Organic Gardening in Cold Climates

by Sandra Perrin

If you live in the north country you don't have to settle for anemic tomatoes on your grocer's shelves. Organic Gardening in Cold Climates can teach you how to reap a vegetable bounty despite a short growing season. Gardeners from the Rocky Mountains to New England can enjoy luscious red tomatoes, fresh kale, and baby carrots chilled by the damp earth in their own backyard.
Sandra Perrin learned how to grow vegetables before agricultural chemicals were ubiquitous and the term "organic" was necessary. For more than thirty years she has gardened year-round in Montana, learning to adapt to cold weather. Consumer demand encouraged her to update this popular gardening book, adding new hardy varieties and time-tested hints. Among other things, you will learn how to store carrots in the ground for winter harvesting, fry zucchini flowers, and ripen green tomatoes. You'll also find hints for cooking and preparing vegetables, a list of northern seed suppliers, and sources of further information. So get ready to dig! Organic gardening is not only healthy for the body but also, in Perrin's words, "good for the soul."

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

142 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2002

Reviews

[Beth]

I kept this book before reviewing for quite some time to see if I would use it a lot, and I definitely did. It's an indispensable companion for cold climate gardeners. For me, it's been hard to find a simple straight forward book that I can refer back to for my area (pacific northwest, zone 8), but this one meets all the criteria. The only thing is I wish it covered more plants, but I guess it wouldn't be so convenient then because there'd be too much to thumb through. 4.5 stars!

[Amy Hansen]

Seems like a great reference. Looking forward to using this book

[Barbara]

Great help when you live in New England.

[Robyn]

This is probably the second most helpful of the cold-climate gardening books I picked up at the library (so far).