Fall and Winter Vegetables

Fall and Winter Vegetables

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Jean-Martin fortier

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128 pages

A Grower’s Guide

Extend your harvest into fall and winter with Jean-Martin Fortier’s proven bio-intensive methods. Learn to prepare soil, plant, and care for cold-season crops like leeks, spinach, cabbages, and more—grow fresh, organic vegetables long after summer ends.

Learn to grow delicious vegetables through fall and winter

Think the garden ends with summer? Think again. In this essential guide, renowned market gardener Jean-Martin Fortier shows how to extend your harvest into fall and early winter using bio-intensive techniques designed for small-scale growers and home gardeners alike.

Discover how to grow a vibrant array of cold-season crops—from Swiss chard and leeks to the remarkable diversity of cabbages, spinach, fennel, turnips, and even lesser-known gems like kohlrabi, parsnips, and Jerusalem artichokes.

Inside you’ll learn how to:

• Prepare soil and garden beds for cool-season success
• Sow, plant, and care for crops that thrive in autumn and early winter
• Manage irrigation, mulching, and plant protection in colder weather
• Grow in small spaces using efficient bio-intensive methods
• Produce fresh, flavorful vegetables long after the summer harvest ends.

With clear explanations and field-tested techniques, Fortier shares the professional methods that have made him a leader in regenerative, small-scale organic farming. Whether you manage a market garden or a backyard plot, this book will help you grow year-round, profitably and sustainably.

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Jean-Martin fortier

Jean-Martin Fortier is a farmer, author, and educator who has been at the forefront of the ecological, human-scale farming movement for more than two decades. Since 2004, he and his wife have operated Les Jardins de la Grelinette, a model two-acre microfarm celebrated for its remarkable productivity and efficiency. In 2017, Fortier founded the Market Gardener Institute, which has trained and supported over 11,000 farmers in 91 countries, helping them establish profitable small-scale organic farms rooted in regenerative practices. He is the bestselling author of The Market Gardener and co-author of The Winter Market Gardener, which together have sold more than 300,000 copies in 12 languages. His pioneering work has inspired a global shift toward resilient, soil-based food systems and earned him the Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada. Fortier lives and farms in Quebec, Canada.

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