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Learn to grow delicious vegetables through fall and winter
Think the garden ends with summer? Think again. In this essential guide, renowned market gardener Jean-Martin Fortier shows how to extend your harvest into fall and early winter using bio-intensive techniques designed for small-scale growers and home gardeners alike.
Discover how to grow a vibrant array of cold-season crops—from Swiss chard and leeks to the remarkable diversity of cabbages, spinach, fennel, turnips, and even lesser-known gems like kohlrabi, parsnips, and Jerusalem artichokes.
Inside you'll learn how to:
- Prepare soil and garden beds for cool-season success
- Sow, plant, and care for crops that thrive in autumn and early winter
- Manage irrigation, mulching, and plant protection in colder weather
- Grow in small spaces using efficient bio-intensive methods
- Produce fresh, flavorful vegetables long after the summer harvest ends.
With clear explanations and field-tested techniques, Fortier shares the professional methods that have made him a leader in regenerative, small-scale organic farming. Whether you manage a market garden or a backyard plot, this book will help you grow year-round, profitably and sustainably.
Jean-Martin Fortier, a distinguished farmer, author, and educator, has been spearheading a movement in ecological agriculture for over twenty years. Since 2004, he and his wife have been operating Les Jardins de la Grelinette, an efficient and productive 2-acre microfarm. This farm is often referred to as a blueprint for effective human-scale organic farming.
In 2015, Jean-Martin established La Ferme des Quatre-Temps, a research farm dedicated to training apprentices and developing new strategies for market gardening, including year-round production. His pioneering methods are taught worldwide through the Market Gardener Institute, which is present in more than 90 countries.
Jean-Martin is the author of The Winter Market Gardener and The Market Gardener, which have sold over a quarter of a million copies in nine languages. His contributions to organic farming and regenerative agriculture have earned him the Meritorious Service Cross from the Governor General of Canada. He farms and lives in Quebec, Canada.
Pierre Nessmann was born to a family of Strasbourg market gardeners and holds a degree from the École d'Horticulture de Genève, in Switzerland. He has worked as a landscape gardener and a journalist for over 40 years. He is the assistant editor of the popular French gardening magazines Rustica Pratique and Rustica Weekly, covers gardening and DIY stories for the French television Network TF1, and currently hosts a gardening segment on the show Nous Voilà Bien, on the French radio station RTL. He is the author of several books about vegetable growing, gardening, and landscaping. Pierre lives in Paris, France.
Flore Avram is a freelance artist and graphic designer specializing in scientific and botanical illustration. She has collaborated extensively with the French language children's publisher KiloWatt Editions, and with Inserm Magazine, a quarterly journal which explores health and biomedical research. Flore has earned several professional certifications in graphic design and scientific illustration from L'Ecole Estienne, the Municipal Graduate School of the Arts and Printing Industry. She also works as a Médiatrice en botanique at Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil, a unique French natural heritage site and eco-garden. She is based in Paris, France.
Introduction
Preface – At the Heart of the Cold Seasons
The Essentials of Fall and Winter Vegetables
Jean-Martin Fortier's Favorite Fall and Winter Vegetables
Garlic
Swiss Chard
Beet
Carrot
Cardoon
Focus: The Artichoke
Celery
Kohlrabi
Cabbages
Headed Cabbages
Cauliflowers and Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Leafy Cabbages
Shallot
Endive
Spinach
Fennel
Chinese Mustard
Focus: Other Asian Leafy Vegetables
Turnip Onion
Focus: Fresh Onion
Sweet Potato
Leek
Potato
Radish