Reading Material

In addition to our shop bookshelf, we’ve listed some of the resources we appreciate, and consult, here at Concentrates.

101. Introductory level.

• Chickens
  • Scratch & Peck’s guide to fermenting chicken
  •  feed
  • OSU: How to feed your laying hens
  • OSU: Backyard chicken coop design
  • OSU: Raising baby chicks
• Fertilizers & pH 101
  • Heather Havens’s Organic Fertilizer Primer
  • OSU Soil Analysis Interpretation Guide
• Drip irrigation
  • OSU: Drip irrigation, an introduction
• WSU: Backyard Composting
• Raising meat rabbits (OSU)
• Portland Nursery: Vegetable planting planning calendar

 

201. Intermediate level.

• Fertilization
  • OSU/EMSWCD: N-P-K Worksheet
  • OSU: Liming Guide for Western Oregon
• Organic fruit tree spray schedules
  • Portland Nursery: Apple spray schedule
  • Pear schedule
  • Cherry schedule
  • Apricot, nectarine, peach schedule
• University of Tennessee: Planning and Building Fences (incl. Electric)
• Pest/disease management
  • OSU: Photo gallery for pest identification
  • The Buglady Consulting: Recommended reading on Pest Management and Biological Control
  • Cornell: Photo gallery for disease identification
  • WSU: Organic flea beetle management
  • OSU: Central Analytic Laboratory
• Cover crops
  • SARE: Managing Cover Crops Profitably
  • OSU: Estimating Plant-Available Nitrogen Release from Cover Crops
• OSU Agricultural Composting Resources

 

301. Advanced topics.

• Compost tea
• Winter production
  • Growing for Market: Eight Tips for Winter Production Success
  • SARE: High Tunnels and Other Season Extension Techniques
  • High Mowing: Growing and Storing for Winter Markets
• Soil health systems
  • OSU: Nutrient Management for Western Oregon
  • SARE: Building Soils for Better Crops
  • Cornell: Nitrogen: Not All Forms are Equal (Nitrate/Ammonia)
  • Michigan State Extension: Lowering soil pH with Sulfur
  • University of Minnesota: Nutrient Management
• Growing your own feeds
• Soil health
  • Biochar
  • Mycorrhizae
  • Microbiological Research: Bacterial and fungal biofertilizers
• Pest/disease control
  • WSU: Using Nematodes for Pest Control
  • American Phytopathological Society Index of Plant Diseases

 

Other webpages of interest:

• OSU Small Farms
• ATTRA
• SARE
• NRCS
• Cornell University Extension
• Oregon Society of Soil Scientists
• Elaine Ingham’s Soil Food Web