Essential tools for successful vegetable growers
Often overlooked by both home and market gardeners, the right farm and garden tools are essential for cultivating success. Vegetable Garden Tools: A Grower''s Guide will help you select the appropriate equipment for your unique situation, drawing on "The Fortier Method." This method, developed by Jean-Martin Fortier, is a proven formula for successful, small-scale, high-yield microfarming.
This highly accessible, succinct, and beautifully illustrated full-color handbook features:
- Recommendations for garden tools and implements for every stage of cultivation-from soil preparation and sowing to planting, crop maintenance, and harvesting.
- A focus on "low-tech" hand tools that are inexpensive, sustainable, and allow for working the soil while respecting biodiversity. These tools increase productivity and efficiency, and improve ergonomics.
- Detailed information on the functio
