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MCRBFlCbiE REFEWENCE LIBRARY A project of Volunteers in Asia HOW to Grow More Veuetablm by: John Jeavons Published by: Ten Speed Press 2.0, Box 7123 Berkeley, CA 94707 USA Paper copies are $8.50. Available from: Ten Speed Press P.O. Box 7123 Berkeley, CA 94707 USA Reproduced by permission of Ecology Action of the Mid-Peninsula. Reproduction of this microficf,e document in any form is subject .‘.t :-he same restrictions as those of the original doL.ment. * a+’ . . . .. . . . ..I *’ l . . ‘_ L , .- y c t . . . ,. ’ c , .+ # p i tiL + ,. .\ 1’ ,‘.. .: -, : . .,I :. ._ y . . “ . :.. ... . . _. - .__ .-’ _. + . -+, c’ c ..; ‘. -. : : I . . . . . .A’. ’ .-, - _- ..c‘ . + + . Y c 4 4 4 _-, . . . . *. l -* .( l * 0 * St _. ” : ..’ -:.. ‘, . ,_,. . .,’ .. ‘: . . ..‘. . : s.‘.... .’ : l ’ - . . . <:, . .’ ,’ ., ..’ .: ._.. ; * ‘; ‘..‘,t ,’ .’ _ . .‘.’ . ; . : ..-.* l ;’ ‘,.: . J’. . . .* : *‘. . ’ . . It- A ., +. ‘. c . . :, .;. .i., ;, , ..~ ‘, ._ . . : . + A 2s . . _ fw, lo, the eternal and sovereign luminous space, where rule the unnumbered stars, is the air we breathe in and the air we breathe out. And in the moment betwixt the breathing in and the breathing mt is hidden all the mysteries of tk Infinite Garden. -Essene Gospel of Peace A Pminer on the L$e-Giving BiodynmniclFrench Intensive Method of Chgmic Hotiimlture *than you ever thought possible by John ECOLOGY ACTION of the MID-PENINSULA Ten Speed Press on less land than you can%nagine Copyrighi 0 1974, 1979, 1982 by ECO’J~Y Action of the Mid-Peninsula P..&ished by TEN SPEED PRESS P.O. Box 7123 Berkeley, California 94707 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form. except for brief reviews, without the written permission of the publisher. You may order single copies prepaid direct from the publisher for $7.95 (paperbound) or $10.95 (ciothboundj + $.50 for postage and handling (California residents add 6% state sales tax; Bay Area residents add 6W70). Library of Congress Catalog Number: 82-050212 ISBN: o-89815-073-6 (paperbound) o-89815-074-4 (clothbound) Book and Cover Design by Brenton Beck, Fifil Street Design Associates Cover and major illustrations by Pedro J. Gonzalez Other illustrations by Betsy Jeavons Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Drawing of Common Ground Garden provided by Landal Institute, Sausalito, CA Preface I xii Introduction / xv History and Philosophy / 2 Bed Preparation / 6 Initial Preparation Chart Tools Double Digging Process Fertilization / 20 Soil Testing Fertilizers General Program (use second column on page 27 if no soil test is done) IL Compost / 33 Simple Compost Recipe- 44 Seed Propagation / 45 Seed Planting Flats Transplanting Moor Planting Watering Weeding Plant Seasons Master Charts (we Cdumn 19 fm