Essential tools for successful vegetable growers Often overlooked by both home and market gardeners, the right farm and garden tools are essential for cultivating success. Vegetable Garden Tools: A Grower's Guide will help you select the appropriate equipment for your unique situation, drawing on "The Market Gardener Method." This method, developed by JeanMartin Fortier, is a proven formula for successful, smallscale, highyield microfarming. This highly accessible, succinct, and beautifully illustrated fullcolor handbook features: Recommendations for garden tools and implements for every stage of cultivation—from soil preparation and sowing to planting, crop maintenance, and harvesting. A focus on "lowtech" hand tools that are inexpensive, sustainable, and allow for working the soil while respecting biodiversity. These tools increase productivity and efficiency, and improve ergonomics. Detailed information on the function, benefits, and operation of each piece of equipment, accomp