Table of Contents
Foreword by Lynn Byczynski
Introduction: Sustaining Community and Agriculture
PART 1: TECHNIQUES
Planning
Year-Round Production
Create Your Own Field Manual
Crop Review
Crop Rotations for Vegetables and Cover Crops
Seed Storage, Inventory and Orders
Scheduling Transplants
How Much to Grow
Planting
Crop Spacing
Transplanting Tips
Direct Sowing
Summer Germination of Seeds
Succession Planting for Continuous Harvesting
Sustainable Crop Protection
Season Extension
Cold-Hardy Winter Vegetables
The Hoophouse in Winter and Spring
The Hoophouse in Summer
Soil and Crop Quality
Maintaining Soil Fertility
Cover Crops
Cover Crops Chart
Sustainable Disease Management
Sustainable Weed Management
Sustainable Pest Management
Harvest and Beyond
Manual Harvesting Techniques
Winter Vegetable Storage (Without Refrigeration)
Root Cellars
PART 2: CROPS
Legumes
Green Beans
Southern Peas, Asparagus Beans and Limas
Fava Beans
Edamame
Snap Peas and Snow Peas
Peanuts
Brassicas
Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Spring
Broccoli, Cabbage, Kale and Collards in Fall
Asian Greens
Other Greens
Spinach
Chard and Other Summer Cooking Greens
Lettuce All Year Round
Roots
Carrots, Beets and Parsnips
Celery and Celeriac
Turnips and Rutabagas
Cucurbits
Summer Squash and Zucchini
Winter Squash and Pumpkins
Cucumbers and Muskmelons
Watermelon
Alliums
Garlic
Bulb Onions
Potato Onions
Leeks
Nightshades
Tomatoes
Peppers
Eggplant
Potatoes
The Others
Okra
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Seed Crop Production
Seed Growing
The Business of Seed Crops by Ira Wallace
Resources
Index
About The Author
Promotional Information
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small-scale market grower.
About the Author
Pam Dawling is a contributing editor with Growing For Market
magazine. An avid vegetable grower for 38 years, she has been
farming as a member of Twin Oaks Community in central Virginia for
over 20 years, where she helps grow food for around 100 people on
three and a half acres and provides training in sustainable
vegetable production. Pam's farming experience includes caring for
cows, sheep, goats, pigs, bees, chickens, ducks and geese; growing
small acreages of wheat, barley, oats, field beans and hay, using
old farm implements, and growing and cooking more than sixty
different kinds of vegetables and fruits.
