Sustainable Market Farming, Second Edition

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