Sustainable Market Farming, Second Edition

Sustainable Market Farming, Second Edition

Intensive Vegetable Production on a Few Acres

Dawling, Pam

New Society Publishers

04/2025

640

Mole

9781774060018

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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
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