Grow a Sustainable Diet: Planning and Growing to Feed Ourselves and the Earth (30 page)

Three Sisters interplanting,
29
,
33
,
68–69

Country Living Mill,
144

cover crops,
xvii–xviii
,
3
,
49–50

See also
Austrian winter peas
;
buckwheat
;
clovers
;
hairy vetch
;
interplanting
;
rye
;
wheat

Cover Crops and Compost Crops IN Your Garden
(DVD, 2008),
xix
,
11
,
53
,
99

cowpeas

advantages,
29

beneficial insects and,
65

for composting,
54–55
,
97

illustration,
102

in rotation,
95
,
96

storage,
43

cows and cow’s milk,
115
,
121–123

crimson clover,
54
,
55

crop choices,
25–35

for calcium,
31
,
41
,
96

for calories,
26–28
,
29
,
31

for oils and sweeteners,
31–32
,
46–47

for protein,
28–30

resources,
33

for taste or other factors,
32–33

See also
variety selection

Cuba,
123

cucumbers,
86

preserving,
93
,
94
,
138–139
,
140

in rotation,
89
,
93

trellising,
93
,
154
,
156

cucurbits.
See
cucumbers
;
squash
;
winter squash

Cunningham, Sally Jean,
69
,
71

cutworms,
71

D

Daikon radishes,
95

dairy,
115
,
120–126

Dawling, Pam,
61
,
87

Deppe, Carol,
33

detoxification,
26–27

Develop a Sustainable Vegetable Garden Plan
(DVD, 2010),
xix
,
73

dill

interplanting,
64
,
93

in pickles,
138

in rotation,
89
,
93

disease management,
86
,
103

dogs (as pests),
155
,
157

ducks and duck eggs,
115
,
120

Dutch white clover,
10
,
71

E

Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture
(Morrow),
18

Eating In: From the Field to the Kitchen in Biosphere 2
(Silverstone),
42–43

Ecology Action

author’s relationship,
xvii
,
160

location,
29

suggested publications,
33
,
46

See also
How to Grow More Vegetables

eggplants,
86

electric fencing,
154

English walnuts,
32

equipment,
xvii–xviii

See also
hand tools

F

Fallon, Sally,
127

farmscaping,
65–66
,
67

See also
beneficial insects
;
borders

Farmscaping for Biological Insect Control
(ATTRA),
67
,
71

Farmscaping Techniques for Managing Insect Pests
(Virginia Tech),
66

Farmscaping to Enhance Biological Control
(ATTRA),
65–66

favas,
29
,
54

feast days/celebrations,
43
,
83–84

fences

borders and,
69

chickens and,
117
,
155
,
156–157

pigs and,
124
,
126

planning for,
13

as reference spots for measuring,
21

types of,
154–158

fermented foods

beans,
139

cucumbers,
93
,
94
,
138–139

for detoxification,
26

sauerkraut,
137–138
,
139

soy,
30

fish,
115

fodder radishes,
95

Fodor, Eben,
143

Foley food mill,
141

food forests,
18

Foreman, Patricia,
117

Four Season Harvest
(Coleman),
152

Frey, Darrell,
xvii

frost dates,
74–76
,
88

G

garden maps,
9–23

bed/path planning,
9–18

compost crop planning and,
56–58

nuts and bolts of making,
20–22

permaculture and,
18–20
,
21
,
22–23
,
160

record-keeping and,
46–47

with rotations,
88–98
,
94–98

usefulness,
160

garlic,
86

as calorie crop,
26
,
27

in dill pickles,
138

harvest,
78

overwinter growing,
83

in rotation,
87
,
95
,
96

storage,
43
,
131–132
,
133

Gene Logsdon’s Practical Skills
(Logsdon),
153

geophagy,
26–27

germination testing,
105–106
,
108–109

goats,
120–121

as brush-clearers,
121
,
126

fencing,
156

goat’s milk,
115

vitamin B
₁₂
,
123

goldenrod,
67

gourds,
86

GrainMaker mill,
144–145

grains

for composting,
2
,
28
,
30
,
53–54
,
58
,
91–92

harvesting,
59–61

milling,
144–145

for protein,
28–29
,
29–30

storage,
135
,
145

See also
corn
;
rye
;
wheat

grapes

juicing,
141

leaves in pickles,
138

mead,
139

preserving,
44
,
143

trellising,
156

Great Garden Companions
(Cunningham),
69

green beans.
See
beans, green and drying

ground beetles,
71

groundhogs,
155

GROW BIOINTENSIVE methods.
See
Ecology Action

H

hairy vetch

beneficial insects and,
69

for composting,
54
,
55

in rotation,
89–90
,
91
,
94
,
95
,
96

hand tools

harvesting cover crops,
54–55

list of useful tools,
148

for no-till methods,
xviii
,
92

storage,
147–150

hazelnuts (filberts)

as border plant,
69

as fat source,
31
,
44

storage,
135

herbicides,
50–51

herbs, preserving,
90
,
94
,
143
,
144

Home Food Systems
(Yepsen),
129–130
,
136

Home Power
(magazine),
143

honey and bees,
160

feeding bees,
32
,
46
,
158

for mead,
44
,
139

potential yields,
45–46

storage,
135

How to Grow More Vegetables
(Jeavons)

companion planting,
63

germination rates,
106

plant spacing,
88

as resource,
25

vegetable consumption chart,
39

yields charts,
29
,
39–40

How To Grow Vegetables & Fruits by the Organic Method
(Rodale, ed.),
87

The Humanure Handbook
(Jenkins),
51

hybrid seeds,
101

I

indigenous diets/practices,
26–27
,
29

Integral Urban House
(Farallones Institute),
125

interplanting

beans/corn/squash,
29
,
33
,
68–69

beneficial insects and,
63
,
64–67
,
69
,
70–71

cabbage/lettuce,
68–69

for continuous harvest,
78–79

cover crops,
55
,
89–90
,
94
,
96–97

cucumbers/dill,
64
,
93

defined,
63

potatoes/cabbage,
88

resources,
69

J

Jeavons, John,
xvii
,
25–26
,
28
,
160

See also
Ecology Action
;
How to Grow More Vegetables

Jenkins, Joe,
51

Jerusalem artichokes

as calorie crop,
26

for composting,
54
,
91

pigs and,
125
,
126

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College,
xvi–xvii
,
4
,
161–162

K

kale,
86

calcium,
31

harvest,
79–80
,
83
,
98

preserving,
143–144

in rotation,
95

Katz, Sandor,
93
,
137

keyhole beds,
16–17

kohlrabi,
86

L

ladybugs,
65

Lee, Andy,
117

leeks,
26
,
27
,
86

legumes.
See
Austrian winter peas
;
beans, green and drying
;
clovers
;
cowpeas
;
hairy vetch
;
peanuts
;
peas