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Index
Foreword by John Jeavons
First, a little history…
1.Sustainable Diet
What If the Trucks Stop Coming?
Making Changes
2.Garden Maps
Plan Outside the Box
Permaculture Plan
Tools for Map Making
3.Crop Choices
Growing Calories
Growing Protein
Growing Calcium
Oils and Sweeteners
Other Crops
More Planning Tools
Worksheet: Temperatures
Worksheet: Precipitation
4.How Much to Grow
Worksheet: How Much to Grow
Biosphere 2
Homegrown Fridays
Oils and Sweeteners
Keeping Records
5.Cover Crops and Compost—Planning for Sustainability
Beware of Bringing in Outside Inputs
Grow Your Own Compost
Sixty Percent Compost Crops
Worksheet: 60/40 Bed Crop Months
Cutting Rye at Pollen Shed
Harvesting the Grain
6.Companion Planting
Potatoes
Achieving Balance
Borders
7.Plan for Food When You Want It
Frost Dates
Worksheet: Plant/Harvest Times
Plant/Harvest Times
Length of Harvest
Determinate and Indeterminate
Plant and Harvest Schedule
Worksheet: Plant/Harvest Schdeule
Plan for Special Events
8.Rotations and Sample Garden Maps
Transition Garden
Quartet of Beds
Garden of Ideas
9.Seeds
Seed Inventory
Worksheet: Seed Inventory
How Many Seeds?
Worksheet: Seeds and Plants Needed
Germination Test
Save Your Own
10.Including Animals
Chickens
Dairy — Goats and Cows
Swine
Rabbits
11.Food Storage and Preservation
Make Use of the Space You Already Have
Crawl Space Root Cellar
Pantry
Cooling Cabinet
Fermentation
Canning
Solar Food Dryers
Grain Mills
12.Sheds, Fences, and Other Stuff
Garden Shed
Water Storage
Outdoor Washing Station
Coldframe
Chicken House
Trellises
Fencing
13.Rethink Everything!
Endnotes
Resources
Index
About the Author
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