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Bioshelter market garden : a permaculture farm Cover Image Book Book

Bioshelter market garden : a permaculture farm

Frey, Darrell. (Author).

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  • ISBN: 9780865716780 (sc.)
  • ISBN: 0865716781 (sc.)
  • Physical Description: print
    xvi, 462 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers, c2011.

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General Note:
"Topics covered include: ecological soil management and pest control; composting and bio-thermal resources; sustainable agricultural energy systems; wetlands usage; complete design and management of an intensive market garden farm"--P. [4] of cover.
"Mother earth news books for wiser living recommendation"--Cover.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Creston Public Library.

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Creston Public Library 631.58 FRE (Text) 35140000915606 Adult Non-Fiction Volume hold Available -
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Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Chapter 1 Toward a Permanent Culture
1(32)
Prologue
1(1)
Book Outline
2(1)
Five Acres and Interdependence
3(1)
The Value of the Small-Scale Farm
4(1)
Creation of Sustainable Local Food Systems
5(2)
Integrated Systems: Permaculture Design
7(3)
Sustainability
10(3)
Concepts of Ecology
13(6)
Permaculture and Agriculture
19(2)
Farm Ecology
21(1)
Three Sisters Farm
21(1)
Resource Survey
22(5)
Season Extension
27(1)
Outreach
27(1)
Back to the Earth
28(5)
Chapter 2 Sustainable Food Systems: Safe, Healthful and Secure
33(24)
Sustainability for Food Systems
33(4)
Food Safety and Public Awareness
37(8)
Food Security
45(12)
Chapter 3 Direct Marketing For a Small Farm
57(16)
Preparation
58(1)
Business Management
58(3)
Marketing Farm Products
61(6)
Outreach and Education Programs
67(6)
Chapter 4 The Permaculture Farm: Design
73(40)
Farm Design and Planning
73(1)
Site Analysis: The Land, the Community and the Environment
74(16)
Planning
90(2)
Season Extension
92(6)
Case Study: Design of Three Sisters Farm
98(3)
Sector Analysis
101(1)
Overlaying the Farm into the Landscape
102(1)
Bioshelter
103(2)
Wildlife at Three Sisters Farm: Many Neighbors
105(4)
Applied Observation
109(4)
Chapter 5 Energy Systems on the Farm
113(26)
Conservation
114(4)
Biothermal Resource Recovery
118(1)
Solar
119(14)
Photovoltaic Applications
133(6)
Chapter 6 Beyond Integrated Pest Control: Insects, Disease, Weeds and Other Pests
139(38)
Organic Methods
139(2)
Whole-systems Planning
141(4)
Ecological Pest Control
145(2)
Insects on the Farm
147(5)
Spiders on the Farm
152(1)
Design for Ecological Control
153(10)
Insects in the Bioshelter (and Other Creatures)
163(13)
Pests and Permaculture
176(1)
Chapter 7 The Market Garden Farm: Management
177(42)
The Spiral Garden
178(6)
The South Garden
184(1)
The East Garden
185(1)
The Southeast Garden
185(1)
The Pond Garden
185(3)
The West Garden
188(2)
Smaller Gardens
190(1)
Crops and Products
191(13)
Perennials
204(2)
The Farm Woodlot
206(1)
Managing Plant Interactions
206(13)
Chapter 8 Seasons of the Garden
219(56)
Winter
219(9)
Spring
228(2)
Summer
230(2)
Fall
232(1)
Bioshelter Maintenance
232(3)
Managing the Permaculture Landscape
235(5)
Planting
240(4)
Linda's Crop Profiles
244(19)
The Edible Flower
263(9)
Fungi
272(3)
Chapter 9 Bioshelter Defined and Designed
275(32)
The Bioshelter Defined
275(2)
Why Build a Bioshelter?
277(1)
Bioshelter Daydreams
278(1)
Bioshelter Design
279(3)
A Bioshelter for Three Sisters Farm
282(15)
Farm Design
297(10)
Chapter 10 Bioshelter Management
307(40)
Managing the Indoor Ecosystem --- An Overview
308(9)
Gardener as Ecosystem Manager
317(1)
Bioshelter Management through the Seasons
318(9)
Other Aspects of Bioshelter Management
327(1)
From a Tiny Seed: Starting Seedlings
328(18)
Countless Bioshelter Possibilities
346(1)
Chapter 11 Compost and Biothermal Resources
347(20)
Harvesting Compost's Multiple Yields
347(2)
Traditional Uses of Biothermal Energy
349(2)
Compost and the NOP
351(2)
Biothermal Resources
353(3)
Composting Practices at Three Sisters Farm
356(11)
Chapter 12 Chickens in the Greenhouse
367(16)
Food Security
368(1)
Finding the Right Bird
369(14)
Chapter 13 Permaculture For Wetlands
383(18)
Lost Wetlands
384(1)
Care of the Earth
384
Classes of Wetlands
285(101)
Basic Design Procedures
386(1)
Design for Wetlands
387(6)
Ponds
393(2)
The Pond at Three Sisters Farm and Nursery
395(6)
Chapter 14 Education on the Farm
401(16)
Benefits and Costs
402(1)
Three Sisters Farm Programs
403(14)
Chapter 15 Home Sweet Home
417(6)
Taking the Lessons Learned Back Home
419(4)
Epilogue: The Farm Ecosystem Evolves
423(6)
Feeling Part of the Cycle
423(2)
Biodiversity: Farm Community
425(2)
A Hopeful Enterprise
427(2)
Appendix A (to chapter 11): Applicable Regulations for Agricultural Composting n Pennsylvania
429(3)
Relevant Pennsylvania DEP rules excerpted from
429(3)
"Agricultural Composting of Manures: Supplement to Manure Management for Environmental Protection," 1997
Appendix B (to chapter 11): Compost Calculations
432(5)
Compost
432(2)
Heat Gain and Loss
434(3)
Appendix C Greenhouse Heat Dynamics: Figuring Solar Gain, Solar Storage, and Heat Loss
437(16)
Temperate Zone Wetland Plants
443(10)
Index 453(10)
About the Author 463

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