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Searching for efficient, cost-effective ways to level up your growing?
The Garden Tool Handbook is the essential guide to choosing the right tool for the right job at the right time. Covers must-have equipment, supplies, and techniques for every task from planting to harvest for farms, homesteads, or market gardens.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
PART 1: THE TOOLSThe Beginning
Extending Human Power
All about Tools
Tool Types
Tool Design
DIY or Buy
Garden Operation Cycle
Tool System Design
Scale-Based Decision-Making
Scaling-Up Tool Systems
Scaling-Up Your Avatar
PART 2: YOUR GARDEN OPERATION CYCLE Chapter 1: Site Analysis and Sampling
Chapter 2: Garden Design and Crop Planning
Chapter 3: Garden Starts
Chapter 4: Primary Land Preparation
Chapter 5: Plot and Permabed Forming
Case Study: Container Gardening
Chapter 6: Fine Seedbed Preparation
Chapter 7: Seeding and Planting
Chapter 8: Irrigation
Chapter 9: Garden Crop Maintenance
Chapter 10: Crop Weeding
Chapter 11: Garden Harvest
Chapter 12: Season Extension
Chapter 13: Post-harvest Handling and Curing
Chapter 14: Cold Storage
Chapter 15: Marketing
Chapter 16: Cleanup and Maintenance
Conclusion
Resources
List of Tool Companies and Suppliers
Index
About the Author
Praise
About New Society Publishers
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Zach Loeks is an educator, grower, permaculture designer, and innovator. Director of the Ecosystem Solution Institute, he helps homes, farms, schools, and municipalities create more edible and diverse landscapes. He is the author of
The Two-Wheel Tractor Handbook and
The Edible Ecosystem Solution. Zach lives on his award-winning farm in Cobden, ON.
Zusammenfassung
Searching for efficient, cost-effective ways to level up your growing? The Garden Tool Handbook is the essential guide to choosing the right tool for the right job at the right time. Covers must-have equipment, supplies, and techniques for every task from planting to harvest for farms, homesteads, or market gardens.
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Level up your growing with the right tool for every job
