Liability Statement
Cover & Inside Material
Praise
Preamble
Introduction
This Book's Format
About This Book
Small-Scale Profit Resilience
Chapter 1: A Story About a Horse
The Horse and His Boy
The Origin of Two-Wheel Tractors
Honoring the Two-Wheel Tractor
The Italian Two-Wheel Renaissance
Chapter 2: Two-Wheel Tractor Essentials
The Definitive Two-Wheel Tractor
Eleven Two-Wheel Tractor Benefits
The Types of Two-Wheel Tractors
Row Crop Tractor with High Clearance
Row Crop Tractor Features
Tractor Components: Form and Function
Powersafe Clutch and Transmission
Tractor Operation: Getting Started
Steps to Get Operating
Steps to Begin Implement Operation
A Bit of Tractor Safety
Chapter 3: Implements and Their Uses
Types of Implements
Selected Equipment Profiles
Chapter 4: Equipment Decision-Making
Scale-Suitable Equipment
Scale Phases
Equipment Guilds and Operation Cycles
Guild Enterprise Production
Guild Enterprise Brainstorming Template
Budgeting for Tractors and Equipment
Chapter 5: Selected Enterprise Examples
The Backyard Gardener (.25–5 APA)
Suburban Homesteader (1–3 APA)
Market Grower (1–3 APA)
Row Crop Farmer (3–6 APA)
Back-to-the-Lander (3–15 APA)
Groundskeeper and Landscaper (Various APA)
Grassland Farmer (8–13 APA)
Tree Nursery (3–6 APA)
Edible Ecosystem Management
Chapter 6: Permabed System for Two-Wheel Tractors
Permabed System 101
Permabed Architecture
Permaplot Design
Permaplot Layout
Compost-a-Path Principles
Permabed Soil Design
Using Equipment for Crop Rotation Management
Chapter 7: Growing from Scratch
1. Clearing New Land (or Reclaiming)
2. Garden Plot Layout
3. Micro-Plowing a Field
4. Permabed Layout and Bed Building Options
5. Building Beds with a Power Ridger
6. Refining Your Rough Permabeds
7. Seasonal Bed Preparation Operations
8. Succession Planting and Crop Guild Design
9. Other Seasonal Management
Chapter 8: Tractor Maintenance and Care
Tractor Maintenance Simplified
Essential Tools for Maintenance
Essential Maintenance Supplies
Maintenance Tips
Checking and Changing Honda Engine Oil
Two-Wheeling into the Future
Glossary of Common Terms and Jargon
Index
About the Author
About New Society Publishers