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• Title:Farming the woods : an integrated permaculture approach to growing food and medicinals in temperate forests / Ken Mudge and Steve Gabriel ; foreword by John F. Munsell.
  
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• Variant Title:Integrated permaculture approach to growing food and medicinals in temperate forests
  
• Author/Creator:Mudge, Ken, 1949- author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Gabriel, Steve, 1982- author.
  Munsell, John F., author of foreword.
  
• Published/Created:White River Junction, Vermont : Chelsea Green Publishing, [2014]
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY reserve collectionWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: S494.5.P47 M83 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Permaculture.
  Agroforestry.
  Tree crops.
  
• Description:xv, 359 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9781603585071 (pbk.)
  1603585079 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 What Is Forest Farming?
  Definitions
  Productive Conservation: Farming for Forest Health
  Defining Cool Temperate Forest Farming
  Considerations for Beginners An Invitation
  ch. 2 Historical Perspectives On Farming The Woods
  Historical Forest Use in the Eastern United States
  Early Twentieth Century Proponents of Tree Crop Agriculture
  Cool Temperate Forest Farming: The Future
  ch. 3 Mimicking The Eastern Forest In A Changing Climate
  Forest Ecology 101
  Setting: Abiotic Factors
  Characters: Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
  Living Organisms: The Big Picture
  Plot: Forest Succession and Disturbance
  Dynamics of Succession
  Applying Succession to Forest Farming
  Forest Types as a Method to Mimic
  Big Change: Climate Chaos
  Climate Actions for Forest Farmers
  Adapting to Change
  Strategies toward Designing for Change
  ch. 4 Food From The Forest: Fruits, Nuts, And More
  Forest Feast
  Getting a Yield: Light and the Forest
  Plant Selection Criteria
  Fruits for the Forest Farm
  Nuts for the Forest Farm
  Tree Syrups: Maple, Birch, and Walnut
  Other Foods: Ramps, Spicebush, Sunchoke, and Groundnut
  Getting Food from the Forest
  ch. 5 Forest Cultivation Of Mushrooms
  Mushroom Production in the United States
  Consumer Demand for Mushrooms
  Four Stages of Forest Mushroom Cultivation
  Shiitake
  Oyster
  Lion's Mane
  Stropharia
  Mushrooms and Forest Farming Chapter
  ch. 6 Forest Medicinals
  Defining Medicinal Plants
  Regulation of Medicinal Plants
  Conservation Status of Minor Medicinal Herbs
  American Ginseng
  Minor Medicinal Herbs: Cohosh, Bloodroot, Fairy Wand, Goldenseal, and More
  Hobby Cultivation of Forest Medicinal Herbs
  Future Prospects for Medicinal NTFPs
  ch. 7 Nursery In The Forest
  Nursery Production Begins with Propagation
  Propagation from Seed
  Vegetative Propagation
  Nursery Production Systems
  Setting Up the Nursery
  Specific Production of Forest-Farmed NTFPs
  ch. 8 Wood Products
  Calculating Fuel for Home Heating
  Acquiring and Drying Wood
  Choosing a Good Stove
  Burn
  Alternative: The Rocket Mass Heater
  Materials from the Woods
  Large-Diameter Logs: Woodworking
  Medium-Diameter Logs: Polewood
  Small-Diameter Poles: Craftwood and Bentwood
  Leftovers of Wood Processing: Biochar and Charcoal
  Wood Products Expand Forest Farming Potential
  ch. 9 Animals In The Forest
  Designing Animals into the Forest Farm
  Right Animal for the Job
  Animals in the Woods
  ch. 10 Designing And Managing A Forest Farm
  Permaculture: Design It like an Ecosystem
  Putting It All Together: The Design Process
  Management of Forest Farms
  Forest Level Decisions: Long-Term Patterning
  Working the Woods.