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The New Organic Grower : a Master's Manual of Tools and Techniques for the Home and Market Gardener

eBook, English, 1995
Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, Vermont, 1995
1 online resource (338 pages)
9781603580144, 160358014X
1021803094
TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION; 1: AGRICULTURAL CRAFTSMANSHIP; 2: LAND; 3: SCALE AND CAPITAL; 4: PART-TIME HELP; 5: MARKETING STRATEGY; 6: PLANNING AND OBSERVATION; 7: CROP ROTATION; 8: GREEN MANURES; 9: TILLAGE; 10: SOIL FERTILITY; 11: FARM-GENERATED FERTILITYHI; 12: DIRECT SEEDING; 13: TRANSPLANTING; 14: SOIL BLOCKS; 15: SETTING OUT TRANSPLANTS; 16: WEEDS; 17: PESTS?; 18: PESTS: TEMPORARY PALLIATIVES; 19: HARVEST; 20: MARKETING; 21: SEASON EXTENSION; 22: THE MOVABLE FEAST; 23: THE WINTER GARDEN; 24: LIVESTOCK. 25: THE INFORMATION RESOURCE26: A FINAL QUESTION; 27: Lâ#x80;#x99;ENVOI; 28: FROM ARTICHOKES TO ZUCCHINI; APPENDIX 1: USDA NORTH AMERICAN HARDINESS ZONE MAP; APPENDIX 2: A SCHEMATIC OUTLINE OF BIOLOGICAL AGRICULTURE; APPENDIX 3: METRIC CONVERSIONS; APPENDIX 4: RECOMMENDED TOOLS & SUPPLIERS