ROOT VEGETABLES: A Grower’s Guide, part of the ongoing Market Gardener series

ROOT VEGETABLES: A Grower’s Guide (Market Gardener series)
JEAN-MARTIN FORTIER (edited by Pierre Nessmann; Illus. Flore Avram; tr. Laurie Bennett)
New Society Publishers (non-affiliate Bookshop.org link)
$19.99 all editions, available now

Rating: 4.75* of five

The Publisher Says: Root Vegetables: A Grower's Guide offers an essential roadmap to cultivating Jean-Martin Fortier's 20 favorite varieties using biointensive techniques. Discover hidden gems for your garden, from staples to heirloom curiosities, with detailed guidance on growing, managing, and harvesting nutrient-packed root crops. Master the art of growing nutritious, versatile, and flavorful root vegetables with Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive farming methods.

Root Vegetables: A Grower's Guide uncovers the secrets to cultivating a wide range of root crops, from familiar favorites like potatoes and carrots to lesser-known gems like oca and salsify. Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive approach maximizes yield while nurturing soil health, making this guide invaluable to home gardeners and market farmers alike.

This richly illustrated, full-color guide includes:

A step-by-step introduction to "The Fortier Method" for sustainable, high-yield microfarming

Botanical insights into root vegetables, from ancient wild varieties to modern cultivars

Detailed profiles of 20 nutritious and versatile crops, with practical advice on growing each

Techniques for soil preparation, sowing, transplanting, fertilizing, and irrigation

Organic practices for managing pests, diseases, and crop rotations

Tips for optimizing harvest and storage to preserve flavor and nutrition.

Root Vegetables is part of the Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener series. It's designed to provide novice to expert growers with practical knowledge to succeed using the principles of biointensive, regenerative agriculture on a human scale.

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My Review: As with LIVING SOIL: A Grower’s Guide, this book is part of the ongoing Market Gardener series.

The series is meant to inform as well as inspire the people who love growing things to apply ecologically sound methods of doing so, most especially to food production. It is the use of land that matters the most...a house and flower garden matter very little to someone who's constantly hungry, or worse, starving. As our climate uncertainty shifts from "can we stop the looming disaster" to "how best can we mitigate the inevitable disaster" it behooves every privileged one of us to learn all we can about growing some of our own food to reduce the stress on a system that's going to be more stressed soon.

Start with foods you want to eat, like:

The entire series is currently available, and could be a literal lifesaver.

Well worth your time and treasure.