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REFERENCES: VEGETABLE RAISING AND GATHERING
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REFERENCE: Vegetable Raising & Gathering
The Backyard Beekeeper - Revised and Updated: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Keeping Bees in Your Yard and Garden by Kim Flottum, Quarry Books, 2010
Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties: The Gardener's & Farmer's Guide to Plant Breeding & Seed Saving, 2nd Edition by Carol Deppe, Chelsea Green, 2000
Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate (The Wild Food Adventure Series, Book 1) by John Kallas, Gibbs Smith, 2010
Eliot & Barbara Damrosch, Kathy Bray (Illustrator), Chelsea Green, 1999
Essential Wild Food Survival Guide, 1st Edition, The by Linda Runyon, Wild Food Company, 2009
Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants: Eastern and central North America, A (Peterson Field Guide) by Lee Allen Peterson (Author, Illustrator, Photographer), Roger Tory Peterson (Editor, Illustrator), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999
Four-Season Harvest: Organic Vegetables from Your Home Garden All Year Long by Eliot Coleman & Barbara Damrosch, Kathy Bray (Illustrator)
Gardening When It Counts: Growing Food in Hard Times (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) by Steve Solomon, New Society Publishers, 2006
Gaia's Garden, Second Edition: A Guide To Home-Scale, 2nd Edition by Toby Hemenway, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009
Grow the Best Tomatoes: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-189, Revised, Updated Edition (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-189), John Storey Publishing, LLC, 1998
Improving Your Soil: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-202, Revised, Updated Edition (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, a-202), Stu Campbell, Storey Publishing, LLC, 1999
Hive Management: A Seasonal Guide for Beekeepers (Storey's Down-To-Earth Guides) by Richard E. Bonney, Storey Publishing, LLC, 1991
Homebrewer's Garden: How to Easily Grow, Prepare, and Use Your Own Hops, Malts, Brewing Herbs by Joe Fisher & Dennis Fisher, Storey Publishing, LLC 1998
Nature's Garden: A Guide to Identifying, Harvesting, and Preparing Edible Wild Plants by Samuel Thayer, Forager's Harvest Press, 2010
Keeping Bees And Making
Honey, 1st Edition
by Alison Benjamin & Brian McCallum, David & Charles, 2008
LIVE OFF THE LAND IN THE CITY AND COUNTRY by Ragnar Benson, Paladin Press, 2008
New Seed Starter's Handbook, The by Nancy Bubel, Rodale Books, 1988
New Self-Sufficient Gardener, The by John Seymour, DK Publishing, 2008
Pest-Proofing Your Garden: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-15 (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) by Ruth Harley, Storey Publishing, LLC, 1977
Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands (Vol. 1): Guiding Principles to Welcome Rain into Your Life And Landscape by Brad Lancaster, Rainsource Press, 2006
Seed to Seed: Seed Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardeners, 2nd Edition by Suzanne Ashworth & Kent Whealey, Seed Savers Exchange, 2002
Starting Seeds Indoors: Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletin A-104 by Ann Reilly, Storey Publishing, LLC, 1989
Survival Gardening: Enough Nutrition from 1000 Square Feet to Live On--Just in Case by John A Freeman, John Dille (Illustrator), John's Press, 1982
Survival Gardening: Enough Nutrition to Live On... Just in Case by John A. Freeman, John Dille (Illustrator) Storey Publishing, LLC, 2002
Teaming with Microbes: The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, Revised by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis, Timber Press, 2010
Vegetable Gardener's Bible (10th Anniversary Edition), 2nd original Edition, The by Edward C. Smith, Storey Publishing, LLC, 2009
Wild Cards: Edible Wild Foods (All Ages) by Linda Runyon, U.S. Games Systems, 1990
Winter Harvest Handbook: Year Round Vegetable Production Using Deep Organic Techniques and Unheated Greenhouses, The by Eliot Coleman, Chelsea Green Publishing, 2009
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UPDATE: BLOG OF THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 13, 2010 - - RAISING VEGETABLES FOR SURVIVAL - REDUX
'Fork and The Missus have experimented for a spring, summer, and fall growing season.
Conclusion: leave farming to farmers.
Oh, sure, these two can boutique a meal now and then to include 'their' squash or peas or beans. But, can they grow for themselves a steady supply of veggies year-round? No freakin' way: the structural scales and functional skills sets would be fatally disproportionate to the farming tasks at hand.
Not enough square feet (no matter the micro-farm hype they've come across, in their opinions).
Not enough tools to get 'er done in sufficient and necessary quantity of output from planting to harvesting.
Not enough know-how without practice, practice, practice and study, study, and more study.
Q.E.D.: 'Fork and The Missus could ably design and manage building the farmer's barn; however, they could not fill it up. Filling up a barn is for farmers.
The relief: Dehydrate while veggie and fruit prices are ooching up, not shooting up.
Getting seriously into dehydrating could cost a couple grand and some labor of their own, and so would even a tiny tractor and accessories plus, plus, plus and the land to work.
More on dehydrating for survival, once 'Fork and The Missus get some jars and bags packed. In the meantime, here's a link to a multi-part series that turned their heads around to a better way for them:
"How to dehydrate and store food PART 1" (of 4)
by Dehydrate2store
