Growing Food In The High Desert Country

Author : Julie Behrend Weinberg
Publisher : Sunstone Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-15
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781611390551

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Growing Food In the High Desert Country by Julie Behrend Weinberg Pdf

“Growing Food in the High Desert County” is a comprehensive gardening book with emphasis on growing vegetables. The author seeks to help the high desert dweller cope with the problems of raising plants in a dry land. From practical experience, she learned that her familiar East coast gardening techniques were not suitable to the high country so she developed the special methods given in this book. In addition to vegetables, Ms. Weinberg discusses various aspects of fruit tree culture in the high desert and drought-tolerant perennials, shrubs and trees. A special chapter on common garden pests tells how to control them without the use of commercial pesticides. JULIE BEHREND WEINBERG studied organic horticulture and agriculture at Goddard College. She has written weekly garden columns for both the “Santa Fe Reporter” and “The Santa Fe New Mexican.”

Author : Edwin Russell Jackman,John Scharff
Publisher : Caxton Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0870040286

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Steens Mountain in Oregon's High Desert Country by Edwin Russell Jackman,John Scharff Pdf

Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Caxton Press Award winning photography and lithography sets this "coffee table" book apart from others of its type.

Author : Jane Shellenberger
Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-25
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781555918538

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Organic Gardener's Companion by Jane Shellenberger Pdf

A comprehensive guide to growing organic produce in the Rocky Mountain and western region. Includes information on soil cultivation (the backbone of organic gardening), selection, mulching harvesting, storing, and other concerns specific to semiarid and high-altitude climates.

Author : Jeffrey H. Altschul
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Arizona
ISBN : IND:30000003921636

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Man, Models and Management by Jeffrey H. Altschul Pdf

Author : Carol Kopolow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Drought-tolerant plants
ISBN : MINN:31951D011298419

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Xeriscape, Water-conserving Gardens by Carol Kopolow Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 722 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Filing systems
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015649119

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Vertical File Service Catalog by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Food supply
ISBN : IND:30000139753598

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War on Hunger by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1312 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : California
ISBN : UIUC:30112051825179

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Sunset by Anonim Pdf

Author : Barbara Cosens,Judith V. Royster
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : 9780826351227

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The Future of Indian and Federal Reserved Water Rights by Barbara Cosens,Judith V. Royster Pdf

In this detailed collection of essays, lawyers, historians, and tribal leaders explore the nuances of the Winters Doctrine.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 698 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89084882844

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Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1890 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015021463743

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Subject Guide to Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : Peter Burkard
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781467051880

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The Real Dirt by Peter Burkard Pdf

This book calls for a return to the fundamental American values which our society today seems to desperately need to rediscover: frugal living, resourcefulness, the Golden Rule, and growing one's own food. A memoir is used as the context into which is woven inspirational wisdom, food growing how-to, and marvelous quotes from luminaries the author admires. Dreaming of a simpler but happier life, while longing to leave the world better than you found it? Here is the inspiration to do all of that.

Author : Michael Ableman
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781603586023

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Street Farm by Michael Ableman Pdf

Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia--one of the worst urban slums in North America--who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery, of land and food, of people, and of the power of farming and nourishing others as a way to heal our world and ourselves. During the past seven years, Sole Food Street Farms--now North America's largest urban farm project--has transformed acres of vacant and contaminated urban land into street farms that grow artisan-quality fruits and vegetables. By providing jobs, agricultural training, and inclusion in a community of farmers and food lovers, the Sole Food project has empowered dozens of individuals with limited resources who are managing addiction and chronic mental health problems. Sole Food's mission is to encourage small farms in every urban neighborhood so that good food can be accessible to all, and to do so in a manner that allows everyone to participate in the process. In Street Farm, author-photographer-farmer Michael Ableman chronicles the challenges, growth, and success of this groundbreaking project and presents compelling portraits of the neighborhood residents-turned-farmers whose lives have been touched by it. Throughout, he also weaves his philosophy and insights about food and farming, as well as the fundamentals that are the underpinnings of success for both rural farms and urban farms. Street Farm will inspire individuals and communities everywhere by providing a clear vision for combining innovative farming methods with concrete social goals, all of which aim to create healthier and more resilient communities.

Author : Gary Paul Nabhan
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2013-06-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781603584548

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Growing Food in a Hotter, Drier Land by Gary Paul Nabhan Pdf

How to harvest water and nutrients, select drought-tolerant plants, and create natural diversity Because climatic uncertainty has now become "the new normal," many farmers, gardeners and orchard-keepers in North America are desperately seeking ways to adapt their food production to become more resilient in the face of such "global weirding." This book draws upon the wisdom and technical knowledge from desert farming traditions all around the world to offer time-tried strategies for: Building greater moisture-holding capacity and nutrients in soils Protecting fields from damaging winds, drought, and floods Harvesting water from uplands to use in rain gardens and terraces filled with perennial crops Delecting fruits, nuts, succulents, and herbaceous perennials that are best suited to warmer, drier climates Gary Paul Nabhan is one of the world's experts on the agricultural traditions of arid lands. For this book he has visited indigenous and traditional farmers in the Gobi Desert, the Arabian Peninsula, the Sahara Desert, and Andalusia, as well as the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Painted deserts of North America, to learn firsthand their techniques and designs aimed at reducing heat and drought stress on orchards, fields, and dooryard gardens. This practical book also includes colorful "parables from the field" that exemplify how desert farmers think about increasing the carrying capacity and resilience of the lands and waters they steward. It is replete with detailed descriptions and diagrams of how to implement these desert-adapted practices in your own backyard, orchard, or farm. This unique book is useful not only for farmers and permaculturists in the arid reaches of the Southwest or other desert regions. Its techniques and prophetic vision for achieving food security in the face of climate change may well need to be implemented across most of North America over the next half-century, and are already applicable in most of the semiarid West, Great Plains, and the U.S. Southwest and adjacent regions of Mexico.

Author : Elizabeth L. Chalecki
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313391521

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Environmental Security by Elizabeth L. Chalecki Pdf

This timely volume presents the key concepts, issues, and debates surrounding environmental security, illustrating through a range of examples and cases how global environmental matters and international security are closely linked. Issues of climate change, dwindling resources, natural disaster, and disease that comprise environmental security are at the forefront of global politics and the media today. Environmental Security: A Guide to the Issues is a primer for anyone attuned to these threats. This well-reasoned, thought-provoking volume establishes and updates the connection between global environmental problems and international security, describing existing theories of environmental security and illustrating them with evidence from present-day global ecological realities. Specifically, the book shows readers how both shortages and abundance of natural resources such as fresh water, oil and natural gas, and diamonds and timber can contribute to conflict and insecurity. It also discusses how agriculture and fisheries issues affect food security with international ramifications, how global ecosystem shifts like climate change are affecting both the earth and the movement of people on it, and how war and preparation for war can affect the natural environment. Finally, the book explores how nations can, and must, cooperate with each other to confront and manage these threats.