maintenance 27
orientation 27, 28
overwintering poultry in 88
paths 86
pests and diseases 87, 88
planning permission 19, 28
siting 16, 28
size and style 28
sloping sites 28
successional sowing 87
ventilation 29, 87-8
water supply 87
see also solar tunnels
polywire 22
ponds 21, 152, 199
poplars 19, 121, 121
pot marigolds 84, 91, 92, 93
potassium (K) 35, 47, 57, 58
potatoes 36, 52, 60, 61, 62, 63, 84, 166
poultry
in forest gardens 129, 142
in fruit cages 109, 109, 142
parasites and diseases 156-9
in polytunnels 88
regulations 211, 212
selling eggs and meat 156, 212 see also chickens; ducks; geese;
quail; rheas; turkeys primroses 93
productivity 7, 8
protozoans 37
pruning fruit trees 103, 106
pumpkins 61, 159
quail 88, 109, 144-5, 144
eggs 143, 144, 145
feeding 145
housing 144-5
meat birds 144
quinces 115, 126
rabbits 30-1, 117, 122
radishes 71, 72, 85, 93
rainbow trout 194, 195
raspberries 107, 108, 111, 116, 129
rats 30, 138, 157
redcurrants 108, 111, 112
resilience 7-8
respiratory diseases 158-9
rheas 144
rhubarb 77, 108
root crops 60
see also specific types
rootstocks 99, 101
rosemary 92, 126
roses 92, 129
rotovating 40
roundworms 142-3, 158
rowan, edible 115
royal jelly 202, 204
Rudbeckia 92
rugosa rose 116
runner beans 61, 82, 83, 93
rye grass 59, 63, 177, 177, 178
salad burnet 78, 178, 179
salad crops 27, 61, 74
salmonberry 116
salvias 82
sandy soils 34, 35, 36
sawfly 109
scab 61
sea buckthorn 116
sea kale 78
season, extending 86-90
security 16
seedlings
damping off 55
hardening off 88, 89
self-sufficiency 7
Sen, Amartya 7
shallots 70
sheds 19, 21
planning permission 19
siting 16
sheep 176-82
breeds 176, 181
checking on 21, 181
equipment 181
feeding 176, 180
fencing in 24-5
grazing 176-9
health 181, 182
land requirement 176, 180
orphan lambs 182
regulations 211-12
routine care 181, 182
shearing 181, 182
slaughter 180, 212-13
tagging 211
weaned lambs, buying 180
sheep hurdles 181
sheep’s parsley 178
shelter belts 122
Shumei agricultural system 60
silver leaf 103
skirret 78
slaughter
goats 187, 212-13
lambs 180, 212-13
pigs 172-3, 212-13
poultry 150, 152, 156, 212
regulations 212-13
sloping sites 16, 28
smallholder farms, number of 7
snowy mespilus 116
soft fruit 106-17
cuttings 112-13
fruit cages 19, 21, 96, 107-8, 108
fruiting hedges 112
selecting 108-12
soil preparation 108
thornless varieties 108
weed control 108
see also specific types
soil 32-63
aeration 36, 37, 41
colour 35
compaction 38
cultivation 38-43
drainage 36, 37, 41
fertility 14, 36, 37, 44, 47
healthy soil 34, 37, 44, 46
improvement 36, 46-63
life in the soil 36-8, 40, 41, 43
microorganisms 37, 47
nutrients and micronutrients 34, 35, 36, 46, 47
organic matter 35, 36, 37, 40, 48, 60
pH 35-6, 42, 61, 62, 143
structure and texture 34-5, 35, 39
soil food web 37, 47
soil pan 40
solar tunnels 30
spices 128
spinach 27, 61, 62, 83, 85, 86
spring onions 72
squash 21, 43, 61, 62, 71, 83, 90, 166, 166
stale seedbeds 72
stepovers 106
stock fencing 22
strawberries 108, 112, 126
successional sowing 69, 87, 91
sunflowers 83, 91, 117
suppliers 217
sweet chestnuts 123, 124
sweet cicely 78, 126
sweet peas 82, 89, 91
sweetcorn 61, 63, 71, 72, 83, 83, 117
Swiss chard 75, 75, 86
Szechuan pepper 116, 119, 128
tagging 211
tapeworms 142, 158, 159
tayberry 112
thistles 72, 73
thrips 82
throat worms (gapes) 158
thyme 159
tiger worms (brandlings) 56, 56
tilapia 194, 195
timber trees 125
see also fuelwood
time factor 15, 68
tobacco plant 82
tomatoes 27, 84, 85, 86
transporting livestock 211-12
traps 30, 31
tree guards 117, 124
tree spinach 79
trees
coppicing 120-2
fuelwood 120-2
pollarding 121, 121, 122
shelter belts 122
see also fruit trees; nut trees
trefoil 63, 178
tubers and roots 80-2
turkeys 134, 154-7
breeds 154
diseases 156-7
eggs 143, 144
feeding 155-6
housing 154
pens 155
perches 154-5
raising 155-6
slaughter 150, 156
US livestock regulations 213
varroa mites 209
vegetables
choosing what to grow 69
see also specific vegetables
Verbena bonariensis 92
vermicompost 55, 56, 57
vetches 59, 60, 63, 126
veterinary care 171, 210
violas 93
violets 129
walking onions 78, 129
wallows 170, 171, 171
walnuts 123, 125
water features 21, 152, 199
see also aquaponics
water run-off 16, 28, 43
water supplies
polytunnels 87
sources 16, 21
weed control
clearing weeds 38-9, 40, 85
crop rotation and 61
hedges 116, 117
hoeing 43, 72-3
weed barriers 38, 39, 42, 74-5, 74, 108, 116, 128
weed identification 72
weed seeds 40, 43, 51, 72, 73, 74
weedkillers 40
Welsh onions 75, 78
white rot 61, 62
whitecurrants 108, 112
whitefly 84
wild areas 21
wild service tree 116, 126
wildlife, beneficial 20, 21, 75, 82, 84, 93, 114
willow 19, 21, 92, 120, 120, 126, 142, 159
coppicing 120, 121-2
fuelwood 120, 121-2
pollarding 122
shelter belt 122
windbreaks 16
winter savory 78
woody waste 54
wormeries 21, 55-7, 56
worming
natural wormers 159, 178
unnecessary 171, 182
worms
earthworms 36, 37-8, 37, 41, 43, 157
parasitic worms 142-3, 149, 156-7, 158, 159, 170-1, 179, 182
wormseed 159
wormwood 159
yacon 81-2, 81, 126
yams 126
yarrow 141, 178
zinnias 91
zoning 19-21
‘edge’ effect 20
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