Strawberry Production Guide for the Northeast, Midwest, and Eastern Canada

16 experts representing eight universiti

NRAES

Plan and manage profitable and environmentally friendly vegetable production. Addresses the principles and practices essential to planning, launching, and managing a vegetable production business and the practical implications of sustainability. Thirty-two profiles detail the experiences of individual vegetable growers and provide enterprise budgets for a number of crops. Includes 91 illustrations, 36 sidebars, 20 tables, 6 appendices, a glossary, and extensive references. Softcover, 268 pp.

Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market (Nraes (Series), 104.)

Engineering & Transportation

Grubinger, Vernon P.

Engineering

Covers raw materials, the compost process, composting methods, pile construction, using compost, troubleshooting, and using the guide as an educational resource. Intended for home composters and educational programs.With landfills reaching maximum capacity, many people want to find alternatives for garbage disposal that will benefit, rather than harm, their environment. Small scale composting can turn their organic yard and kitchen wastes - 20 to 30 percent of all waste - into valuable resources for lants and microorganisms. A 48-page manual called Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream: A Guide to Small Scale Food and Yard Waste Composting explains the basics of composting and provides design information for simple home composting systems. The methods described in the manual even improve on the natural composting cycle. The publication was written by Nancy Dickson, Tellus Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Thomas Richard, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Cornell University; and Robert Kozlowski, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture, Cornell University.Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream explains how to construct and maintain a compost pile. It outlines factors affecting the composting process, including aeration, moisture, and temperature. Throughout the manual, numerous illustrative figures, tables, and diagrams clarify the details of home composting. An appendix to the manual provides step-by-step instructions for constructing compost bins.The manual also outlines methods for using compost to enrich flower and vegetable gardens and improve the soil around trees and shrubs. It also contains a section on troubleshooting problems in the compost pile. Volunteers, teachers, and community leaders can use Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream to start educational programs on home composting. A section in the manual details how to reorganize the information for the needs of various audiences.

Composting to Reduce the Waste Stream (NRAES-43)

Nancy M. Dickson

From livestock shelters to feed storages to warehouses, post-frame utility buildings, formerly called "pole barns," are versatile and economical structures. In a clear, easy-to-follow style, presents the latest design considerations and construction methods for post-frame buildings. Enhanced by 60 illustrations and 31 tables, the book provides essential information for the preliminary design of a modern post-frame structure.This is a major revision of Pole and Post Buildings: Design and Construction Handbook (1984). The revision, which is 36 pages longer and includes 38 additional figures, provides completely new sections on building codes and zoning, functional planning, heating and ventilation considerations, engineered wood products, stresses in wood, earthquake loading requirements, design load requirements, importance factors, and diaphragm action in modern post-frame building design. Sections on the following topics have been expanded and updated: bulk storage of commodities, preservative treatment, structural lumber grades, site drainage and planning, foundations, frost action, trusses and roof bracing, fasteners, safety, and structural loading. The book utilizes the latest design specifications applicable to a modern post-frame building. Other features include 6 completed examples of important design procedures and calculations, and 59 figures that illustrate important construction concepts and details.Detailed maps present newly revised snow loads, wind loads, and extreme frost depths across the continental United States. A revised appendix includes a handy list of unit conversion factors, a table summarizing sectional properties of standard dressed sawn lumber, and a construction checklist. Post-Frame Building Handbook is an ideal guide and ready reference for those working in the lumber or construction industry and for others who want to learn the fundamentals of post-frame building construction.

Post-Frame Building Handbook

Jon M. Carson

Mark Dougherty

This book is intended to provide basic information on using wood or coal for home heating. Choosing a fuel, fireplaces, stoves, and furnaces are discussed. Stove installation basics and safety are reviewed. Intended for homeowners and educators.If you're heating your home with a solid fuel, or are thinking about making a switch to a solid-fuel heating system, a newly revised book is a must-read. It provides updated information on technological advances and installation code changes in solid-fuel heating systems.With today's uncertainty about the cost and availability of fossil fuels, many people are considering making the switch to a solid-fuel heating system, while others are opting to supplement an existing system. Consumers quickly learn there are many solid-fuel heating systems to choose from, and being well informed is critical to making the right decision. Since the strong revival of burning wood for home heating in the 1970s, major advances in stove design have caught up with present-day demands for convenience. These newly developed stoves, of which the most significant is the catalytic woodstove, reduce creosote and emission problems and burn solid fuels more efficiently.This highly practical book is full of information to help you evaluate the strengths and drawbacks of various heating systems and how well each meets your personal needs. The book will be useful not only to consumers, but also to extension educators; stove manufacturers and retailers; energy specialists; and woodlot and sawmill owners.While many resources compare relative fuel costs, this book considers the relative costs of the heating units themselves, as well as for their installation and maintenance. It also considers the investment in time required to use and maintain the various types of systems available today. Eleven tables, 45 figures, and a stove installation checklist supplement the text.

Heating with Wood and Coal

Jr John W. Bartok

Forage Utilization for Pasture-Based Livestock Production

Edward B. Rayburn

Silage for Dairy Farms: Growing, Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding.

Silage for Dairy Farms: Growing, Harvesting, Storing, and Feeding

The Pond Guidebook contains scores of management tips and insights for pond owners and those considering  constructing a pond. It addresses key topics like water chemistry, construction, safety, aquatic weed management, fish selection and stocking, nuisance wildlife, annual maintenance and more. Based on research, experiences of pond owners, and hundreds of site visits, this book is written in non-technical language, and includes 58 photographs and illustrations.The guidebook is written for ponds of 1/8 acre or larger in the Northeast, the Great Lakes, and Mid-Atlantic United States. The authors explain the causes of many common pond problems and review the advantages and drawbacks of various treatments. The book suggests practices that minimize negative impacts on the environment, promote healthy ecosystems, encourage responsible use of chemicals, and enhance biological diversity.

The Pond Guidebook

Jim Ochterski et al

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that provide pollination alternatives to the rapidly declining honey bee. Written by Eric Mader of the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Program; Professor of Entomology Marla Spivak; and Elaine Evans, author of Befriending Bumble Bees, the book includes expert information on the business and biology of pollination and how-to guidance on raising the alternative bee species. The book is ideal for: Beekeepers: Detailed information on each alternative pollinator s biology, disease, pest and chemical susceptibility, and step-by-step instructions on how to rear and manage. Growers: Guidance for understanding the business of pollination, matching pollinators to crops, and deciding how best to pollinate for successful agriculture and pollinator protection. Concerned Citizens: Easy-to-understand accounts of the honey bee s plight, the business of pollination, and what we all can do to protect pollinators and our food systems.

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists

Eric Mader

Marla Spivak

Elaine Evans

Crop Rotation on Organic Farms: A Planning Manual provides an in-depth review of the applications of crop rotation-including improving soil quality and health, and managing pests, diseases, and weeds. Consulting with expert organic farmers, the authors share rotation strategies that can be applied under various field conditions and with a wide range of crops. Crop Rotation on Organic Farms will be most applicable for the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada, but will also be useful in other parts of the U.S., Canada, and even Europe. Published by the Natural Resource, Agriculture and Engineering Service (NRAES) and funded in part by SARE, the book includes instructions for making rotation planning maps and discusses the transition to organic farming. Other features include: Problems and opportunities for over 500 crop sequences Characteristics of more than 60 crops and 70 weeds Crop diseases hosted by over 80 weed species Modes of transmission for 250 diseases of 24 crops Thirteen sample four- and five-year vegetable and grain crop rotations Managing Crop Rotation Chart with key tasks and steps Sample worksheets and calculations Step-by-step procedure for determining crop rotation plans

Crop Rotation on Organic Farms

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