Pam Dawling

Sustainable Market Farming, Second Edition (eBook, ePUB)

Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sustainable Market Farming is the comprehensive reference for serious growers. Fully revised and updated, this new edition distills over 30 years of organic vegetable production experience into a complete practical guide covering everything from planning to harvest, including in-depth profiles of a full range of crops.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: New Society Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781771423908
• Artikelnr.: 73499000

Autorenporträt

Pam Dawling has been farming and mentoring emerging growers in sustainable vegetable production in a variety of climates for over four decades. She was the garden manager at Twin Oaks Community ecovillage for 25 years, where she was responsible for training the garden crew and providing tasty, fresh, organic seasonal produce for 100 people year-round from only 3.5 acres. Pam regularly does consultancy work for new and beginning farmers, and is in demand as a presenter at sustainable agriculture conferences and events. She is a contributing editor with Growing for Market magazine and writes a popular weekly blog at www.sustainablemarketfarming.com. Pam is the author of the original edition of Sustainable Market Farming, as well as The Year-Round Hoophouse. She lives in Louisa, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Andrew Mefferd
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Sustaining Community and Agriculture
Part I: Techniques
Planning
Chapter 1: Year-Round Production
Chapter 2: Create Your Crop Plan and Field Manual
Chapter 3: Crop Review
Chapter 4: Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops
Chapter 5: Seed Storage, Inventory and Orders
Chapter 6: Scheduling Transplants
Chapter 7: How Much to Grow
Planting
Chapter 8: Crop Spacing
Chapter 9: Transplanting Tips
Chapter 10: Direct Sowing
Chapter 11: Hot Weather Germination of Seeds
Chapter 12: Succession Planting for Continuous Harvesting
Sustainable Crop Protection
Chapter 13: Season Extension
Chapter 14: Mulches, Organic and Plastic
Chapter 15: Cold-Hardy Winter Vegetables
Chapter 16: Growing Vegetables Year-Round in a Hoophouse
Soil and Crop Quality
Chapter 17: Maintaining Soil Fertility
Chapter 18: Drip Irrigation
Chapter 19: Cover Crops
Chapter 20: Cover Crops Chart
Chapter 21: Sustainable Disease Management
Chapter 22: Sustainable Weed Management
Chapter 23: Sustainable Pest Management
Harvest and Beyond
Chapter 24: Manual Harvesting Techniques
Chapter 25: Winter Vegetable Storage
Chapter 26: Root Cellars
Part II: Crops
Legumes
Chapter 27: Snap Beans (Bush and Pole)
Chapter 28: Southern Peas, Asparagus Beans and Limas
Chapter 29: Fava Beans (Broad Beans)
Chapter 30: Edamame
Chapter 31: Snap Peas and Snow Peas
Chapter 32: Peanuts
Brassicas
Chapter 33: Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale. Kohlrabi and Collards in Spring
Chapter 34: Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Fall
Chapter 35: Asian Greens
Other Greens
Chapter 36: Spinach
Chapter 37: Chard and Other Summer Greens
Chapter 38: Lettuce All Year Round
Roots
Chapter 39: Carrots, Beets and Parsnips
Chapter 40: Celery and Celeriac
Chapter 41: Radishes for All Seasons
Chapter 42: Turnips and Rutabagas
Cucurbits
Chapter 43: Summer Squash and Zucchini
Chapter 44: Winter Squash and Pumpkins
Chapter 45: Cucumbers and Muskmelons
Chapter 46: Watermelons
Alliums
Chapter 47: Garlic
Chapter 48: Bulb Onions
Chapter 49: Potato Onions
Chapter 50: Leeks
Chapter 51: Unusual Alliums
Nightshades
Chapter 52: Tomatoes
Chapter 53: Peppers
Chapter 54: Eggplant
Chapter 55: Potatoes
The Orphan Crops
Chapter 56: Okra
Chapter 57: Sweet Corn
Chapter 58: Sweet Potatoes
Chapter 59: Asparagus
Seed Crop Production
Chapter 60: Seed Growing
Chapter 61: The Business of Seed Crops by Ira Wallace
Resources
Index
About the Author