Sustainable market farming : intensive vegetable production on a few acres

Sustainable market farming Intensive vegetable production on a few acres

Pam Dawling

Book - 2012

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Subjects
Vegetable gardening.
Organic farming.
Sustainable agriculture.
Published
Gabriola, BC : New Society Publishers c2012.
Language
English
Main Author
Pam Dawling (-)
Physical Description
434 p. : ill
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
9780865717169
  • Foreword
  • 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
  • Resources
  • Index
  • About The Author

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