Backyard Market Gardening (Good Earth) |  | Authors: Andy, W Lee, Patricia, L Foreman
Publisher: Good Earth Publications, LLC
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Product Description
Discover how easy and profitable it is to grow and sell vegetables, fruits, flowers, herbs and small livestock from your own backyard market garden. Learn how to: Earn top dollar, with minimum effort and maximum profits.
Improve your garden soil for super yields and superb flavor.
Buy or build tools that speed your work and increase profits.
Enjoy a guaranteed salary from community supported agriculture or a membership garden.
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Great marketing advice! October 26, 1999
87 out of 88 found this review helpful
Having read many books on marketing, I feel qualified enough to tell you that this book delivers much good marketing advice. In this book there are many examples of what successful market gardeners have done. If you want to "sell what you grow", this is a good place to start. There are also some good gardening tips included. There are many books that you should read if you want to establish a 'minifarm' or market garden, and this is definately one of them.
This is not your typical "how-to" book June 18, 1998
64 out of 64 found this review helpful
If you are tired of the plodding prose of most how-to books, prepare yourself for a pleasant surprise. Andrew Lee has crafted a fantastic guide for those new to organic gardening, and has done so with style, wit and humor. He walks you through soil types, composting, marketing techniques, and tool selection. He also compares and contrasts Community Supported Farms, Farmers' Markets, Subscription Farming, etc. Andrew Lee covers it all. And on top of that he has produced a lively and entertaining read in the process.
Very pleased July 23, 2000
K. D. Kelly (Johnstown, PA)
53 out of 54 found this review helpful
As a person who is looking towards expanding my garden, I was looking for a kind of a 'how to' book. While the book does contain 'testimonials,' it is contains a great deal of information on getting your produce to market. The types of ideas that I had not considered prior to reading the book. The book reads fast and concerns itself primarily with marketing your produce. If you're looking for primer on marketing your produce, this is an excellent first choice.
Take in $36,000 From Your One-Acre Garden January 8, 2006
Robert A. Williams (Oberlin, OH United States)
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
After five years of backyard gardening and selling his produce, author Andrew W. Lee took in $36,000 from his one-acre garden. That is quite an increase from the $1,700 he made in his first year in addition to that being one VERY productive acre! This is a very good book, covering nearly everything a farm marketeer might want to consider before starting a garden and setting up a roadside stand. If you are considering venturing into the lucrative business of growing and selling your own produce, this book will be valuable.
There are over 200 pages on how to market your produce. "Fix the soil and get close to your customers", Lee advises. He shares many of his experiences and entertains numerous marketing ventures from setting out a curb-side table to community-supported farms, cooperatives, sales to restaurants and other farm markets, and peddling door to door (although today this works better through the pre-paid subscription method).
Even if you're not going to plant a garden, this book is well worth looking over as a clear and pragamatic account of how to start your own business. Lee tells how he successfully did that.
This is our bible June 12, 2000
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
We just started into vegetable farming and the hints and tips in this book are great! They are designed for those just starting into the business with both what not and what to do. We have found great advice in this book, detailed harvesting and storage information that I had not even thought ahead to, as well as great business advice. I highly recommend this to anyone starting a market garden.
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