About the Book : Why GROW BIOINTENSIVE? : Reader Comments
About the Author : What's New in this edition?

About the book

Grow on less land! Using far less water!
With less fertilizer and energy overall!

If there is one book that has dramatically changed the way people garden, it is How To Grow More Vegetables*, * than you ever thought possible on less land than you can imagine (Ten Speed Press) by John Jeavons.

Now, with the recent release of the seventh edition of How To Grow More Vegetables, the best book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE® gardening just got even better. Whether you have an older edition or have never read this book before, the new improved seventh edition with a foreward by Alice Waters is the gardening book you need and will come back to time and time again.

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Why use sustainable GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening methods?

Because it simply works better -- for now and for the future. Not only will you get higher yields with far less space, but by using the sustainable GROW BIOINTENSIVE method taught in How To Grow More Vegetables, you will actually build the soil in your garden, instead of depleting it.

Gardening with this method you will use:

• 67% to 88% less water,
• 50% less purchased organic fertilizer, while creating a
• 100% increase in soil fertility!

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Readers' Comments

• "A masterpiece."
  - Alan Chadwick
  
  
• ". . . possibly the most detailed explanation of the Intensive gardening method available!' - The New York Times
  
  
• "The Jeavons' approach has done more to solve poverty and misery than anything else we've done."
  -Robert Bergland, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
  
  
• "One of the great American gardening books."
  - Agri-Topics
  
  
• "... the talk of the dirt-under-the-nails set."
  - The Washington Post

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About the author

John Jeavons is a master gardener and ecologist. He is the director of Ecology Action, a non-profit environmental research and educational organization which was formed in 1970 and is located in the mountains of Northern California. Ecology Action has helped revolutionize sustainable gardening and mini-farming around the world.

Jeavons has twice been nominated for the World Food Prize, and has received numerous other awards. A graduate of Yale University, he is the author and editor of over 30 publications. He and Ecology Action have been featured in the PBS programs "Circle of Plenty" and "Market to Market."

"The Jeavons approach has done more to solve poverty and misery than anything else we've done."
- Robert Bergland, Former U. S. Sec. of Agriculture

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What's new in this edition?

This is the book that helped revolutionize food production around the world, as well as in our backyard gardens. The new, 7th edition has been thoroughly revised and updated, with new information on harvesting, rotating crops, composting and fertilizing, and a vast and varied resources selection. Yes, it is possible to grow fresh vegetables for a family of four on the front lawn!

How to Grow More Vegetables is the classic book on GROW BIOINTENSIVE gardening for everyone who's interested in growing their own food, from beginners to advanced gardeners. It is the most complete and practical book of its kind, proven effective in all types of garden conditions. This book is every gardener’s guidebook to healthier and more beautiful gardens, and contains everything you need to know to grow the best crops.

Everyone who has used and enjoyed previous editions owes it to themselves and their gardens to have this book!

“...possibly the most detailed explanation of the Intensive gardening method available.”-The New York Times

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