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Excellent soil building book

3 Mar 2016 by Mike (tfb)
Building Soils for Better Crops

A reminder: Building Soils for Better Crops: Sustainable Soil Management is an excellent, book about soil for growers, free to download, or you can buy a hard copy. Follow the link, or read a bit more where I posted about … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning, Tools Tags management, soil, books, reference 1 Comment

More books arrive

22 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)
More books arrive

No matter how digital things get, books arriving by mail is always…a treat! I did download the ebook version of The Intelligent Gardener over a week ago, it’s now on laptop and smartphone, but still wanted the hardcopy…and now it’s … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!) Tags books, permaculture, Winter 4 Comments

The Intelligent Gardener

11 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)
The Intelligent Gardener

More winter reading , and the buzzword is…”remineralization,” which here means carefully replacing missing soil minerals in a holistic way (as opposed to just topping up with this or that). The other keyphrase is what that leads to: “nutrient-dense food.” … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning Tags books, fertility, soil testing, Winter 3 Comments

Dirt Farmer’s Dialogue

7 Feb 20137 Feb 2013 by Mike (tfb)
Dirt Farmers' Dialogue (book)

At the top of the winter reading book stack. From the 1970s. Bought by chance from a used book table in the trade show at an organic farming conference. Always fun to hear someone explain what they know and believe, … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!) Tags books, Winter Leave a comment

Building Soils for Better Crops

8 Dec 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Building Soils for Better Crops, 3rd Edition

Had the downloaded digital version of this book since the 2nd edition, for at least a couple of years now, dipped into it, but still haven’t read it through. I should and I will. This winter! The 3rd edition of … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!) Tags soil, books, reference, fertilizing, Autumn 4 Comments

Reading about building stuff

20 Apr 20226 Mar 2011 by Mike (tfb)
Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings book

A great chance find at the library, lying there on top of a returned-book cart. This isn’t a book review or recommendation, although Barns, Sheds & Outbuildings is a cool browsing volume, full of clear explanations, instructions, and photos. What … Read the rest

Categories Planning, Building & Fixing Tags carpentry, books, reference, buildings, homesteading 16 Comments

Hitting the books: Composting!

16 Dec 202122 Feb 2009 by Mike (tfb)
A book about composting

Winters on the tiny farm have always been a time for research and a bit of book learning. My first two seasons were crazy for reading, especially the winter before Year 1, when I had four months to pick up … Read the rest

Categories Farm lab (research!), Planning Tags books, fertilizing, composting, manure, research, Winter 10 Comments
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