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The Vision: Beyond the Boundary 1

Distortions of the Big Picture — Whence Fertility? — How to Use This Book — A Place Called Esperia

part i.

Soil Fertility

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Composting as if It Mattered 11

A Multiple-Bin System — Compost Ingredients — Building a Compost Pile — The Heap in Action — Using Compost — Composting Humanure

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Green Manures 29

Buckwheat — Rye — Oats — Sweet Clover — Japanese Millet — Creative Combinations — Complex Mixtures — Sources of Green Manures

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Mulch 41

Living Mulch — Stu

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from the Forest — Working with Tree Leaves

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Minerals: Whence and Whither? 55

From Rock to Dirt to Soil to Crop — Smart Mineral Management — Plant “Miners” — Supplying Minerals Through Wood Ash

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Grassland Improvement and Management 63

The Cover-the-Earth Strategy — More Strategies — Maintaining the Balance — Pasture Components

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part ii.

The Seed

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Sexual Propagation: Why and How 73

Why Bother? — Strategies for Sexual Reproduction — The Importance of Selection — Isolation — Hand-Pollination — Saving Seeds from Biennials — Pest Problems — Collecting and Storing Seeds — What About Hybrids?

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Asexual Propagation 101

Suckers, Layers, and Cuttings — Grafting — Stooling

part iii.

The Crops

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The Veggies 117

Vegetable Legumes — Crucifers — The Umbel Family — Alliums — Composites — The Tomato Family — Cucurbits — Chenopods — Sweet Corn — Asparagus — Weeds as Vegetables — Condiments and Spices

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Grains 173

The Wrong Way to Grow Grain — Planting a Grain Crop — Wheat — Barley — Oats — Rye — Millet — Rice — Field Corn — Broadleaf Grains

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Growing Pulses 211

Growing and Harvesting Pulses — Beans — Field Peas — Chickpeas — Fava Beans — Soybeans

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Growing Oilseeds 221

Sunﬂowers — Pepitas — Flax — Poppies — Hazelnuts and Pine Nuts — Chufa

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Growing Permacrops 231

Protein-Rich Permacrops — Fruity Permacrops — Non-Woody Permacrops

part iv.

The Garden in Context

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Rocks, Water, and Land 267

Rocks and Water — The Land

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Smaller Footprints 287

Old World Versus New World Crops — Natural Supports — Trellises — Crowding — Companion Planting

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Pests and Diseases 309

Plant Disease — Animal Pests — Wee Beasties

part v.

Using the Harvest

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Milling, Baking, and Sprouting 323

Milling Flour and Meal — Baking — Sprouting and Malting

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Freezing, Fermenting, and More 335

Fruits — Dehydrating Food — Of Oil and Oilseeds — Rotten Foods That Are Supposed to Be That Way — Soy Foods — Sprouts for Fresh Use

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Energy and Alternative Technology — Obligations of a Garden-Without-Borders

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Tools

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Resources

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