Tiny Victory Gardens
Growing Food Without a Yard
Recipient of the GardenComm Emergent Communicator Award for 2023: Acadia Tucker
Regenerative farmer Acadia Tucker proves it’s possible to grow food without land. In this, her third easy-to-use gardening guide, Tucker describes how to cultivate bountiful container food gardens in pots, planters, and raised beds.
Climate activist and farmer Acadia Tucker fell in love with container gardening after glimpsing its potential to produce food—lots of food. By applying select growing practices, and managing for square inches rather than square feet, she has come up with instructions for growing a small-scale farm on your patio, your stoop, or in your dining room. If what you want is a garden big enough to line a windowsill, she’s got you covered there.
Her book, loaded with helpful illustrations, includes:
- Profiles of 21 container-friendly crops
- Recipes for cultivating potted farms
- Tips on finding the right container
- Information on designing for small spaces—and making food gardens beautiful
- Guidance on how to raise crops in pots all year long
Tucker also describes how to maximize the environmental impact of growing food in pots. She offers tips on attracting pollinators, shows how to build microbe-rich living soil, and explains ways to ditch harmful pesticides and fertilizers. Her goal is to make it easier for anyone with access to a patch of sun to grow food, no backyard required.
Reviews and Praise
"This book digs into the positive impact that even a tiny garden can have on your mental health, community food security, and local biodiversity. A great read for those interested in gardening, and not sure where to start."—Jes Walton, Green America
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About The Author
About Acadia Tucker
Acadia Tucker is a regenerative farmer, climate activist, and author. Her books are a call to action to citizen gardeners everywhere, and lay the groundwork for planting an organic, regenerative garden. For her, this is gardening as if our future depends on it.
Before becoming an author, Acadia started a four-season organic market garden in Washington State inspired by farming pioneers Eliot Coleman and Jean-Martin Fortier. While managing the farm, Acadia grew 200 different food crops before heading back to school at the University of British Columbia to complete a Masters in Land and Water Systems.
She lives in Maine and New Hampshire with her farm dog, Nimbus, and grows hops to support locally sourced craft beer in New England, when she isn't growing food in her backyard, or in her dining room. Acadia is an Ambassador for regenerative agriculture for The Rodale Institute.
Books By Acadia Tucker
| Pages: | 168 pages |
| Book Art: | Black-and-white illustrations throughout |
| Size: | 6 x 9 inch |
| Publisher: | Stone Pier Press |
| US Pub. Date: | March 1, 2021 |
| UK Pub. Date: | March 25, 2021 |
| Paperback: | 9781734901108 |
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Paperback, 168 pages, $19.95USD, £16.99GBP
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