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The decline of cheap oil is inspiring increasing numbers of North
Americans to achieve some measure of backyard food
self-sufficiency. In hard times, the family can be greatly helped
by growing a highly productive food garden, requiring little cash
outlay or watering. Currently popular intensive vegetable gardening
methods are largely inappropriate to this new circumstance. Crowded
raised beds require high inputs of water, fertility and organic
matter, and demand large amounts of human time and effort. But,
except for labor, these inputs depend on the price of oil. Prior to
the 1970s, North American home food growing used more land with
less labor, with wider plant spacing, with less or no irrigation,
and all done with sharp hand tools. But these sustainable systems
have been largely forgotten. Gardening When It Counts helps readers
rediscover traditional low-input gardening methods to produce
healthy food. Designed for readers with no experience and
applicable to most areas in the English-speaking world except the
tropics and hot deserts, this book shows that any family with
access to 3-5,000 sq. ft. of garden land can halve their food costs
using a growing system requiring just the odd bucketful of
household waste water, perhaps two hundred dollars worth of hand
tools, and about the same amount spent on supplies - working an
average of two hours a day during the growing season. Steve Solomon
is a well-known west coast gardener and author of five previous
books, including Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades which has
appeared in five editions.
Vegetables, fruits, and grains are a major source of vital
nutrients, but centuries of intensive agriculture have depleted our
soils to historic lows. As a result, the broccoli you consume today
may have less than half of the vitamins and minerals that the
equivalent serving would have contained a hundred years ago. This
is a matter for serious concern, since poor nutrition has been
linked to myriad health problems including cancer, heart disease,
obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes. For optimum health we
must increase the nutrient density of our foods to the levels
enjoyed by previous generations.
To grow produce of the highest nutritional quality the essential
minerals lacking in our soil must be replaced, but this
re-mineralization calls for far more attention to detail than the
simple addition of composted manure or NPK fertilizers. "The
Intelligent Gardener" demystifies the process while simultaneously
debunking much of the false and misleading information perpetuated
by both the conventional and organic agricultural movements. In
doing so, it conclusively establishes the link between healthy
soil, healthy food, and healthy people.
This practical step-by-step guide and the accompanying
customizable web-based spreadsheets go beyond organic and are
essential tools for any serious gardener who cares about the
quality of the produce they grow.
Steve Solomon is the author of several landmark gardening books
including "Gardening When it Counts" and "Growing Vegetables West
of the Cascades." The founder of the Territorial Seed Company, he
has been growing most of his family's food for over thirty-five
years.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical
literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles
have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades.
The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to
promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a
TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the
amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series,
tredition intends to make thousands of international literature
classics available in printed format again - worldwide.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
True tales (or so it was claimed) of subterranean journeys * King
Herla in the cavern of the dwarfs * Enkidu and his descent into
Sheol * Orpheus and Aeneas in Hades * Sir Owen in Purgatory *
Cuchulain in Tir-nan-Og * Reuben and the mikvah stairway * Reverend
Kirk and his abduction * Richard Shaver and the Deros * Saint-Yves
d'Alveydre in Agharta * Thomas the Rhymer in Fairyland * Olaf
Jansen and the polar opening * Apollonius of Tyana in the Abode of
the Wise Men * Lobsang Rampa beneath the Himalayas * Doreal and the
mysteries of Mount Shasta * Guy Ballard and the Ascended Masters *
Captain Seaborn and his voyage to Symzonia * Walter Siegmeister and
the Atlantean tunnels * Dianne Robbins and the Library of
Porthologos And other visitors to the hidden depths of the earth.
In this practical yet entertaining work, the Professor shows how to
track down anything that's been misplaced. Keys, cash, documents,
jewelry, household items--all can be located with ease, using his
method. HOW TO FIND LOST OBJECTS takes the reader on a
comprehensive tour of the art of finding. You'll learn about: the
Three C's Pocket Gobble the Camouflage Effect Saint Anthony
Grandma's Principle hronir the Eureka Zone Domestic Drift the Cool
Once-over the Basic Blunder the Valley of Lost Things phantom
possessions Plus Freud on why we misplace things...Sherlock Holmes
and the Three C's...a photo-fable ("Betsy Finds Her Keys")
...advice on lost luggage... instructions for making a Eureka-Stik
...and more. For anyone who regularly--or even occasionally--
misplaces things, Professor Solomon's book will prove invaluable.
An Unabridged Edition To Include All Charts and Tables: How I
Became a Hygienist - The Nature and Cause of Disease - Fasting -
Colon Cleansing - Diet and Nutrition - Vitamins and Other Food
Supplements - The Analysis of Disease States-Helping the Body
Recover - Appendices
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