{"product_id":"tiny-victory-gardens-growing-food-without-a-yard-9781734901108","title":"Tiny Victory Gardens: Growing Food Without a Yard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecipient of the GardenComm Emergent Communicator Award for 2023: Acadia Tucker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegenerative farmer Acadia Tucker proves it's possible to grow food without land. In this, her third easy-to-use gardening guide, Tucker describes how to cultivate bountiful container food gardens in pots, planters, and raised beds.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClimate activist and farmer Acadia Tucker fell in love with container gardening after glimpsing its potential to produce food--lots of food. By applying select growing practices, and managing for square inches rather than square feet, she has come up with instructions for growing a small-scale farm on your patio, your stoop, or in your dining room. If what you want is a garden big enough to line a windowsill, she's got you covered there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHer book, loaded with helpful illustrations, includes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProfiles of 21 container-friendly crops\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecipes for cultivating potted farms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTips on finding the right container\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInformation on designing for small spaces--and making food gardens beautiful\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGuidance on how to raise crops in pots all year long\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eTucker also describes how to maximize the environmental impact of growing food in pots. She offers tips on attracting pollinators, shows how to build microbe-rich living soil, and explains ways to ditch harmful pesticides and fertilizers. Her goal is to make it easier for anyone with access to a patch of sun to grow food, no backyard required.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTucker, Acadia:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAcadia Tucker is a regenerative farmer, climate activist, and author. Her books are a call to action to citizen gardeners everywhere, and lay the groundwork for planting an organic, regenerative garden. For her, this is gardening as if our future depends on it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBefore becoming an author, Acadia started a four-season organic market garden in Washington State inspired by farming pioneers Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier. While managing the farm, Acadia grew 200 different food crops before heading back to school at the University of British Columbia to complete a Masters in Land and Water Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShe lives in Maine and New Hampshire with her farm dog, Nimbus, and grows hops to support locally sourced craft beer in New England, when she isn't growing food in her backyard, or in her dining room. Acadia is an Ambassador for regenerative agriculture for The Rodale Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stone Pier Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682009846034,"sku":"9781734901108","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_10b76e37-1af1-4e01-9e63-73d93ddf0500.jpg?v=1733962036","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tiny-victory-gardens-growing-food-without-a-yard-9781734901108","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}