Andrea Heistinger
The Manual of Seed Saving
Harvesting, Storing, and Sowing Techniques for Vegetables, Herbs, and Fruits
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“Being able to save seed is a key to food security and local food production. Thanks to this remarkable book, we can take this essential practice into our own hands.” —Steve Gliessman, Professor Emeritus of Agroecology, University of California, Santa Cruz If you care about flavor, texture, and regional varieties then growing edible plants from seed you have saved yourself is a valuable technique to acquire. It allows you to raise plants that are ideally suited to your own growing conditions and will therefore perform exceptionally well. This authoritative guide brings together the experience of experts in the field who have found, throug…
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“Being able to save seed is a key to food security and local food production. Thanks to this remarkable book, we can take this essential practice into our own hands.” —Steve Gliessman, Professor Emeritus of Agroecology, University of California, Santa Cruz If you care about flavor, texture, and regional varieties then growing edible plants from seed you have saved yourself is a valuable technique to acquire. It allows you to raise plants that are ideally suited to your own growing conditions and will therefore perform exceptionally well. This authoritative guide brings together the experience of experts in the field who have found, through careful trialing, how to reliably maximize seed quality and yield for more than 100 crop plants. Clear information on such critical issues as pollination, isolation distances, cultivation, harvest, storage, and pests and diseases is provided. The Manual of Seed Saving is an essential reference for all food producers from vegetable gardeners to small-scale farmers.
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Miller, Ian (Übers.)
- ISBN: 978-1-60469-382-9
- EAN: 9781604693829
- Produktnummer: 21767368
- Verlag: Workman
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 344 S.
- Masse: H23.6 cm x B18.6 cm x D2.8 cm
- Abbildungen: Hardback - Paper Over Boards; 329 color photos, 15 b-w illus
Über den Autor
Andrea Heistinger works professionally as an agronomist, author, and educator. She studied agriculture at BOKU, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. She lives and works in the Waldviertel region of Austria and in South Tyrol, Italy.Translator Ian Miller is an American agroecologist, natural builder, stonemason, baker, educator, and musician. He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz, with a degree in environmental studies, emphasis agroecology. He worked on biodynamic farms in the Austrian province of Carinthia for two years, was the garden crew leader at Seed Savers Exchange in Decorah, Iowa, for two years, and is a certified scything instructor with the Sensenverein Österreich (Austrian Scything Association). He and his wife and daughter currently split their time between Vienna, Austria, and Decorah, Iowa, where they have a small homestead and offer workshops on various aspects of low-capital farming.
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