Master the art of growing nutritious, versatile, and flavorful root vegetables with Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive farming methods. Root Vegetables: A Grower's Guide uncovers the secrets to cultivating a wide range of root crops, from familiar favorites like potatoes and carrots to lesser-known gems like oca and salsify. Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive approach maximizes yield while nurturing soil health, making this guide invaluable to home gardeners and market farmers alike. This richly illustrated, full-color guide includes: A step-by-step introduction to "The Fortier Method" for sustainable, high-yield microfarming - Botanical insights into root vegetables, from ancient wild varieties to modern cultivars - Detailed profiles of 20 nutritious and versatile crops, with practical advice on growing each - Techniques for soil preparation, sowing, transplanting, fertilizing, and irrigation - Organic practices for managing pests, diseases, and crop rotations - Tips for optimizing harvest and storage to preserve flavor and nutrition. Root Vegetables is part of the Grower's Guides from the Market Gardener series. It's designed to provide novice to expert growers with practical knowledge to succeed using the principles of biointensive, regenerative agriculture on a human scale. Jean-Martin Fortier has done it again! Incredibly beautiful, this series of pragmatic and professional instructional manuals makes it easy for anyone to start market gardening at a professional and regenerative level with a tailored focus on each aspect. —Matt Powers, author, Regenerative Soil and Regenerative Soil Microscopy Applying a market gardening mindset to your home garden will improve your yields and greatly reduce the amount of work involved. To do this, look no further than this series from Jean-Martin Fortier, who is a pioneer in regenerative, biointensive, and organic market gardening. —Rob and Michelle Avis, Verge Permaculture / 5th World and co-authors, Building Your Permaculture Property Master the art of growing nutritious, versatile, and flavorful root vegetables with Jean-Martin Fortier's biointensive farming methods. Jean-Martin Fortier is a farmer, educator, and tireless advocate for regenerative, human-scale agriculture. His biointensive production methods have been adopted by growers worldwide. The author of several bestselling books including The Market Gardener which has sold over a quarter million copies in nine languages, he lives in Quebec, Canada. Pierre Nessmann has worked as a journalist and landscape gardener for over 40 years. He is assistant editor for the two popular French gardening magazines Rustica Pratique and Rustica Weekly , and covers gardening and DIY stories for French national television and radio. He is the author of several books about vegetables, gardening and landscaping. He 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. She is based in Paris, France.