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The Weekend Farmer Growing Real Food in 90 Minutes Per Week

A Systems-Driven Guide for Busy People

J Carter Webb

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Fieldstone Press
01 December 2025
Most gardening books assume you have unlimited Saturdays; this one assumes you have ninety minutes.

Grow real food without rearranging your life.

If you've ever wanted a productive vegetable garden but couldn't spare the hours, The Weekend Farmer offers a smarter way forward. This is gardening for people with careers, commutes, kids, deadlines-and only 90 minutes a week to spare.

Drawing on systems thinking, lean design, and real-world backyard experiments, this book shows you how to build a small, durable, ridiculously efficient food-growing system that works with your schedule, not against it. No romantic homestead fantasies. No livestock. No treadmill of chores. Just clean, predictable, meaningful harvests from a compact space.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

- Design a 90-minute weekly workflow that eliminates overwhelm - Use the 70% Harvest Rule to grow only what actually produces - Build raised beds that are low-maintenance and season-proof - Apply the Time-Dollar Crop Calculator to choose high-return plants - Set up irrigation, soil, and support systems that run quietly in the background - Avoid the traps that waste time, money, and motivation

Whether you're growing on a balcony, patio, or a modest backyard, this approach helps you cultivate food you can feel proud of-without quitting your job or sacrificing your weekends.

Grow less. Grow better. Grow what fits your life.
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Imprint:   Fieldstone Press
Volume:   1
Dimensions:   Height: 229mm,  Width: 152mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   336g
ISBN:   9798232850852
Series:   The 90-Minute Farm
Pages:   248
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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