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The Mittleider Gardening Course

by Dr. Jacob Mittleider

The Mittleider Gardening Course

Paperback: 268 pages

ISBN: 1929982038

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The most educationally sound gardening book available anywhere.

Provides simple straight-forward instruction and illustrations on the Mittleider Method. Teaches all the basic topics covered in this Web site, plus 15 advanced topics such as cold-weather gardening, pruning for maximum yields, growing plants vertically, solutions to common gardening problems, understanding fertilizers, home seedling production, building an inexpensive greenhouse and more.

Also available in Russian and Spanish. Please contact us if you are interested in obtaining a copy in these languages.

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St. George, UT Mittleider Garden

A St. George, UT garden in blow sand in the middle of the desert! No-one thought they could grow ANYTHING!!

Eric Byer's Garden

Eric Byer's Garden

"I just have to say thank you again Jim. Our garden is just wonderful! Several of our neighbors were chatting about gardens and using the Mittleider Method. One of the "new converts" said that we should change the name to "Mittleider Magic"."

Wendell and Linda Gubler

Read a Chapter

Download Chapter 16: Automated Watering (PDF, 356 KB) and learn how to install a simple PVC Mittleider Watering System.

Table of Contents:

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Soil-Bed Basics
  1. Planning
  2. Preparing
  3. Planting
  4. Watering
  5. Fertilizing
  6. Weeding
  7. Harvesting
Part 3: Grow-Box Basics
  1. Planning
  2. Preparing
  3. Planting
  4. Watering
  5. Fertilizing
  6. Weeding
  7. Harvesting
Part 4: Mittleider Advanced Topics
  1. Caring for Climbing Plants
  2. Automated Watering
  3. Understnading Fertilizers
  4. Nutritional Deficiencies
  5. Problem Soils
  6. Destructive Insects
  7. Common Plant Diseases
  8. Seedling Production
  9. Cold-Weather Gardening

Appendix A: Soil-Bed Garden Genius Planning Forms

Appendix B: Grow-Box Garden Genius Planning Forms

Appendix C: Reference Tables for Planning Your Garden

Appendix D: Constructing a Seedhouse

Appendix E: Learn More References

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Tip of the Day

It's Fall and time to prepare your soil for winter! For those of you in the Northern hemisphere who have winters, October, November, and and early December are the time you need to be cleaning up your garden and preparing it for next spring's planting. You can even plant hardy garlic, which will overvegetable crops such as radishes, peas, cabbage and broccoli.

The freeze/tha-winter and get an early spring start. Before snow covers your garden mae sure all old materials are either removed from the garden, or if they are clean of weed seeds and disease, till them into your soil-beds. Also, when it's not too muddy, go in and give everything a good weeding with the 2-way hoe (see Tools). Weeding thoroughly in the Fall helps keep the weeds from getting a big head start on you before you can get into the garden in the spring, and is very important.

If you grew a Mittleider garden this year, your beds will benefit from tilling or digging. You can apply Pre-Plant and Weekly Feed to the bed area now, then till them in, or wait until early spring. Either way after tilling place strings on your stakes, and re-make the beds.

Be sure to re-check the level of each bed accurately, since they may have changed a little. Do not be satisfied with anything more than 1" fall in a 30'-long soil-bed. Good Gardening!

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