Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth (29 page)

Country Living Grain Mill. Country Living Products, 14727 56th Ave. NW, Stanwood, WA 98292. (360) 652-0671.
countrylivinggrainmills.com
.

GrainMaker Mill. Bitterroot Tool & Machine, P.O. Box 130, Stevensville, MT 59870. Toll free (855) 777-7096.
grainmaker.com
.

Homeplace Earth blog post comparing grain mills:
homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/grain-mill-comparison-country-living-vs-grainmaker
.

Chapter 12. Sheds, Fences, and Other Stuff

Ashton, Jeff.
The 12-Month Gardener.
New York: Lark Books, 2001.

CobraHead tools. Online store. Toll free (866) 962-6272.
cobraheadllc.com
.

Coleman, Eliot.
Four Season Harvest
, rev. ed. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 1999. Coleman’s
The Winter Harvest Handbook
, published by Chelsea Green in 2009 has information on using unheated greenhouses for year-round vegetable production.
The Four Season Farm Gardener’s Cookbook
by Eliot Coleman and Barbara Damrosch, published by Workman Publishing in 2012, contains plans and ideas for making and using a 10′ × 12′ portable greenhouse.

Kencove Farm Fence Supplies. All types of fencing. 344 Kendall Rd., Blairsville, PA 15717. There are also warehouses in Indiana and Missouri. Toll free (800) 536-2683.
kencove.com
.

Logsdon, Gene.
Gene Logsdon’s Practical Skills
. Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1985.

Premier One Supplies. Portable fencing, solar chargers, and more. 2031 300th Street, Washington, IA 52353. Toll free (800) 282-6631. premier1
supplies.com
.

Purple Mountain Organics. Professional gardening tools. Online Store. Toll free (877) 538-9901.
purpletools.net
.

Way Cool Tools. Professional gardening tools. Online store. P.O. Box 235, White Hall, VA 22987. Toll free (877) 353-7783.
waycooltools.com
.

Chapter 13. Rethink Everything!

Bane, Peter.
The Permaculture Handbook
. Canada: New Society, 2012.

Hibiscus tea. Homeplace Earth blog post on growing, drying, and using Red Thai Roselle Hibiscus tea.
www.homeplaceearth.wordpress.com/2013/02/05/red-thai-roselle
.

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, 1851 Dickinson Rd., Goochland, VA 23063.
reynolds.edu
.

McDorman, Bill and Stephen Thomas. “Sowing Revolution: Seed Libraries Offer Hope for Freedom of Food.”
Acres U.S.A.
, January 2012.

Seed library at the JSRCC Goochland Campus, Virginia.
jsrcclibrary.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/goochland-library-hosts-seed-library
.

Index

A

alfalfa,
2–3
,
55
,
125–126

alfalfa meal,
47

alliums.
See
garlic
;
leeks
;
onions

amaranth,
30

animal products.
See
meat/animal products

Appalachian State University (ASU) food dryer design,
143

apples, preserving,
140
,
143
,
144

Ashton, Jeff,
152

Ashworth, Suzanne,
110

assassin bugs,
65

ATTRA,
65–66
,
67
,
71

Austrian winter peas

for compost,
54

as grain cover crop companion,
55
,
94

planting date,
91
,
94

in rotation,
87
,
89
,
91
,
94
,
95
,
96
,
97

B

bananas,
43

Bane, Peter,
161

basil

beneficial insects and,
64

preserving,
90
,
94
,
143
,
144

in rotation,
89
,
90

bean beetles, Mexican,
29

beans, green and drying

bush
vs.
pole,
34
,
78

germination speed,
108

nitrogen-fixing,
86

preserving,
43–44
,
93
,
139
,
143–144

for protein,
28–29

in rotation,
89
,
93

seed quality,
109

seed saving,
110

as staple,
28
,
43

storage,
94
,
135
,
147–148

succession planting,
79

Three Sisters interplanting,
29
,
33
,
68–69

See also
cowpeas

bed width/length,
9–12
,
13
,
14
,
16–17

bees.
See
honey and bees

beets and beet greens,
86

frosts and,
78

overwinter harvest,
43
,
76
,
83

oxalic acid,
31

pigs and,
126

in rotation,
60–61
,
97
,
98

beneficial insects

borders and,
13
,
22–23

companion planting and,
63
,
64–67
,
69
,
70–71

cover crops and,
55

Bermuda grass.
See
wire grass

beta carotene,
114

Biosphere 2,
42–43

Biosphere 2: The Human Experiment
(Allen),
42

bishop’s weed,
67

Bitterroot Tool and Machine,
45

black locust trees,
158

black soldier fly larvae,
119

black walnuts,
32
,
135

blueberries,
12
,
69

borders,
13
,
22–23
,
32
,
69–71

Bowes & Church’s Food Values of Portions Commonly Used
(Pennington and Spungen),
114

brassicas,
86
,
88

See also
broccoli
;
cabbage
;
radishes

broccoli,
78
,
86

Brussels sprouts,
86

buckwheat

as compost crop,
54
,
55–56

as filler cover crop,
55–56
,
96

as nectar source for bees,
32

in rotation,
95
,
96
,
97

Bugg, Robert,
66

burdock,
28

C

cabbage,
86

frost and,
78

interplanting,
68
,
69
,
88

cabbage-root maggots,
71

calcium, growing,
31
,
41
,
96
,
113
,
115

calcium for chickens,
118

calories, growing

as difficulty,
2
,
25
,
113

eggs/milk,
115

planning for,
41

suggested crops,
26–28
,
29
,
31

canning,
43–44
,
129
,
139–142

See also
preservation and storage

carrots,
86

beneficial insects and,
64

overwinter harvest,
43
,
76
,
78
,
83

pigs and,
126

preserving,
141

in rotation,
60–61
,
97
,
98

Carrots Love Tomatoes
(Riotte),
63

cassava,
28

catalogs, seed,
77

cauliflower,
86

celery,
64
,
86
,
144

chard.
See
Swiss chard

charts.
See
worksheets

chickens and eggs,
116–120

chicken houses,
116
,
117
,
153–154

chicken tractors,
51–52

feeding,
117–119
,
123

fencing,
117
,
155
,
156–157

nutrition (vitamin B
₁₂
),
114–115
,
116

planning and,
16–18

rabbits and,
125
,
153

Chicken Tractor
(Lee and Foreman),
117

clay,
12–13

climate change,
111

clovers

for composting,
2–3
,
10

crimson clover,
54
,
55

Dutch white clover,
10
,
71

red clover,
55
,
97
,
99
,
126

coldframes,
76
,
77
,
152

Coleman, Eliot,
87
,
152

collards,
86

calcium,
31

harvest,
79–80
,
83
,
98

preserving,
143–144

in rotation,
95
,
96

Colorado potato beetles,
66–67

comfrey,
70

communities,
161–162
,
164

community supported agriculture,
xvi

companion planting.
See
interplanting

compost crops,
52

buckwheat,
54
,
55–56

grains,
2
,
28
,
30
,
53–54
,
58
,
91–92

Jerusalem artichokes,
54
,
91

legumes,
2–3
,
10
,
29
,
30
,
54–55
,
91
,
97

rotation maps,
97–98

composting

chickens and,
154

clay and,
12–13

on garden beds,
19–20
,
53–54
,
97
,
98–99

planning for 60% compost crops,
56–58

30/1 compost,
52–53

cooking,
2
,
8
,
30

cooling cabinets,
136–137

corn

for chicken feed,
118

composting,
54
,
91–92

grinding,
144

growing to dry seed,
29–30
,
110

as pig feed,
124

planting patterns,
92

popcorn,
30
,
44
,
89
,
91–92

in rotation,
53–54
,
95
,
96–97
,
98

storage,
147–148