A fun book to read is, "The $64 Tomato" by William Alexander! In a message dated 8/30/2010 8:15:08 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Know what you mean Karen, I was pretty surprised for a year and a half while forming our CG at the difference in almost everything between city gardening and rural. That included mind set, neededs and wanteds from the people in the area, city politics (I was used to Orange County Calif. which was quite a different scale than little Auburn Ga.), gardening problems (deer, rabbits, country dogs), and OMG Georgia clay (concrete colored red). My training in Permaculture exposed me to a number of agricultural forms in everything from aguaculture, CSAs, urban farms, farmers markets, CGs, and big and little farms and gardens. I was fascinated by the multitude of ways people solved their problems. It's a very creative thing, growing food. It's from the soul, deep down I think, so it isn't cookie-cutter. We benefit from learning what others have come up with, which is one of the reasons I am so happy to be part of this list serv. I learn all the time. I've been reading "The One-Straw Revolution" by the Japanese genius Masanobu Fukuoka who was one of our awakeners. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to learn how to approach growing stuff in hard environments with a minimum of effort. I'm also including a library list for anyone interested in getting some good books on various subjects related to self-sufficiency. I spent several hours compiling this the other day and wanted to share it with you all. I am a founding member of a sustainability meet-up group. Yesterday I gave a talk on food security and putting in a fall garden. I gave them a number of titles to purchase for their library. So, here they are: The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fka All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway Lasagna Gardening by Patricia Lanza The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan And these are a more well rounded list - though in no way complete: Soaps and body care and candles: Making Herbal Hand Creams and Salves - Norma Weinberg 3.95 new Organic Body Care Recipes - Stephanie L. Tourles 9.94 used Making Natural Liquid Soaps - Catherine Failor 7.90 used The Soapmaker's Companion - A Comprehensive Guide...Susan Miller Cavitch 8.88 used The Everything Soap Making Book - Alicia Grosso 10.85 new Soapmaker's Companion - Robert S. McDaniel Candle Making the Natural Way, 31 Projects made with soy, palm and beeswax - Rebecca Ittner 13.57 new Building and Root Cellaring: Prefabulous + Sustainable: Building and Customizing an Affordable, Energy Efficient Home - Sheri Koones 15.97 used hard back Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables - Mike Bubel 7.54 used Build Your Own Underground Root Cellar - Phyllis Hobson 3.95 Trees, Orchards, Pruning, Fruit and Herbs: Pruning Made Easy: A Gardeners Visual Guide to When & How to Prune Everyting from Flowers to Trees - Lewis Hill 4.97 paperback The Backyard Orchardist - Stella Otto 6.95 used The Backyard Berry Book - Stella Otto 12. 21 new Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden - Lee Reich 8.00 new 75 Remarkable Fruits for Your Garden - Jacob Staub 3.86 used 75 Exceptional Herbs for Your Garden - Jacob Staub 15.59 new Landscaping with Fruit - Lee Reich 11.77 used Gardens instead of Lawns: Food Not Lawns, How to Turn Your Yard Into A Garden and Your Neighborhood Into a Community - H Cobern Flores 9.64 used The Urban Homestead - Kelly Coyne 12.21 used Fresh Food from Small Spaces, The Square Inch . - RU Ruppenthal 16.47 new Gardening, Seed Saving, and Greenhouses: Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners - Suzanne Ashworth - 15.00 used Gardening When it Counts, Growing Food in Hard Times - Steve Solomon 12.15 used The Winter Harvest Handbook: Yearround Vegetables - Eliot Coleman 18.51 new The Winter Harvest Handbook: Yearround Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques & Unheated Green Houses - Eliot Coleman 18.51 new The New Organic Grower: a Master's Manual of Tools & Techniques For The Home and Market Gardener - Eliot Coleman 11.89 used Four Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables From Your Home Garden All Year Long - Eliot Coleman 14.20 used Greenhouse Gardener's Companion Revised - Shane Smith 15.61 used The Hoophouse Handbook: Growing Produce & Flowers in Hoop Houses and High Tunnels - Lynn Byczynski 18.40 used The Polytunnel Handbook: Planning Siting Erecting - Andy McKee (2 1/2 stars) The New Seed Starters Handbook - Nancy Bubel 12.89 new Food Forests: Edible Forest Gardens 2 vols - Dave Jacke 94.50 How to Make A Forest Garden - Patrick Whitefield 19.80 Permaculture: Permaculture: Principles & Pathways Beyond Sustainability - David Holmgren 16.59 used Permaculture a Designer's Manual - Bill Mollison 79.98 used (huge) Farmers of 40 Centuries: Organic Farming in China, Korea & Japan - F.H. King 7.53 used Getting Started in Permaculture, 50 Practical Projects - Ross Mars 10.17 new (See below for chickens) Grain Growing: Small Scale Grain Raising, 2nd Ed. - Gene Logsdon 18.28 used Homegrown Whole Grains: Grow, Harvest, and Cook Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rice, Corn and more - Sara Pitzer 9.87 used Raising Animals, Chickens, Turkeys, etc.: All Flesh Is Grass , Pleasures & Promises of Pasture Farming - Gene Logsdon 11.94 used Chicken Tractor - The Permacultur Guide to Happy Hens and Healthy Soil - Andy W. Lee, Patricia Foreman 9.50 used Day Range Poultry: Every Chicken Owners Guide To Grazing Gardens & Improving Pastures - Andy W Lee & Patricia Foreman 13.50 used City Chicks - Keeping Micro Flocks of Chickens as Garden Helpers, Compost Makers, Bio-Recyclers and Local Food Producers - Patricla Foreman 16.55 used Raising Chickens for Dummies - Kimberly Willis 13.59 new Storeys Guide to Raising Chickens 3rd Ed - Gail Damerow 15.51 The Dollar Hen - The Classic Guide to American Free Range Egg Farming - Milo Hastings 14.08 (4.5 stars) used Feeding Poultry - The Classic Guide to Poultry Nutrition for Chickens, Turkeys, Ducks, Geese, Gamebirds & Pigeons - Gustave Heuser 34.47 used The Chicken Health Handbook - Gail Damerow 13.57 new The Complete Encyclopedia of Chickens - Esther VerHoel-Verhallen 7.67 used Keeping Chickens - The Essential Guide - Jeremy Hobson 17.09 new Chicken Coops and Houses: Building Chicken Coops: Storey Country Wisdom - Gail Damerow (2.5 stars) Chicken Coops - 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock - Judy Pangman 11.72 used Building Chicken Coops for dummies - Todd Brock 15.69 Fresh Air Poultry Houses - The Classic Guide to Open-Front Chicken Coops for Healthier Poultry - Prince Woods 14.84 (4.5 stars) As a Permaculture Designer, other subjects requiring reference material include: Earth Ship building and passive systems, solar and wind power, geothermal and water wheels and other power from running water, growing natural fibers such as cotton, flax and silk, appropriate technology, water catchment and filtration, building berms and swales and hardscaping and grading land, creating dams and ponds, black and grey water purification and use, sustainable economics, hydrogen power and bio-diesel fuel for transportation and energy generation, methane capture and use, composting and soil creation, vermiculture (worms), herb gardens and medicinal and other herb uses, soil ecology, growing mushrooms and other fungus, aguaculture systems, more on animal husbandry, crafts including weaving, knitting and sewing, quilting, leather tanning and leather work, shoe making, tool making, food preservation, cooking and baking, grain milling, musical instruments and music making, organic child care and child products, using domestic animals such as dogs for multiple uses, rope and broom making, meat preservation as smoking, brining, jerking, wood working, wheel and barrel making, glass blowing and ceramic and pottery, toy making, furniture making, paper and basket making, and a host of other sustainable crafts and skills using natural materials. Hope this helps. Best, Diann Dirks Certified Permaculture Designer ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 10:12 AM Subject: [Community_garden] Garden Perspective > Thanks Dianne for pointing out that my perspective (gardening in urban > infill) is limited. Because it is! I am always surprised when I hear > people talk about community gardening in rural areas, my surprise shows > that I am just not familiar with the wide variety of forms that community > gardening takes. So thanks for reminding me that there is more to CG than > urban infill! One reason I am sorry I missed the ACGA Convention in > Atlanta. I would have enjoyed seeing the variety of community gardens on > the Gardens Tour. Karen > > Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something and > sometimes one creates a significant impression by remaining silent. 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