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From first sentence to last, Coleman's ( The New Organic Gardener ) book is a delight--an earnest guide written with an impish sense of humor. It will refresh anyone who wants to get the most from a vegetable garden yet doesn't want to devote too much time and energy to the process. Apparently Coleman thoroughly enjoys every phase of gardening--from planting crops to weeding. Who else has ever suggested, only half in jest, dancing with a hoe? Or keeping a pair of ducks for pest patrol? This is that kind of book. It's also a book full of valuable information on how to harvest fresh vegetables and salad ingredients literally year-round--yet without an expensive greenhouse or indoor light garden set-up. Coleman combines succession planting (small sowings three or more times, rather than one big endeavor) with cold-frame growing in the winter months. He includes how-tos for building simple cold-frames. Given the fact that he lives in Maine, his advice seems all the more reliable. He believes in simplicity ("If what I am doing in the garden seems complicated, it is probably wrong"), seasonality (tomatoes in summer, broccoli in fall, mache in February) and diplomacy in the garden (which "has more to teach us than just how to grow food"). Here, his philosophy of organic growing is shared easily. The book concludes with an extensive chapter on the vegetables that comprise his "cast of characters." Illustrated.
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“Four-Season Harvest is a magnificent work. It’s enticing, inspiring, sensible, and it opens a whole new world for the home grower.”--Peter Fossel, Country Journal
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  • Paperback: 236 pages
  • Publisher: Chelsea Green (October 1, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1890132276
  • ISBN-13: 978-1890132279
  • Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (64 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #3,462 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Essential guide for organic gourmands, October 27, 1999
This review is from: Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long (Paperback)
Eat fresh, home-grown vegetables year round? Eliminate canning and freezing? Do this all at low cost? Eliot Coleman does, you can, too, and here is the how. Coleman is a market gardener in Maine who may eat better than Bill Gates. He shows that sunlight and wind protection are more important that temperature--and, by the way, most of the U.S. gets more winter sunlight than Coleman's place. Inexpensive, unheated greenhouses that he calls tall tunnel houses--some say hoop houses--and cold frames protect from wind and keep snow off the veggies. Greenhouse comfort is more to benefit the gardener. The key is what and when to plant. Full info given for planting dates, construction details, sources of seeds, tools, greenhouses. Well illustrated. An essential guide for organic gourmands.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this for anyone who hates to see the season end!, December 28, 1999
By Terry (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Four-Season Harvest: How to Harvest Fresh Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long (Paperback)
Eliot Coleman's love and deep knowledge of gardening comes through in this easy to read, and easy to use book. I love the idea of a four season harvest, and if he can do it in Maine, then anyone can do it! The book opens the readers mind to the wide spread possibilities that await gardener's with imagination, an open mind, and the willingness to work at it. He offers ideas for cold frames, row covers and tunnels to extend the season. Good explanations as to how they protect crops. The book also gives a great amount of detail for a wide range of vegetables. Charts provide information on when vegetables can be harvested throughout the year, and offers the reader many vegetables to choose from for a three season harvest, and a fair number for the four season harvest. I would recommend this book to anyone, beginner or experienced gardener!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Grow vegetables year 'round!, February 26, 2006
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Coleman is an experienced organic gardener and has written previous books on organic gardening. Whether you are looking for new organic gardening techniques or ways to improve a self-sustaining lifestyle, Coleman's book will be a valuable resource. He explains how to grow delicious, organically-grown vegetables from your home garden year 'round. Organically-grown vegetables can be harvested throughout the coldest months in all climate zones in the Lower 48 without much extra effort or time. He shows how to design inexpensive, simple cold frames and unheated mobile greenhouses. He explains how to use them along with a root cellar to grow a variety of organic vegetables each suited to their season. Success depends on growing a large variety of vegetables each suited to their season, and in cold frames, mobile greenhouses, and root cellars. Coleman's book will surely guide the grower to extend the growing season!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Four-season Harvest
I purchased this book because I was interested in learning how to extend the growing season for vegetables. I was not disappointed in my purchase. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Kelly A. Miller

4.0 out of 5 stars good resource for beginner
Good resource for the beginning gardener. Not advanced enough for my needs, but still enjoyed the book. Great for the just starting grower.
Published 7 months ago by L. fiebranz

5.0 out of 5 stars gardening all year around
The "Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long" book is a great book for people living in the North East who want to garden even in the winter... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Darcy Dorwart

5.0 out of 5 stars Vegetables all year
This book is just what I was looking for. It has excellent information on extending the growing season with simple directions. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Garden Guru

2.0 out of 5 stars It's okay, but it is too general
This book is a general overview on how this guy runs his high-production, high-cost garden. No details are given on how the average Joe can build or buy the stuff. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Eric Davis

3.0 out of 5 stars A little disappointed
The book is very helpful when it comes to thinking about winter gardening but I think the average person will not have access to a huge portable greenhouse to accomplish this.
Published 13 months ago by Margaret Clark

5.0 out of 5 stars Genuinely useful techniques for extending the garden season
Here in Minnesota I was unsure if such simple greenhouses, unheated flexible plastic, would work year-round. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Michael A. Duvernois

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have in your gardening book library!
In case you didn't know, Elliot is THE master gardener! I have highlighted this book to death! You will learn so much more from this book than any text book about gardening.
Published 15 months ago by Linda Koetitz

5.0 out of 5 stars Exciting book! But if you live in the Pacific Northwest...
"Four Season Harvest" was so exciting for me to read. Not only for the content, but the author is also enjoyable to read. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Rebekah

5.0 out of 5 stars Winter gardeners take note.
Excellent info from someone with experience doing winter gardening in Maine. Info on different methods. Read more
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