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Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long, 2nd Edition Paperback – September 22, 1999

by Eliot Coleman (Author), Kathy Bray (Illustrator), Barbara Damrosch (Foreword)

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“Eliot is the reason I’m cooking. . . . I’ve followed that path because Eliot made it possible, and exciting, to farm in the four seasons.”—Dan Barber, chef

“There is hardly a more well-known or well-respected name among organic farmers than Eliot Coleman.”—Civil Eats

Learn season-extending techniques and eat the best food—garden fresh and chemical free—all year long, with little effort or expense.

If you love the joys of eating home-garden vegetables but always thought those joys had to stop at the end of summer, this book is for you. Eliot Coleman introduces the surprising fact that most of the United States has more winter sunshine than the south of France. He shows how North American gardeners can successfully use that sun to raise a wide variety of traditional winter vegetables in backyard cold frames and plastic covered tunnel greenhouses without supplementary heat.

Inside, you’ll also learn:

Composting techniques
Simple Mineral Amendments
Planning and preparing your garden site
Seeds for four seasons
How to build cold frames, high tunnels, and mobile greenhouses
How to cope with snow
How to create a root cellar and other storage techniques
And much, much more!

Coleman expands upon his own experiences with new ideas learned on a winter-vegetable pilgrimage across the ocean to the acknowledged kingdom of vegetable cuisine, the southern part of France, which lies on the 44th parallel, the same latitude as his farm in Maine.

This story of sunshine, weather patterns, old limitations and expectations, and new realities is delightfully innovative in the best gardening tradition. Four-Season Harvest will have you feasting on fresh produce from your garden all through the winter.

“The man, the farmer, the legend, is Eliot Coleman.”—The Atlantic

To learn more about the possibility of a four-season farm, please visit Coleman’s website www.fourseasonfarm.com.

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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

About the Author

Eliot Coleman has over fifty years experience in all aspects of organic farming, including field vegetables, greenhouse vegetables, rotational grazing of cattle and sheep, and range poultry. He is the author of The New Organic Grower, Four-Season Harvest, and The Winter Harvest Handbook, as well as the instructional workshop DVD Year-Round Vegetable Production with Eliot Coleman. Coleman and his wife, Barbara Damrosch, presently operate a commercial year-round market garden, in addition to horticultural research projects, at Four Season Farm in Harborside, Maine.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Chelsea Green
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 22, 1999
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2nd Revised ed.
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1890132276
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1890132279
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.98 x 0.76 x 10 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #70,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #67 in Vegetable Gardening
- #69 in Organic & Sustainable Gardening & Horticulture

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Eliot Coleman is one of America's leading practitioners of organic gardening and farming. He has pioneered a "plant-positive" approach to horticulture that surpasses chemical-dependent agriculture in every wayproducing vegetables that are exceptionally nutritious, delicious, and healthy. His Chelsea Green books include The New Organic Grower and Four-Season Harvest. With his wife Barbara Damrosch he farms in Harborside, Maine, on land that was part of the homestead of Helen and Scott Nearing.

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Customers find this gardening book informative and well-structured, providing practical high-yield vegetable gardening tips and a logical progression for beginners. Moreover, the book offers comprehensive year-round gardening information, with one customer highlighting its detailed winter growing content. Additionally, they appreciate its readability, value for money, and variety of crops, with one noting its expansive list of acceptable crops. Customers also value how it helps them eat fresh produce throughout the year.

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139 customers mention "Information content"135 positive4 negative

Customers find the book very informative, describing it as a wonderful resource that covers every facet of gardening and provides practical information about high-yield vegetable cultivation.

"...through the eyes of a small commercial grower and would benefit any commercial grower, I believe the concepts can be applied on a modified scale to..." Read more

"...they would get that idea from this book, since it clearly tells you what to plant, when to plant it, and how to properly protect it...all without..." Read more

"...His advice is sound as you will end up with healthy, viable seedlings and plants, and you truly will be able to fill your table without spending..." Read more

"...All and all this is a good book for techniques and as a supplement. Not a stand-alone type book for beginners in warmer climates IMHO." Read more

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Customers find the book thorough and well-structured, serving as a good teaching manual for gardening with a logical progression for beginners.

"...One major difference from this book and his other books is a more complete (not exhaustive) list of details for various crops grown in his New..." Read more

"...This book is a fun, easy-to-read manual on how to successfully grow crops year- round, and focuses on the crops that work best in the fall/winter..." Read more

"...It has a very logical progression for beginners. A summary of the topics I found most useful were:..." Read more

"...Growing your own food is the most simple, cost effective, and easy way to start...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the gardening information in the book, particularly its coverage of year-round and winter vegetable cultivation, with one customer noting it's especially helpful for northern climates.

"...I'm not sure why. I think it must be because I can apply the winter harvest techniques to the summer outdoor garden...." Read more

"...This book is a fun, easy-to-read manual on how to successfully grow crops year- round, and focuses on the crops that work best in the fall/winter..." Read more

"...I commend Mr Coleman heartily. This method puts food on the table, provides enjoyment for year around gardening, and is organic to boot...." Read more

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Customers find the book readable and entertaining, describing it as an inspiring travelogue.

"...This book is a fun, easy-to-read manual on how to successfully grow crops year- round, and focuses on the crops that work best in the fall/winter..." Read more

"...And it is so much more fun to weed the garden when its not 90+ degrees outside:)..." Read more

"...It's very rewarding and relaxing to know that you are providing high quality foods for you family and are less dependent on every one else to..." Read more

"Harvesting some of the best lettuce of all sorts of varieties. We actually have green onions all year long now...." Read more

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Customers find the book very much worth the cost.

"...Growing your own food is the most simple, cost effective, and easy way to start...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the variety of crops covered in the book, with one customer noting that it includes sections on most every vegetable, while another mentions its expansive list of acceptable crops.

"...The list of acceptable crops is pretty expansive. I have read and re-read this book many a winter's evening sitting in front of our fireplace...." Read more

"...to Cook Everything' solved that problem for me; it includes sections on most every vegetable (not every single one, but most) and includes simple..." Read more

"...travels to France, but the whole point of that is to introduce you to the many different foods you can grow in cold climates, such as mache...." Read more

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Customers appreciate the dietary content of the book, noting it encourages eating fresh produce, with one customer mentioning it has changed their winter eating habits.

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AlphaDog
This title is better than Winter Harvest Handbook
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2011
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One caveat: if you grow veggies on 1/4 acre or more you're going to like this book more than if you grow veggies on a small lot (less than 100 sq. ft), on a balcony, or in containers. The reader will have to scale down significantly the concepts in this book. I don't think it's impossible; but it is more work for the reader. also, this is not a how-to book. Coleman gives some guidance but no step-by-step instructions.

I'm not much of a fan of line drawings but Coleman's drawings in this book have grown on me. This book details far better than Winter Harvest Handbook. Even though the book is written through the eyes of a small commercial grower and would benefit any commercial grower, I believe the concepts can be applied on a modified scale to the home grower. His focus is on unheated hoop houses (high and low tunnels), cold frames, and the growing techniques (soil amending, tilling, cover crops, etc.) that apply. the same techniques that are used in regular outdoor summer growing can be, with little modification, be applied in an unheated green house or tunnel. One major difference from this book and his other books is a more complete (not exhaustive) list of details for various crops grown in his New England farm. Details like row spacing and plant spacing, selected varieties, along with histories, and anecdotes. Why is this different? More details that I didn't find in Coleman's two other books. New Organic Grower is a collection of his experiences; and Winter Harvest Handbook, I found, to not be as engaging in spite of the glossy photographs (the whole book is on glossy paper).

In Four-Season Harvest, Coleman, mentions in more details crop rotation in the greenhouses; mobile greenhouses; materials; outdoor crops that use support, like tomatoes, and beans and how to get a head start with temporary a-frame greenhouse with easy to get materials. I was really impressed with this book (more impressed than with New Organic Grower). I'm not sure why. I think it must be because I can apply the winter harvest techniques to the summer outdoor garden. Even though the book's focus is winter crops (salad greens, in particular) I feel like it opened up my mind to the endless possibilities of the the summer outdoor garden. With the New Organic Grower, I feel like I still have to figure out how to scale down commercial concepts to the home garden--not an impossible task. Four Season Harvest--even with it's small commercial concepts--feels scaled down already, do-able. Again, the crops focused in the book are primarily winter crops but he doesn't leave out entirely summer crops like tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, etc. in Appendix A. I did notice watermelon was missing but I wonder if their growing season is so short that he doesn't grow it (they don't grow pumpkins either) or he just lumped watermelon with the "melons" in the last chapter.

I find myself referring to the Four-Season Harvest more so than any of his other books; and just FYI, I haven't decided to use hoop houses or tunnels (our growing area is about 5500 sq. ft.) . Lastly, I'm a reader in Central Texas. This was one key that I had to keep in mind while reading his books--written by a New England small commercial grower. Growing conditions clearly different in Texas from New England. However, this doesn't discourage me from trying the techniques he writes about. I really really liked this book the most!

If you're still unsure about buying this book, check it out from your local library. This is what I did, even though I read many reviews.

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I LOVE this book; can't put it down
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2010
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Before I tell you how much I adore this book, let me tell you first what some may consider to be negatives.

1. Eliot writes in a very conversational manner, and in so doing, he tells of some personal stories (particularly their visit to France). If you are a 'cold hard facts' kind of person and you're looking for a technical manual, you probably will not enjoy this book. It is not a very technical book, though it is filled with a lot of great information.

2. If you do not have much of a winter to speak of (say, possibly Zone 9 and above), then this book may not prove to be too applicable to your situation.

That's really the only negatives I can forecast for any of you readers out there! Now, on to my review.

This book is a fun, easy-to-read manual on how to successfully grow crops year- round, and focuses on the crops that work best in the fall/winter months. You don't have to have a ton of money to do this. Eliot describes both the usage of cold frames and/or 'low tunnels' AKA 'chenilles' in the garden. These methods are described in enough detail that even a novice can successfully utilize them. The lovely thing about these methods is that you are using the warmth of the sun to keep your crops happy and healthy, and not using external heating devices. The list of acceptable crops is pretty expansive. I have read and re-read this book many a winter's evening sitting in front of our fireplace. It's very inspirational!

While Eliot is in Maine (Zone 5, is it?) the book can be used for any US zone, with the exception of those lucky temperate zones which never experience a freeze. The tables can be converted to your own zone and your growing method (cold frame/low tunnels)and he explains how to do this. I am in Zone 8, which rarely freezes for more than a day or so, so instead of using cold frames I can instead use the low tunnels, which look like a miniature greenhouse. Mine are only about 2 feet tall in the center and were created with clear plastic sheeting (you can buy in a roll at most any home improvement store) and either PVC or steel rods which make up the 'hoops'. I have had GREAT success with my low tunnels. This is my second year to do this, and I'll never look back, thanks to Mr. Coleman.

Last year, by the end of winter, I was treated to chard, broccoli, onions, cabbages, and cauliflower. This year, I have planted many lettuces, more chard, green onions and other crops which can be harvested throughout winter rather than at the very end of it.

Some people have complained that they would need to drop a ton of cash and buy a greenhouse. I'm not sure where they would get that idea from this book, since it clearly tells you what to plant, when to plant it, and how to properly protect it...all without going into discussion about investing in a greenhouse. If you are in a cold zone (6 or less) and can't spend a lot on cold frames, I would imagine that you could use old single pane windows or even doors for the glass.

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JaneB
Lots of new information!
Reviewed in Canada on May 12, 2024
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Great book highly recommend

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Reviewed in Spain on December 15, 2016
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No sólo la información que da es excelente, pero además lo hace de manera didáctica, entretenida y desbordante de pasión.
Descubrí a Coleman a través del libro de los impulsores de Bec Hellouin, en Francia. Coleman es un apasionado y estudioso de la horticultura francesa, y explica que Maine (donde está su huerto) está en el paralelo 44, que es el mismo paralelo que el sur de Francia (mismas horas de luz a través del año). Más allá de las corrientes cálidas que benefician a Francia, la aplicación que hace del aprendizaje en otra zona enriquece muchísimo el espectro de lo que se puede hacer en el huerto.
Ojalá hubiese encontrado a Coleman antes, pero nunca es tarde.
La única pega es que hay que convertir todas las medidas de imperial a métrica.

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Discover Eliot Coleman
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I ve been too late in discovering Eliot Coleman. Don't make the same mistake I did. Make this the first gardening book you buy. So much sense without preaching.

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Irene Baumeister
Kreative Ideen rund ums Gartenjahr
Reviewed in Germany on October 4, 2013
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Bei einem Workshop zur Permakultur bin ich auf dieses Buch aufmerksam geworden; Es ist gut lesbar (in Englisch) und gibt viele Anregungen zu Gartenbau allgemein, aber speziell auch zu Gärtnern im Herbst und Winter. Darüber hinaus finden sich viele Tipps zu Werkzeugen und einfachen Techniken rund ums Gärtnern. Immer wieder erlebe ich als Hobby-Gärtnerin Aha-Erlebnisse: ah, jetzt verstehe ich den Zusammenhang. Am liebsten würde ich gleich ganz viele Dinge umsetzen. Was das Verständnis etwas erschwert: Manche Namen der Pflanzen finden sich nicht in meinem Englisch-Wörterbuch und die Maßeinheiten sind natürlich feet und inches. Trotzdem ein anregendes und originelles Buch! IB

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