[wastoute]

Dude! Add me to the ping list. We are buying a few acres soon as an investment so we will be able to eat in the future. My grandparents (one of whom was actually a farmer) knew how to feed the family with an acre or so (out back). This knowledge is lost now so I have been trying to prepare for next year when I hope to start my "Victory garden". I have been reading "One Straw" website and links and starting to consider a book or two to help with my "less than one acre farm".

I am reading about growing small plots, no-till techniques, and chicken tractors but still have many questions. Can you recommend a book that details which flowers attract predator insects, plot rotations, lists of plants to grow to maximize the harvest through the year, etc.?

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[Diana in Wisconsin]

I’ll butt in! Read these books in preparation. They are the ones that were my bibles in my learning curve about 20 years ago, along with all I’ve learned from my Grandma and my in-laws:

‘The Garden Primer’ - Barbara Damrosh (She’s married to Eliott Coleman and all of his books are great, too!)

‘The Square Foot Garden’ - Mel Bartholomew

‘How to Grow More Food on Less Land...’ - John Jeavons

‘Lasagna Gardening’ - Patricia Lanza (I think?)

And if you can find a copy of ‘The Have-More Plan’ pick that up as well; but that one is hard to find. :(

Any of the ‘Foxfire’ books will help you as well, and so will ‘Basic Country Skills’ but Storey publications.

Have fun! Good luck! Pray for enough rain and no skeeters! :)

[Red_Devil 232]

I really don't have a book to recommend but I am sure the many experts who visit and contribute to the thread will help out!

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