Steve Solomon

Steve Solomon (born 1942) is an American gardening writer who lived for many years on the West Coast of the United States before moving to Tasmania, Australia. He founded Territorial Seed Company and has worked to promote organic vegetable growing. His books address the practical needs of home gardeners, including Gardening Without Irrigation, Organic Gardener's Composting, How and When to Be Your Own Doctor, and writings on vegetable growing west of the Cascades. In these works he advocates water-saving cultivation and food self-sufficiency, stressing that soil health is the foundation of growing, and his style is practical and concrete, favoring workable methods over theoretical exposition. Public information is limited and few biographical details are known, but his subjects show a concern with how ordinary growers can maintain yields and soil fertility under conditions of scarce water and limited fertilizer.