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MASTER CHARTS AND PLANNING

GOAL: Maximize the effectiveness of time and space in
the smallest-scale growing area

he Master Charts that follow should help your
gardening eorts. The charts for grains, compost
crops, trees, and other crops provide a picture of what
you can accomplish in your own backyard or small farm-
holding. (Also see Ecology Action’s The Backyard
Homestead, Mini-Farm and Garden Log Book.)
Additional information about special seed sources and
harvesting, cleaning, grinding, storing, and preserving
these crops will be included in the future. The charts are
largely based on our many years of experience and are
generally complete and accurate.
Ecology Action continues to study the spacings and
other growing information for grains, fodder crops,
*bers, bush and dwarf fruit trees, other tree crops,
berries and grapes, and compost crops. As testing
continues, the information is revised and the chance of
error reduced. (A good explanation of the information in
these charts is given in the planning section of The
Sustainable Vegetable Garden.)