The market gardener

Now considered a reference in organic farming, this practical guide provides cultivation notes on more than 25 vegetables and teaches you, step by step, how to:

• choose the location of a site inspired by permaculture;

• minimize investments at the start of your business;

• use alternative machinery to the tractor;

• grow in permanent beds with a minimal tillage approach;

• organically fertilize crops;

• effective control of diseases and pests;

• weeding with the best tools;

• extend the season by ''forcing'' its crops;

• develop a crop calendar;

• do good financial planning.