Sustainable Market Farming: Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres Kindle Edition

I have the Kindle version and would very much like to have a print copy to refer to. There is so much useful info in this book. Pam Dawling is so incredibly knowledgable and she and her community have an amazing way of running their farm!She doesn't actually sell the produce that she grows, as she's part of the team that produces food for a 100-member residential community, but issues about maintaining production year-round (salad), storage, organic management of pests, seed saving, quality, etc. are all important to her operation - just as they would be on a market farm. The individual crop information that's included is amazing- Dawling has distilled information that's hard to find, and I'm so grateful!I only managed to read 1% of this book per night and then my mind was blown! The index at the end of the Kindle version has links to the pages that are referred to, so that's nice. There are a lot of resources (books, websites, etc) listed at the end of the book, as well.

Best overall book on the topic I have found. Comprehensive, sensible advice. Methods are flexible and fairly conventional. Ordinary tillage equipment is used, though it is used appropriately. Use of propane flamers instead of herbicides. No recommendations to do extremely laborious and impractical things like double digging every bed, etc. Author definitely has a sense of efficiency and the cost of labor. Lots of information. The author is from a moderate-high moisture region in zone 7 in Virginia with fairly good soil, so this book may seem odd for someone with a Northern or Southern climate, but there is still a lot of applicable information. Great index, lots of species specific information. Definitely worth purchasing!

We purchased this to add to our library inventory and it has been popular, even with those who have been working on farms all their lives. Besides the acres of crops, many times the family sets aside one-half to one acre for personal "gardening" and this book was perfect for this!

I've been market farming a few years and own a LOT of books on farming - Eliot Coleman, Joel Salatin, etc., but this is by far the most useful book for me and my operation. Reading the book is like touring the author's farm, with details about what tools the farm uses, varieties of seeds, specifics about succession planting, seed starting, etc. I dragged my feet a few weeks on buying this book as I didn't want another book gathering dust on the bookshelf, but I use this all the time. It's well organized and indexed, and I find it very easy to find what I'm looking for. I highly recommend it.

This volume contains good practical advice for market gardeners and gardeners alike. She even has a section on the culture of many vegetables that are grown. It is an important read for the new market gardener as well as for someone who has been growing for years.

Love this book. This is my 2nd one; the 1st one was accidentally left in the garden and ruined. It’s filled with great ideas for growing for market. Tips on planning, timing and growing your own mulch. Definitely a keeper -I’ll be using this for years to come AND making sure it comes inside with me each day!

Fantastically detailed market farming book - centered around organic vegetable growing on small acreage. Book would be 5 stars if it had more detailed pictures and schematics of layout, hoop house design and construction, and better organized data in an Appendix. Book gets into great detail about specific planting requirements for vegetables.

This book is just what my friend and I needed to begin producing more vegetables in small places. This book is very informative and an easy read. It includes charts and many ideas. If you want to garden, you must have this book!

Highly interesting reading if you're into no dig gardening and intensifying your garden produce!

Just the book i need help refocus my attention on getting produces to market

Great book for crop growers.

Excellent content, very in depth

Good book, helpful