Storey's Guide to Growing Organic Vegetables & Herbs for Market: Site & Crop Selection * Planting, Care & Harvesting * Business Basics - Softcover

Stewart, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603425713 ISBN 13: 9781603425711

Verlag: STOREY PUB, 2013

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Keith Stewart covers everything you need to know to successfully grow and market your own organic vegetables and herbs. Offering expert tips on choosing a growing site, soil fertility, companion planting, irrigation, organic farming techniques, dealing with pests, and harvesting, Stewart also helps you design a business plan, manage employees, and find niche markets for your produce.

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A successful vegetable farm depends on business smarts -- accounting, marketing, customer service -- as much as planting and harvesting skills. Keith Stewart's practical advice and detailed in-the-field instruction guide you through every part of professional farming, from mapping your fields to designing a farmers' market stand.

Includes comprehensive coverage of:

- Site selection and good soil maintenance

- Tools, machinery, and greenhouses

- Selecting and planting profitable crops

- Organic weed and pest control

- Harvesting and storing vegetables and herbs

- Developing a business plan

- Marketing, packaging, and selling your products

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: STOREY PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1603425713
• ISBN 13: 9781603425711
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 559
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Andersen Press; distribution@wordunited.com ; ; Theodorstrasse 105; DUSSELDORF; 40472; Deutschland