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    The Resilient Farm and Homestead is for readers ready to not just survive, but thrive in changing, unpredictable times. It offers the tools to develop durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems anchored by preparation, regeneration, and resiliency.

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    The Resilient Farm and Homestead is for readers ready to not just survive, but thrive in changing, unpredictable times. It offers the tools to develop durable, beautiful, and highly functional human habitat systems anchored by preparation, regeneration, and resiliency.

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    Contents

    Chapter One: Land Analysis 50


    CREATING A POSITIVE LEGACY WHILE Design Criteria 61
    ADAPTING TO RAPID CHANGE 1 Imagination: Limiting Factor to Design 61
    Schematic Design: Sorting Through Multiple
    Regeneration: Enhancing Life Systems 3 Development Options 65
    Resiliency: Becoming an Adaptive Animal 4 Adapting Land to Rapid Change 68
    Using This Book 6 Diversity and Connectivity 71
    Permaculture 7 Working Plans and Implementation Documents 72
    Zones and Their Definitions 8
    Who Are “We?” 9 Chapter Three:
    WSRF Site Specifics 9 WATER AND EARTHWORKS 79
    Site History 12
    Site Future: What’s Possible? 12 Brittleness and the Quest for Resiliency 79
    Fleeing 13 Gravity-Feed Systems 83
    Dwelling 14 Locating Water 84
    Energy Cycling 15 Slowing and Infiltrating Water 86
    Reinvestment 17 An Agriculture as Diverse as the Landscape 88
    The Green Distraction and the Political Black Hole 17 Water Ridges with Valleys:
    Exodus from Consumer Society 18 Keyline Agriculture 96
    Becoming Useful in the Transition 19 Ponds 96
    When Systems Fail: Emergencies and Resiliency 21
    Chapter Four:
    Chapter Two: FERTILITY HARVESTING AND CYCLING 103
    THE DESIGN PROCESS AND
    SITE ESTABLISHMENT 24 Compost, Urine, Humanure, and Biochar 105
    Fungi: Quiet Ally to the Whole System 110
    Planning and Design: Observation before Action 24 Remineralization 114
    The Designer’s Set and Setting 25 Cover Cropping and Winter Cover 115
    Site Establishment Leverage Points 27 Tall-Grass Grazing 119
    Ecosystem Management: Steering Succession 27 Pasture Reclamation:
    Resiliency and Regeneration Principles 31 Why Not to Let Your Field “Go” 123
    Understanding Your Site and The Benefits of Mowing 126
    Finding the Synergies 45 Scything: The Most Resilient (Mechanical)
    Goals Identification and Requirements Biomass Harvesting Method 128
    of the Design 48 Ducks, Chickens, Dogs, and Sheep 130
    Assessing the Site 49 Grazing and Perennial Food Crop Integration 142

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    Keyline Agriculture and Fertigation 147 Chapter Seven:
    Leach Field Cropping: RESILIENCE AND REGENERATION
    Making the Most of a Faulty System 148 FOR THE LONG HAUL 244

    Chapter Five: Enhancing Vitality in a Time of


    FOOD CROPS 152 Biospheric Toxicity 247
    Growing Health and Body-Mind Resilience,
    Perennial Plants and Resiliency 153 Not Just Calories 250
    Staple Crops: Paddy Rice, Meat, Eggs, Money: One (Important) Means to Get Work Done 253
    Fruits, and Nuts 160 Staying 257
    Annual Vegetables 176
    Growing Food as a Response to Toxicity 182 Acknowledgments 261
    Food Processing and Storage: Appendix A: Assessing Resiliency Aptitude Quiz 263
    Spreading Abundance across the Entire Year 200 Appendix B: A Resilient Home Curriculum Outline 267
    Appendix C: Crucial Skill List for Emergencies 268
    Chapter Six: Appendix D: Tools and Materials 271
    ADAPTIVE FUEL AND SHELTER 207 Appendix E: Homestead Vulnerability Checklist
    and Strategy Summary to Reduce
    Using Wood for Your Main Heat Source 208 Vulnerability in Acute Events 274
    Adaptive Shelter 222 Appendix F: Vocabulary and Concepts 277
    Mechanical Systems 235 Appendix G: Resources 285
    Water: Passive Supply for the Resilient Home 240 Index 287

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