Innovative organic farmer Jean-Martin Fortier, author of “The Market Gardener” shares his profitable methods for achieving success growing vegetables on a small plot of land. Learn from the years of experience Jean-Martin and his wife have gone through from the basic beginnings to the advances made over a decade farming their land. Gain the benefits of highly efficient techniques that will jumpstart your small farm/garden operation. The book, “The Market Gardener” elucidates all the important details; startup costs, crop rotations and other vital data needed to emulate Jean-Martin Fortier’s cutting edge business model. He brings a level of professionalism, discipline and hope to aspiring farmers and seasoned growers alike.
VIDEO: The Market Gardener with Jean-Martin Fortier Part 6 Soil Management
Innovative organic farmer Jean-Martin Fortier, author of “The Market Gardener” shares his profitable methods for achieving success growing vegetables on a small plot of land. Learn from the years of experience Jean-Martin and his wife have gone through from the basic beginnings to the advances made over a decade farming their land. Gain the benefits of highly efficient techniques that will jumpstart your small farm/garden operation. The book, “The Market Gardener” elucidates all the important details; startup costs, crop rotations and other vital data needed to emulate Jean-Martin Fortier’s cutting edge business model. He brings a level of professionalism, discipline and hope to aspiring farmers and seasoned growers alike.
Another awesome vid.
Maybe an idea for Jean-Martin… Attach a pipe or rod at the ends of your row tarps. Then when you wish to move them, simply roll both sides towards the middle. When you done, you should have two rolls side-by-side with two handles in the center of each roll. Have another person grab one end wheelbarrow fashion and you the other and off you go.
Bon jour Jean, have you tried IMO-4, Korean naturl Farming solutions? Drake's site has all the preprations
I've been trying to convince the csa farmer I was working for over the summer to us his harrower in a more subtle way.
He tends to push as deep as the harrows go. Am I wrong to assume that going deep with the harrow is pretty much the same as what the roto-tiller does?
Bravo. Great teacher, Excellent communicator. Am going to buy your book ASAP
Wonderful video
After watching these past few videos one can easily see that this 'market gardening' of Jean is quite amazing and highly efficient. The yields are high and so are the profit margins in this form of farming. However, the big question remains is it efficient for the production for the lion's share of the world's crops? Corn, soybeans, and wheat to name a few need to be planted in at least +5 acreage to be efficient. But I would fully support any small agriculture for vegetable farming as Jean describes it.
I've had one concern with this (excellent) method – that it would starve the soil of oxygen and prevent microbes and earthworms from doing their good work. Anyone got any thoughts on that?
Where do you buy tarps?
He said "ex-spressos". Great video otherwise!
"Gender friendly" is how you want to promote a tool… really?
I've covered my garden with landscape fabric and had no weeds after the few weeks. It works
He said the Harrow doesn't work inside his greenhouse, why not? If you make the bed size the same width, etc…it would work, right? Trying not to have to buy many tools.