In this full color, beautifully photographed guide, they prove that anyone can develop a "green thumb," as they show readers how to build a garden from the ground up, explain general garden basics, discuss the best types of crops to try, and much more, including:
* Garden size and design for any setting (no matter how small!), including container gardens
* Soil types, and watering and irrigation
* Plant life 101, and profiles of recommended vegetables, herbs, edible flowers, and berries
* Garden tools and time-saving rules
* Crop planning, tips on what to do with the harvest, and a garden calendar to keep your garden growing year-round
Q&A material, profiles of other beginner gardeners, and step-by-step instructions all come together in this unique, friendly guide that was inspired by the kinds of questions Colin and Brad hear every day on the job with the Seattle Urban Farm Co.
"The book is clear, concise, and beautifully illustrated. Even the more technical sections are presented in 'layman's terms,' so even if you are new to gardening you will understand them. The photographs make understanding the text easy. Additional tables throughout the text also help, including one giving materials for composting. Because of the way the information is laid out, it won't matter where you live, you will still be able to use the information. If you wish to plant a vegetable garden, this is easily one of the most useful books I've seen."
--The National Gardener
About this Author
Colin McCrate and Brad Halm started Seattle Urban Farm Co. in the spring of 2007 to answer one simple question: "Does anybody need help setting up a vegetable garden?" Turns out, quite a few. McCrate and Halm now live in Seattle. Visit them at www.seattleurbanfarmco.com.
Reviews
"Discover your own green thumb with this wonderfully detailed introduction to backyard gardening." "Save time and money, while eating more healthfully with this easy, inspiring book of instruction."
With gorgeous photos and conversational writing, the authors lay out an easy-to-follow plan.
The cofounders of Seattle Urban Farm Co.--a nationally recognized outfit that has helped hundreds of families, schools and restaurants design and implement urban gardens--share the wisdom they have accumulated over the years in this overstuffed, lively and personable tome.
With information based on organic farming and gardening principles, from building a raised bed to specific growing techniques, this guide will make you a farmer from the get-go.
McCrate and Halm prove that anyone can develop a green thumb.
[Food Grown Right] teaches beginners the basics, like where to put their gardens, how to test their soil and how to keep their plants alive.
..There's nothing stopping you from settling down with these inspirational and informative tomes out on the porch swing, backyard hammock, or from the comfort of a bench in a local park.
Beginners should (green) thumb through Food Grown Right, in Your Backyard, the new tome from Seattle Urban Farm Company.
featured as a "Best Beach Reads 2012: Green and Gardening Books for the Summer"
If you are in your first couple seasons of growing and you find yourself with more questions than answers when you look at your raised bed, or if the idea of vegetable gardening sounds great - until it sounds way too overwhelming to try - then this is the book for you.
If only all textbooks were this pretty. Founders of the Seattle Urban Farm Co. have created a terrifically informative, nicely photographed guide to gardening--not just for Western Washington, but for any planting zone.
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