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xvi HOW TO GROW MADE SIMPLE
Area-efficient crops produce a large number of calories
in a given area because of their high yields per unit of area.
Examples of these farming-efficient crops are potatoes, sweet
potatoes, garlic, parsnips, burdock, and salsify.
Weight-efficient crops contain a large number of calories per
pound of food, but have lower yields per unit of area. Examples
of these kitchen-efficient crops are wheat, millet, oats, cereal
rye, barley, and corn. Each garden or mini-farm should optimally
contain some of both kinds of these calorie crops.
For more information about these concepts, also see One
Circle, published by Ecology Action, and The Sustainable
Vegetable Garden, published by Ten Speed Press. Important
information about calorie crops is included in the Master
Charts as well as in Ecology Action’s Self-Teaching Mini-Series
Booklets 14, 15, 25, 26, and 28.
How to Grow More Vegetables provides you with everything
you need to create a garden symphony—from the basic techniques
to advanced planning skills for a beautifully planted
backyard homestead. But the real excitement is that each of us
will never know everything! Alan Chadwick, after he had been
gardening for 50 years, said, “I am still learning!” And so are we
all. We have a lifetime of growing before us, and the opportunity
to continually improve our understanding of the living
canvas we are painting.