Book Review: Backyard Market Gardening
If you have ever thought about a market garden for a little side money or as an actual business venture then I would suggest this book to you.
This book doesn’t tell you how to grow vegetables, It highlights several people who have started a successful market garden, most on less than an acre.
Some of the other topics covered are membership gardens , community supported agriculture, farmers markets and and even selling vegetables on the side of the road from a card table.
In the first chapter the author guides you through the steps he took to make $36,000 from his back yard using tools he had laying around the house. Throughout the book he sprinkles in stories of regular folks and their success stories. One example tells of a couple in Maine who made $25,000 off a rocky hillside selling vegetables and cut flowers.
As I said earlier , this book wont tell you how to grow the crops, but it will spark your imagination, and maybe you will open up that next niche market!
Now try to stay cool out there!
Jon
