This is Eliot Coleman’s presentation at the Asheville Mother Earth News Fair in April of 2016. Eliot is a celebrated farming expert encouraging people and communities to choose locally grown organic food. He helped pioneer the movement with his first book “The New Organic Grower” published over 20 years ago. He continues leading the way, expanding the limits of the harvest season deep into and through winter at his world-renowned farm in Harborside, Maine.
His latest book, “The Winter Harvest Handbook” which is featured in this talk, shares his hard-won experience for gardeners and farmers alike. Reap the benefits of his wisdom and grow abundant cold season harvests even through the depths of winter. Grow quality produce in unheated or minimally heated, movable greenhouses by adopting his innovative practices and adapting them to your own climate.
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Thank you so very much.! I have moved to northern Oregon and am so very impressed with learning how to manage and farm my 27 acres. All the learning opportunities available from folks like you has been an amazing blessing.
Great video lotsa info thank you! I listened to this at work not watching the video, this guy sounds alot like Dennis Miller!
I remember him saying this almost 40 years ago. Loved him and his message 40 years ago and love it today.
Excellent and very educational video! Thank You so much!
Love this video. I bookmark it and once a year watch it to be inspired. It takes lots of imagination and so much can be done. Thank you.
I ordered Eliot Coleman's book – "The Winter Harvest With Eliot Coleman" – yesterday and decided to Google to learn more about his gardening techniques while I wait to receive it. This video was fantastic. Lots of great information and cool to see the progression of "inventions" and techniques.
I'm not going to eat another California bag of lettuce. I love in nova scotia, and just finishing a 2000 Sq ft high house, I'm planting all these come Oct awesome video
If Alien's were to contact earth, this video would be one of the most important artifacts they could find.
Coleman sounds like the father from ALF.
Why try not killing the voles,and just create a trap they can't get out of.Nature belong everywhere, Just as we take it over. Loved and learned a lot otherwise. Hint; don't show killing animals.I think you guys are smart enough to make something;you never know maybe you could sell your have a heart trap.
Excellent presentation!
In my urban garden, my qualiies would help further the relationship development with local merchants in the food industry including chef's within the local restaurants. My compact quality garden in my mind..
Great topic and wonderful, interesting speaker! Love this presentation.
Great sense of humor!
Love the info on the manure heated cold frames! Thank you for the video, I plan to experiment with this!
I live in Maine near Elliot Coleman and he has been the inspiration to build a cold greenhouse this past Summer. So good, so far.
I used to love watching Elliot and his wife on TV. I always wondered how I could find them again.
This is awesome.
Thank you!!!
Wow talk about inspiring on a-40 winter night
Wonderful ideas no doubt but I can't help but cringe when I see the amount of plastic that will end up as waste just to save money !? I think there comes a point where you have to consider more important factors than just limiting that to profitability … at what TOTAL cost in terms of sustainability and regeneration ? I don't see putting plastic hoops over acres and acres as either sustainable or regenerative. We're not done evolving, let's keep working this from a different angle.
I'm wondering if the specs for the last greenhouse with scissor doors are in his book:" Winter Harvest Handbook"?
Thank you so much
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Excellent
Really great will be using much of this on our new 5.5 acre farm in Wy at 8000 feet….two of us age 49 and 59 becoming farmers ……
Good to know! Thanks for sharing!!
it was very interesting to listen to this brilliant wise man. thank you.
Thank you… great presentation.
Nice do you grow Weed, will be very nice if you do