Grow a Sustainable Diet by Conner, Cindy -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Foreword 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