2015-12-29 Here is the definitive guide to growing healthy organic vegetables without wasting our precious water resources! This incredibly timely book will give dedicated home gardeners the know-how to grow delicious produce in dry times, focusing on four different low-water conditions in the western...
This book is a comprehensive reference work of the most valuable useful plants of all parts of the U.S., calling attention to the special merits of the plants.
This book discusses grain storage problems as they are faced by small-scale farmers. It contains explanations of the sturcture of grain, the relationship between grain and moisture, the need for proper drying. One large section contains detailed, fully illustrated plans for constructing a variety...
2011-01-01 Part of the NOFA guides. This volume covers: Historical roots of cover-crop techniques Thinking beyond this season's cash crop (disease and pest reduction, weed suppression, cash vs. cover crops) What is a good rotation? (mapping the farm, grouping crops, sample groupings) The economics of...
2003-10-01 This bulletin discusses what organic farming is and provides an overview of organic farming systems. Sustainable Agriculture Network 31 pages, illustrated, photos
The aim of this book is to give teachers, students, growers, dealers and consumers more information on the botany, culture, harvesting and handling of medicinal plants and their products. Since much of the professional and technical knowledge of medicinal plant exploitation is inaccessible, it is...
2014-01-01 You are invited to live life to the fullest. For five hard years Christian leader Kevin Myers struggled personally and professionally. But it was during that time that God pointed out where he was going wrong and showed him the biblical pattern for living. It proceeded to transform his life,...
This booklet tells why organic matter in the soil may be considered our most important national resource. The author describes how it furnishes fuel for bacterial wrecking crews and how it is turned into plant nutrients. He shows that many of our farm practices have enormously reduced the supply...