Grow-Bed Gardening (Paperback)

by Jacob Mittleider (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"I have been completely converted by the simplicity and soundness of the system and above all the results . . . Dr. Mittleider, no matter how short or how long your stay in this country you have lit a torch which will burn for a long time." (C.D. Promnitz, Agricultural Officer, Zimbabwe, Africa)

I am pleased to write concerning our experience using the Mittleider Method of growing a large variety of fresh vegetables for the L.D.S. Welfare System . . . My personal feelings and those shared by my associates are, that the Mittleider Method is a most enjoyable means of growing food . . . The results are fantastically more rewarding than I have ever had in my 30 years of growing vegetables by conventional means. The production is heavier, quality higher, and the results more dramatic in every way. I am pleased to recommend the Mittleider Method to everyone for pleasure or profit. (President Charles A. Jones, Sandy, Utah Central Stake, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)

Dr. Mittleider knows one thing that can change the face of the earth, and he's trying to get someone to listen. No matter how poor man, or man's soil is, if there's a way to get water to it, with only a plot of ground 20' X 100', a man can feed his family better than it has ever been fed before . . . He has proven his claims in just about every type of adverse situation in the world . . . The Idaho baker-turned-agricultural wizard, specializes in turning what is known as "devil-land" into unbelievably productive land. The beauty of the program is that the transformation can take place anywhere from three to six months, with food to spare and to share for the effort . . . There's no reason why there is a single person in the world who has to go to bed hungry. -- Dr. William Willoughby, National Courier Correspondent

Product Description
In this compact volume the author presents a concise look on growing fresh vegetables to meet the needs of the family with a surplus to share or sell - is the outgrowth of many years of research and experimentation im more than two score countries around the world under most unusual and varied circumstances, most recently in Africa, Southern Utah Indian reservations, Trinidad, Tobago, W.I, and Russia.

After these years of research a simple garden method has been perfected. The method is not limited by poor soils, rocks, hillsides, swamps, city limits, long seasons, short seasons, rain, arid regions, waste land, weeds, lack of powered equipment, or no equipment.

The Grow-Bed garden program outlined in this book is simple, inexpensive, and easy to implement. It will help you to eliminate failures and experience the best in gardening satisfaction and enduring success.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: Woodbridge Pr Pub (March 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880071443
• ISBN-13: 978-0880071444
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,617,445 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Gardening Success Illustrated - Step By Step, September 18, 2001

By	Jim Kennard (USA) - See all my reviews

Using 740 illustrations, Dr. Mittleider has created an outstanding book that belongs right in the garden with you. With examples of great gardens from around the world that have often been created on the worst soils you've ever seen, he shows you step by step how to have great success growing beautiful, healthy vegetables in any soil, in any climate!

This book will raise your sights regarding how much you can grow! You'll learn how to grow between 2 and 10 times what others were growing in the same place, with no weeds, and using half the water normally required. And it's so easy when it's done right!

Nothing is left out, as you learn how to pick the best location, prepare the soil, plant seeds, transplant, weed, water, prune, harvest, etc. And, you learn how to do everything the best, fastest, and most efficient way, so that you can really enjoy the gardening experience.

You can even learn how to build an excellent greenhouse in this great book - or how to automate your watering system - or how to grow your plants vertically in order to save space and maximize your yield while minimizing losses to bugs & diseases.

The chapter on how to spot problems with your plants and correct them is extremely helpful, and you'll discover ways to easily "cure" what you always thought were incurable diseases.

You will have all the benefits of an organic garden, without pesticides or herbicides, while producing yields more nearly what hydroponic growers achieve - simply by using the best cultural practices and natural mineral nutrients.

I wouldn't be without it. Get yours and you'll soon see why.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best book on Raised Bed gardening, January 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: More Food from Your Garden (Mittleider Grow-Box Gardens) (Paperback)

This book is a very good users reference to raised bed gardening, probagating vegetable plant growth, intensive use of vegetable planting and growing a garden in the winter for very few dollars. I recommend it highly to anyone just starting out with vegetable gardening. The intensive plantings makes it possible for a large family to have a garden in a VERY small space and even in a city on concrete. Read this and prove me wrong I dare you!!!