Comments on: The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses http://simplegreenliving.com/books-2/the-winter-harvest-handbook-year-round-vegetable-production/ Where Simple Living Meets Sustainable Living Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Etienne Goyer http://simplegreenliving.com/books-2/the-winter-harvest-handbook-year-round-vegetable-production/comment-page-1/#comment-3938 Etienne Goyer Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:34:12 +0000 http://simplegreenliving.com/?p=1162#comment-3938 This book is geared toward small-acreage (less than 5 acres) vegetable growers who wish to explore season extension and winter production. If you fit that description, you *have* to get this book, period. <br /> <br />The writing and style is very similar to The New Organic Grower (TNOG). The prose is good, the attitude always positive. It's Coleman as we know him. As usual, he provide ample references through the book, which I find most useful. <br /> <br />I do not have much to add to all the positive reviews that have been posted already, except to say that the quality of this book is very good. The color photographies peppered throughout are gorgeous and inspiring, the paper used is of excellent weight and texture, the binding and cover are solid. It's a beautiful book. This is a net improvement over TNOG, which was rather drab in term of presentation. <br /> <br />This book earned a permanent location on my bookshelf right beside TNOG. Rating: 5 / 5 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Production-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIRMMUJSYSVVNYS7Q%26tag%3Dsimplegreenliving-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603580816" title="The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" rel="nofollow"><b>The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses</b></a> This book is geared toward small-acreage (less than 5 acres) vegetable growers who wish to explore season extension and winter production. If you fit that description, you *have* to get this book, period.

The writing and style is very similar to The New Organic Grower (TNOG). The prose is good, the attitude always positive. It’s Coleman as we know him. As usual, he provide ample references through the book, which I find most useful.

I do not have much to add to all the positive reviews that have been posted already, except to say that the quality of this book is very good. The color photographies peppered throughout are gorgeous and inspiring, the paper used is of excellent weight and texture, the binding and cover are solid. It’s a beautiful book. This is a net improvement over TNOG, which was rather drab in term of presentation.

This book earned a permanent location on my bookshelf right beside TNOG.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses

]]> By: E. Wilson http://simplegreenliving.com/books-2/the-winter-harvest-handbook-year-round-vegetable-production/comment-page-1/#comment-3937 E. Wilson Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:13:51 +0000 http://simplegreenliving.com/?p=1162#comment-3937 Would-be winter gardeners will find great ideas for growing crops year-round using such devices as unheated greenhouses and/or row covers. For those who are not familiar with Coleman, they can be assured that his advice is pertinant and ahead of most thinking. Whether a large farming operation or a backyard garden, this is a book gauranteed to be of interest for those who wish to simplify their tasks and enjoy year-round production. Get off the couch this winter and grow! Rating: 5 / 5 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Production-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIRMMUJSYSVVNYS7Q%26tag%3Dsimplegreenliving-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603580816" title="The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" rel="nofollow"><b>The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses</b></a> Would-be winter gardeners will find great ideas for growing crops year-round using such devices as unheated greenhouses and/or row covers. For those who are not familiar with Coleman, they can be assured that his advice is pertinant and ahead of most thinking. Whether a large farming operation or a backyard garden, this is a book gauranteed to be of interest for those who wish to simplify their tasks and enjoy year-round production. Get off the couch this winter and grow!
Rating: 5 / 5
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses

]]> By: Alexis Pleus Dugon http://simplegreenliving.com/books-2/the-winter-harvest-handbook-year-round-vegetable-production/comment-page-1/#comment-3936 Alexis Pleus Dugon Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:47:42 +0000 http://simplegreenliving.com/?p=1162#comment-3936 If you're the type that gets a tad depressed when you're bringing in your final harvest of brussel sprouts, carrots and beets, beat those winter blues with some year-round gardening now possible under the tutelage of Mr. Coleman. First the authority on organic gardening, Eliot is now the authority on year round gardening. If you think your climate is too harsh, think again and flip through the pages of Eliot harvesting veggies with snow covered hills in the background. We can't wait to get started! Rating: 5 / 5 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Production-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIRMMUJSYSVVNYS7Q%26tag%3Dsimplegreenliving-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603580816" title="The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" rel="nofollow"><b>The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses</b></a> If you’re the type that gets a tad depressed when you’re bringing in your final harvest of brussel sprouts, carrots and beets, beat those winter blues with some year-round gardening now possible under the tutelage of Mr. Coleman. First the authority on organic gardening, Eliot is now the authority on year round gardening. If you think your climate is too harsh, think again and flip through the pages of Eliot harvesting veggies with snow covered hills in the background. We can’t wait to get started!
Rating: 5 / 5
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses

]]> By: Bold Consumer http://simplegreenliving.com/books-2/the-winter-harvest-handbook-year-round-vegetable-production/comment-page-1/#comment-3935 Bold Consumer Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:19:58 +0000 http://simplegreenliving.com/?p=1162#comment-3935 I had so much to learn, but I knew I wanted to grow vegetables when they weren't traditionally supposed to be growing. The Winter Harvest Handbook taught me how the shortened days of winter affect growing and ways I can use artificial lighting to provide more "daylight" hours. I learned about the option of heating the soil. I had asked my expert-gardener neighbors, "Do the plants really know what season it is?" <grin> I made it my goal to convince them it was growing season with the help of this handbook. I can see that a more experienced gardener or those with more land to plant will be more interested in topics related to their projects. I stuck with the topics I could use in my new greenhouse and my new cold frame, which I haven't used yet. I've been enjoying the greenhouse. Right now I have spinach, Romaine lettuce, radishes (although I timidly didn't plant enough of those), tomatoes (which I'm learning to pollinate without the assistance of bees since they aren't available), squash, and lots of onions and garlic. The handbook taught me which vegetables tolerate colder conditions and those that can make it in cooler (not cold) conditions. I'll soon be ready to try out the cold-frame and Not not as timid as I was when I started. It's really tough forcing myself to harvest my vegetables though. I love to watch them growing and thriving in my garden, EVEN THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA BLIZZARD OF Christmas Day, 2009. Rating: 5 / 5 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Production-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIRMMUJSYSVVNYS7Q%26tag%3Dsimplegreenliving-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603580816" title="The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" rel="nofollow"><b>The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses</b></a> I had so much to learn, but I knew I wanted to grow vegetables when they weren’t traditionally supposed to be growing. The Winter Harvest Handbook taught me how the shortened days of winter affect growing and ways I can use artificial lighting to provide more “daylight” hours. I learned about the option of heating the soil. I had asked my expert-gardener neighbors, “Do the plants really know what season it is?” I made it my goal to convince them it was growing season with the help of this handbook. I can see that a more experienced gardener or those with more land to plant will be more interested in topics related to their projects. I stuck with the topics I could use in my new greenhouse and my new cold frame, which I haven’t used yet. I’ve been enjoying the greenhouse. Right now I have spinach, Romaine lettuce, radishes (although I timidly didn’t plant enough of those), tomatoes (which I’m learning to pollinate without the assistance of bees since they aren’t available), squash, and lots of onions and garlic. The handbook taught me which vegetables tolerate colder conditions and those that can make it in cooler (not cold) conditions. I’ll soon be ready to try out the cold-frame and Not not as timid as I was when I started. It’s really tough forcing myself to harvest my vegetables though. I love to watch them growing and thriving in my garden, EVEN THROUGH THE OKLAHOMA BLIZZARD OF Christmas Day, 2009.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses

]]> By: Ben Cole http://simplegreenliving.com/books-2/the-winter-harvest-handbook-year-round-vegetable-production/comment-page-1/#comment-3934 Ben Cole Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:57:54 +0000 http://simplegreenliving.com/?p=1162#comment-3934 Even though much of this book is geared toward the commercial grower rather than the home grower like myself, it contains a lot of useful information for someone, like myself, interested in growing crops year around in an unheated greenhouse. Rating: 5 / 5 <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Winter-Harvest-Handbook-Production-Greenhouses/dp/1603580816%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAIRMMUJSYSVVNYS7Q%26tag%3Dsimplegreenliving-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D1603580816" title="The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses" rel="nofollow"><b>The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses</b></a> Even though much of this book is geared toward the commercial grower rather than the home grower like myself, it contains a lot of useful information for someone, like myself, interested in growing crops year around in an unheated greenhouse.
Rating: 5 / 5
The Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses

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