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Microfarms—or small acreage farms—are gaining popularity across the country for their astoundingly high yields and great tasting produce, as well as their profitability. This handbook reveals the secrets of successful micro eco-farming and explains what eco-farmers need to know to start their own small agribusiness.
Questions such as What can be grown? How do farmers reach their markets? and What sustainable production methods can be used? are answered in detail and supported be hundreds of real-life examples. A variety of unusual uses for crops are also provided, including producing organic spa products, building an urban greenhouse, creating a heritage rose farm, or cultivating a connoisseur apple orchard. Ecologists, amateur gardeners, farmers, and those interested in sustainable living will enjoy this in-depth look at the spiritually and f inancially rewarding aspects of this new field.
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you the most extensive sustainable organic gardening/lifestyle information possible!
The National Gardening Association, http://www.garden.org - Resource offering extensive gardening information, including the data for our Gardening Q & A Library.
Missouri Botanical Gardens, http://www.mobot.org - Resource offering the Kemper Center for Home Gardening and the Kemper Center Plantfinder which provides extensive plant information and images.
Horticopia, Inc., http://www.horticopia.com - Providing horticultural software references of plant pictures and data designed exclusively for the green industry.
Spokane Regional Solid Waste System., - Providing compost graphics and information on making excellent use of their organic wastes.
University of Connecticut Plant Database, http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants - Resource providing images and detailed plant pages for many species.
Erv Evans, North Carolina State University, http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/ - Resource providing images and extensive plant fact sheets for numerous species.
US Apple Association, http://www.usapple.org/consumers/kids/index.shtml - Resource providing images and download materials on apples and 'gimme5'.
Virginia Cooperative Extension, http://www.ext.vt.edu/ - Resource providing images and extensive plant fact sheets and numerous articles.
American Meadows Wildflowers, http://www.americanmeadows.com - Company offering over 70 individual species of wildflowers, including quality seed mixtures.
Wes Autio, University of Massachusetts Fruit Program, http://www.umass/edu/fruitadvisor/ - Resource offering images and content for some apple tree species.
Washington State University, Irrigated Agriculture Research & Extension Center, http://www.fruit.prosser.wsu.edu - Resource offering images and content for various cherry and apricot species.
Photos: James TylerRoger Phillips, Rogers Roses, http://www.rogersroses.com - Resource offering images and content for rose bushes.
The National PLANTS Database, http://plants.usda.gov - National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
The National Gardening Bureau Inc. http://www.ngb.org/index.cfm - Resource offering articles from garden writers around the world.
City of Bremerton, WA., http://www.cityofbremerton.com/ - Resource offering images and content for rain barrels.
Access Washington, http://access.wa.gov/ - Resource for Water Pollution Facts.
City of Bremerton, WA., http://www.communitygarden.org/ - Resource offering information on community gardening.
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Declare your yard a "Pesticide Free" Zone!
... and spread the word! Once you've converted your lawn, let the neighborhood know -- maybe you can persuade others. You can Proclaim Organic Pest Control! to post and get tips on talking to neighbors from the Washington Toxics Coalition.
... and spread the word! Once you've converted your lawn, let the neighborhood know -- maybe you can persuade others. You can Proclaim Organic Pest Control! to post and get tips on talking to neighbors from the Washington Toxics Coalition.
