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Colin McCrate

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http://www.seattleurbanfarmco.com

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Science, Nonfiction, Self Help

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October 2014

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Colin has been growing food organically for the past 15 years. He worked on a variety of small farms in the Midwest before moving to the west coast in 2003 to teach garden-based environmental education. He founded the Seattle Urban Farm Company in January of 2007 with the goal of applying years of horticultural and agricultural expertise to help aspiring growers get projects off the ground or more accurately; in the ground: so he bought a truck, grabbed a shovel and got to work.

Over the past seven years, he has helped guide hundreds of urban farmers through the design, construction and management of their own edible landscape. He works with clients through the entire design/build process because he believes that cohesion and attention to d ...more

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3 Reasons to Grow Vertically: Plants, People, and Productivity

We’re all about vertical gardening. Why? Because space in the home garden is almost always a limiting factor. How many times have you said “I wish I had room for a few more basil plants!”. Well, if you take full advantage of your vertical space, by training your vining plants straight up, you might just have enough room next season to make all of your pesto dreams come true.

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	Food Grown Right, in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Crops at Home by Colin McCrate (Goodreads Author), Brad Halm (Goodreads Author), Hilary Dahl (Photographer) 4.36 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Grow More Food: A Vegetable Gardener's Guide to Getting the Biggest Harvest Possible from a Space of Any Size by Colin McCrate (Goodreads Author), Brad Halm (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 149 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	High-Yield Vegetable Gardening: Grow More of What You Want in the Space You Have by Colin McCrate (Goodreads Author), Brad Halm (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Colin McCrate wrote a new blog post Organic Fertilizer in the Vegetable Garden: What to Use, When, and How By Colin McCrate Vegetables are needy. They need you to delicately place them under 1/8” of perfectly screened, organic germination mix. They need yo Read more of this blog post »
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