How to Grow
The context here is for the small scale gardener to the small scale farmer, and is fairly heavy with sustainable,local and
organic strategies are highlighted but are not exclusive in any sense
The following list of topics tries to outline the considerations and strategies up for consideration for anyone trying to find information and resources on any food and gardening production Broadly speaking who, where and what is as much of question as the 'How to Grow header Broadly speaking one has certain 'needs' or goals in any effort Those goals are to be set in contrast to the challenges of the physical environment, characteristics of plants and the extent of interaction of individuals involved
Natural Design Principles
Landscape Structures and Functions
Soil
Site Preparation Site Assessment
Climate Zones
Setting in Community
Containers/Greenhouses
Amendments
Planting Calendar
Cycles and Feedback Systems
Cover Crops
Action Plan Above Ground Applications
Mulching
Composting
Watering
Pruning and Tying Off
Functions/Characteristics
Plant Dynamics Plant Groupings
Native/Invasive
Categories Index
Plant Families
Plants
Edible Plants
Specialized Plants
Tools
Tools/Inputs
Inputs
Local Marketing Strategies
Local Context
Economic structure Economic Context
Farmers Cooperatives
The following list places the so called informational modalities on the left side of the ledger such as podcasts, seminars etc. On the upper or horizontal ledger we have placed a few subjects, such as, general farming issues, local food issues, and larger scale issues. Now it may take some additional effort to further clarify these subjects, for instance larger scale issues refers to issues like the farm bill, Internationale trade agreements etc
The basic idea here is just to try to demonstrate how a spread sheet such as this could work. The system could serve as a short cut, or quick guide in trying to find both the type of resource, podcast, book, etc you are looking for, and at the same time match it with the topic, or issue, you are trying to find. Such theoretical usage of spread sheets could over course be extended to something like sub spread sheets For instance the topic of local food could be further broken down into issues such as farmers market's, CSA, and food policy councils.In general spread sheets would just provide a small list of a few items, such as a few books listed in the box, other option such as hyperlinks, or other types of technologies that could theoretically create a bit of a mapping type function enclosed within a small box on a spread sheet