Backyard Market Gardening: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling What You Grow [Paperback]

Andrew W. Lee (Author), George DeVault (Editor), Jim Hightower (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1992

Discover how easy and profitable it is to grow ans sell vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and small livestock from your own backyard market garden. Learn how others grow and sell: o 14,000 pounds of food, on less than one-eighth acre - Ohio o $150,000 from one-half acre, to fancy restaurants - California o $40,000 from one acre of oriental raised beds - Oregon o $36,000 from 3/4 acre, to city farmers' markets - Massachusetts Learn how you can: . Earn top dollar, with minimum effort and maximum profits. . Grow high-value crops in small spaces, efficiently and quickly. . Improve your garden soil for super yields and superb flavor. . Create markets that are profitable, reliable, fun and sustainable. . Improve your garden soil for super yields and superb flavor. . Buy or build tools that speed your work and increase profits. . Enjoy a guaranteed salary from community supported agriculture or a membership garden. Find your market niche in: membership gardening, community supported agriculture, farmers' markets, card table in your front yard, farm stands, clientele membership clubs, producers cooperatives, restaurants, caterers, institutions, pick your own and even growing specialty crops for your neighbor's salsa recipe. "BACKYARD MARKET GARDENING is the book that shows you how to do what you can with what you have where you are." - George DeVault, Organic Gardening Magazine. "Market gardening as described by Andy Lee is very rewarding to the soul, the soil, the environment, and the flow of capital."- Jim Hightower, Austin, Texas

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About the Author

Andy Lee and Pat Foreman have decades of experience with market gardens and community farms. Their methods can help you super charge your soil and fatten your wallet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 351 pages
• Publisher: Good Earth Publications, LLC; 1st edition (August 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962464805
• ISBN-13: 978-0962464805
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #175,202 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #68 in Books > Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Agricultural Sciences > Sustainable Agriculture

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102 of 103 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great marketing advice!, October 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Backyard Market Gardening: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling What You Grow (Paperback)

Having read many books on marketing, I feel qualified enough to tell you that this book delivers much good marketing advice. In this book there are many examples of what successful market gardeners have done. If you want to "sell what you grow", this is a good place to start. There are also some good gardening tips included. There are many books that you should read if you want to establish a 'minifarm' or market garden, and this is definately one of them.

71 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is not your typical "how-to" book, June 18, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Backyard Market Gardening: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling What You Grow (Paperback)

If you are tired of the plodding prose of most how-to books, prepare yourself for a pleasant surprise. Andrew Lee has crafted a fantastic guide for those new to organic gardening, and has done so with style, wit and humor. He walks you through soil types, composting, marketing techniques, and tool selection. He also compares and contrasts Community Supported Farms, Farmers' Markets, Subscription Farming, etc. Andrew Lee covers it all. And on top of that he has produced a lively and entertaining read in the process.

60 of 61 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very pleased, July 23, 2000

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K. D. Kelly (Johnstown, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Backyard Market Gardening: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Selling What You Grow (Paperback)

As a person who is looking towards expanding my garden, I was looking for a kind of a 'how to' book. While the book does contain 'testimonials,' it is contains a great deal of information on getting your produce to market. The types of ideas that I had not considered prior to reading the book. The book reads fast and concerns itself primarily with marketing your produce. If you're looking for primer on marketing your produce, this is an excellent first choice.