Del 4 - Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener

Root Vegetables

A Grower’s Guide

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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Root crops reward careful planning with dependable, nutrient-dense harvests From carrots and beets to lesser-known crops like salsify and oca, root vegetables are foundational to productive gardens and market farms. Root Vegetables: A Grower's Guide provides clear, practical guidance for growing a wide range of root crops efficiently, using proven biointensive methods that support both yield and soil health.Based on The Market Gardener Method, this concise, highly illustrated handbook helps growers understand what root crops need—and how to meet those needs with thoughtful preparation, timing, and care.What this Book Offers Profiles of 20 diverse root crops, with clear guidance for eachPractical instruction on soil preparation, spacing, and timingStrategies for sowing, transplanting, irrigation, and fertility managementOrganic approaches to pest control, disease prevention, and crop rotationHarvest and storage techniques that preserve flavor, nutrition, and qualityRather than treating root vegetables as secondary crops, this guide shows how they can anchor a productive growing system when managed with intention and precision.Who this Book is For Home gardeners expanding beyond basic root cropsMarket gardeners aiming for reliable, storable yieldsGrowers refining crop rotations and soil managementReaders seeking practical alternatives to high-input methodsAnyone wanting dependable harvests from resilient cropsJean-Martin Fortier draws on decades of farming experience in challenging climates to share methods that balance productivity, efficiency, and long-term soil care.Root Vegetables is part of the Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener series—designed to support growers at every stage with practical, field-tested knowledge.If you want root crops that store well, taste better, and support a healthier growing system, this guide will help you get there.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-09-16
Mått133 x 178 x 8 mm
Vikt138 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieDel 4 i Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener
Antal sidor128
FörlagNew Society Publishers
IllustratörAvram, Flore
ISBN9781774060179
OriginaltitelLegumes Racines
ÖversättareBennett, Laurie

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Jean-Martin Fortier, a distinguished farmer, author, and educator, has been spearheading a movement in ecological agriculture for over twenty years. Since 2004, he and his wife have been operating Les Jardins de la Grelinette, an efficient and productive 2-acre microfarm. This farm is often referred to as a blueprint for effective human-scale organic farming.In 2015, Jean-Martin established La Ferme des Quatre-Temps, a research farm dedicated to training apprentices and developing new strategies for market gardening, including year-round production. His pioneering methods are taught worldwide through the Market Gardener Institute, which is present in more than 90 countries.Jean-Martin is the author of The Winter Market Gardener and The Market Gardener, which have sold over a quarter of a million copies in nine languages. His contributions to organic farming and regenerative agriculture have earned him the Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada. He farms and lives in Quebec, Canada.Pierre Nessmann was born to a family of Strasbourg market gardeners and holds a degree from the École d'Horticulture de Genève, in Switzerland. He has worked as a landscape gardener and a journalist for over 40 years. He is the assistant editor of the popular French gardening magazines Rustica Pratique and Rustica Weekly, covers gardening and DIY stories for the French television Network TF1, and currently hosts a gardening segment on the show Nous Voilà Bien, on the French radio station RTL. He is the author of several books about vegetable growing, gardening, and landscaping. Pierre lives in Paris, France.Flore Avram is a freelance artist and graphic designer specializing in scientific and botanical illustration. She has collaborated extensively with the French language children's publisher KiloWatt Editions, and with Inserm Magazine, a quarterly journal which explores health and biomedical research. Flore has earned several professional certifications in graphic design and scientific illustration from L'Ecole Estienne, the Municipal Graduate School of the Arts and Printing Industry. She also works as a Médiatrice en botanique at Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, a unique French natural heritage site and eco-garden. She is based in Paris, France.

Introduction Preface: Discovering Root VegetablesIntroduction: The Essentials of Root VegetablesJean-Martin's 20 Favorite Root Vegetables Beetroot Carrots Celeriac Kohlarabi Pale-leaf Woodland Sunflower root Turnip Rutabaga Oca from Peru Tuberous Nasturtium Parsnip Sweet Potato Parsnips Tuberous Chervil Potato Ground Pear Small Radish Asian Radish Winter Radish Black Salsify Jerusalem artichokeAcknowledgments

Jean-Martin Fortier has done it again! Incredibly beautiful, this series of pragmatic and professional instructional manuals makes it easy for anyone to start market gardening at a professional and regenerative level with a tailored focus on each aspect. —Matt Powers, author, Regenerative Soil and Regenerative Soil Microscopy Applying a market gardening mindset to your home garden will improve your yields and greatly reduce the amount of work involved. To do this, look no further than this series from Jean-Martin Fortier, who is a pioneer in regenerative, biointensive, and organic market gardening. —Rob and Michelle Avis, Verge Permaculture / 5th World and co-authors, Building Your Permaculture Property