"Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times"
As the subtitle of her book attests, the primary theme of Carol Deppe's book
is finding ways to grow food that will work even when times are
tough. If you can't afford store-bought groceries, break your leg
and can't spend every minute in the garden, and have to deal with crazy
weather, would you still be bringing in a harvest? Carol Deppe
would.
What's her secret?
Mark would sum it up in one word --- backups. Deppe goes into more
depth, recommending diverse plantings of multiple varieties and types
of crops, no single main crop, succession planting,
using short-season varieties to work around erratic weather, and
including animals in your homestead. Due to climate change, she
recommends not counting on crops that are on the edge of their hardiness
range in your area, and instead says you should focus on crops that are
being grown commercially by your neighbors since these tend to be
dependable.
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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