Sustainable Market Farming by Dawling, Pam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title page Copyright Contents Foreword by Lynn Byczynski Introduction: Sustaining Community and Agriculture Part 1: Techniques

Planning

1. Year-Round Production 2. Create Your Own Field Manual 3. Crop Review 4. Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops 5. Seed Storage, Inventory and Orders 6 Scheduling Transplants 7. How Much to Grow

Planting

8. Crop Spacing 9. Transplanting Tips 10. Direct Sowing 11. Summer Germination of Seeds 12. Succession Planting for Continuous Harvesting

Sustainable Crop Protection

13. Season Extension 14. Cold-Hardy Winter Vegetables 15. The Hoophouse in Winter and Spring 16. The Hoophouse in Summer

Soil and Crop Quality

17. Maintaining Soil Fertility 18. Cover Crops 19. Cover Crops Chart 20. Sustainable Disease Management 21. Sustainable Weed Management 22. Sustainable Pest Management

Harvest and Beyond

23. Manual Harvesting Techniques 24. Winter Vegetable Storage (Without Refrigeration) 25. Root Cellars

Part 2: Crops

Legumes

26 Green Beans 27. Southern Peas, Asparagus Beans and Limas 28. Fava Beans 29. Edamame 30. Snap Peas and Snow Peas 31. Peanuts

Brassicas

32. Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Spring 33. Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Fall 34. Asian Greens

Other Greens

35. Spinach 36. Chard and Other Summer Cooking Greens 37. Lettuce All Year Round

Roots

38. Carrots, Beets and Parsnips 39. Celery and Celeriac 40. Turnips and Rutabagas

Cucurbits

41. Summer Squash and Zucchini 42. Winter Squash and Pumpkins 43. Cucumbers and Muskmelons 44. Watermelon

Alliums

45. Garlic 46. Bulb Onions 47. Potato Onions 48. Leeks

Nightshades

49. Tomatoes 50. Peppers 51. Eggplant 52. Potatoes

The Others

53. Okra 54. Sweet Corn 55. Sweet Potatoes

Seed Crop Production

56. Seed Growing 57. The Business of Seed Crops by Ira Wallace

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