ISBN: 9780963085016 Year Added to Catalog: 1995 Book Format: Paperback Book Art: b&w illustrations, maps, bibliography, glossary, indexresource lists : index Number of Pages: 6 x 9, 228 pages Book Publisher: Filaree Productions Old ISBN: 0963085018 Release Date: June 28, 1995 Web Product ID: 20
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Growing Great Garlic
The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers
The first garlic book written specifically for organic gardeners and small-scale farmers
Growing Great Garlic is the definitive grower's guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial growers will want to consult this book regularly.
The author tells us:
which strains to plant
when to fertilize
when to plant
when to prune flower stalks
how to plant
when to harvest
Plus, how to store, market, and process the crop.
Growing Great Garlic makes a genuine contribution in the field of garlic classification that will help the public recognize several distinct varietal types of garlic.
About the Author
Ron L. Engeland
For the past fifteen years, author Ron Engeland has farmed organically with his wife, Watershine, and two children in north central Washington state. In addition to garlic they raise over 100 varieties of apples, plus peaches, apricots, plums, raspberries, potatoes, and cut and dried flowers. Ron also manages an irrigation company and writes numerous articles. He is a former state secretary of the Washington Tilth Producers' Cooperative, and served three years on the Washington State Noxious Weed Control Board. ...