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Preface to the 30th Anniversary Edition xi

1 The Other Side of the Tapestry:

An Agricultural Metaphor 1
2 A Little History to Begin 3
3 Agricultural Craftsmanship 13
4 Land 19
5 Scale and Capital 27
6 Labor 31
7 Marketing Strategy 35
8 Planning and Observation 41
9 Crop Rotation 51
10 Green Manures 63
11 Tillage 73
12 Soil Fertility 83
13 Farm-Generated Fertility 97
14 The Self-Fed Farm 105
15 Direct-Seeding 109
16 Transplanting 113
17 Soil Blocks 119
18 Setting Out Transplants 133
19 Weeds 141
20 Pests? 153
21 Pests: Temporary Palliatives 163
22 Harvest 167
23 Marketing 175
24 Season Extension 187
 25 The Movable Feast 199
26 The Winter Harvest Project 205
27 Livestock 213
28 The Information Resource 221
29 The Adventure of Organic Farming 229
30 A Final Word 235

APPENDIX A
From Artichokes to Zucchini:
Notes on Specific Crops 237
APPENDIX B
USDA North American
Hardiness Zone Map 255
APPENDIX C
A Schematic Outline
of Biological Agriculture 256
APPENDIX D
Recommended Tools and Suppliers 259

Annotated Bibliography 261

Notes 271
Image Credits 276
Index 277