Really Good Garden Book - Four Season Harvest

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

I found and read a really good Garden Book by Elliot Coleman called the Four-Season Harvest. He lives in Maine and shows how to keep your garden in use 12 months a year. It will be especially useful for those of you who live in the Frozen North.

[ldc]

Yes, it is, but the ideas can even apply to us in the sweltering, droughty south!!! ldc

[stamphappy]

Thanks, I'll look for it at my book store!

[lemonthyme7]

Yes, this is a great book. I got it a few years ago for Christmas. We got a high tunnel greenhouse and have been doing the four season harvest the last couple winters. I got started late last year (my fault) so didn't get as much last winter but the year before we had salad greens even in the coldest months. We do the second layer of protection with the row cover on hoops inside the greenhouse and that makes a lot of difference.

[Cindy in NY]

Originally Posted by stamphappy

Thanks, I'll look for it at my book store!

I have a copy of this book available now on ebay if you want to take a look!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...STRK:MESELX:IT

[Pam6]

It is also available on Amazon: Four Seasons Harvest

Winter Time Harvest

[Murray in ME]

It is a good book. His newer The Winter Harvest Handbook is even better.

[mamakatinmd]

I will second the recommendation of The Winter Harvest Handbook! I thought it was better too!

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

I have both, but find the Winter Harvest book a little too much about running his commercial produce enterprise, and is really meant to be read AFTER you were to read The Four-Season Harvest.

[NewGround]

I have it but was a dry read. Could have been much "crisper" LOL...

I still got a lot of good ideas out of it but was just slow and roundabout to to get to the point. Still I keep it for reference... So many vegetables I have never heard of...

And down here we only have two seasons hot/cold ;-)

[farmerbrian]

All of Coleman's books are a good read.

[madness]

I'd like to hear what you folks in the hot south take away from this book on the winter side of things. I have it too and just haven't applied that much winter stuff. What tips do you convert into your operations?

[YuccaFlatsRanch]

We take away the realization that with just a little "climate modification" we can truly easily raise almost every veggie except for tomatoes, potatoes (sweet and white), beans,corn,eggplant throughout the winter. We are almost far enough south to be able to raise the tomatoes, etc in a greenhouse, but heat would be needed.

[jlrbhjmnc]

Originally Posted by NewGround

And down here we only have two seasons hot/cold ;-)

That's true many years, but this year we had a real Spring! (NC native living in western NC)