Growing Vegetables South of Australia: Tasmanian Food Gardening
Gardening Reference Environmental Science Permaculture Sustainable Agriculture Regional Gardening Food Security Organic Farming
Growing Vegetables South of Australia: Tasmanian Food Gardening is the 2012 backyard-bible that cool-climate growers have been waiting for. Written by legendary seedsman and soil-health advocate Steve Solomon, this region-specific guide zeroes in on Tasmania’s short summers, high rainfall and acidic soils, translating decades of trial-and-error into a step-by-step roadmap for raising nutrient-dense food year-round. Unlike generic gardening manuals, every planting calendar, varietal recommendation and compost recipe has been field-tested south of the 40th parallel, making it the only reference that truly “speaks Tasmanian”.
What sets this book apart is Solomon’s science-first approach to soil mineral balancing—an organic yet data-driven method that unlocks flavour and vigour in everything from tomatoes to Tasmanian pepperberry. Readers learn how to read a soil test, customise fertiliser blends from bulk amendments, and time sowings so that harvests dodge the worst of the island’s spring frosts and autumn blight seasons. The result is larger, longer-keeping produce without the sticker-shock of imported supermarket organics.
Beyond the practicalities, Solomon weaves in stories of heritage varieties once thought lost to colder districts—Purple Sprouting broccoli, Yankee cowhorn carrots, Crimson-flowered broad beans—showing how home gardeners become seed guardians for the planet’s future food security. Whether you’re a young adult setting up your first plot or an established grower scaling up for farmers’ markets, this very-good-condition paperback offers a lifetime of harvest knowledge in one volume.
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