Béla Baji: Permaculture and subsistence organic farming book Volume II - Updates for 2024

The contents of Volume II (new book!) in a nutshell:
Subtitle: "Questions of subsistence farming"

Part I: Which one to choose? The first part: "How to buy, use and maintain hand tools.

How to buy, prepare for use, and maintain hand tools.

Part II: Lessons learned in recent years on my farm.

Again about the forest garden, or why is everything so difficult for us?
by GeoffLawton: How do vegetable plants grow in the shade?
What I doubt from what the permaculture literature says.
Developments around my pond.

Part III: Professional problems and solutions:

Sprays - updated '16.
About Moniliaceae on cherries and apricots.
Garden irrigation tools.
The problems of food trees and shrubs in Hungary and a possible solution.
On the "soul world" of grapes: European grape varieties, direct-producing vines, and resistant ones.
On "wild flowers": diversifying our environment with wild species.
We need to improve the diversity of our wildlife and the diversity of our species.
What can we do to improve trace nutrient availability in soils?
Vegetable seed supply - Updated February 2017.

Part IV: Years from now... Brave rural newcomers' accounts of their experiences after moving away.

Part V: What does the future hold? My thoughts and speculations on the future of Humanity and Nature.

Part VI: Smaller and bigger ideas

The tile trap.
Processing the rosehip.
The double loop: attaching and repairing various objects with wire.
The nesting bowl: making it easier for birds to nest in shrubs.
How to break hazelnuts.
The sieve and the gizzard, or how long does an acacia pole last?
Bamboo handles for the seal! Replacing a ruined mop handle with a bamboo pole and how to grow one.
Barking trees: a cruel but easy way to kill unwanted trees.
How to catch a slug!
Ostrich nest, and magpie nest: Planting trees from seed on a permanent site on a dry sand mound.
Maze on the farm: making it difficult for untrained visitors to find their way around.

Part VII: Frequently asked questions:

How much land is needed for a family to be self-sufficient?
What do I do with the walnut leaves? Can I put it in the compost?
About mulching
What to do with cinnamon?
Does pine needles acidify the soil? Can I acidify the soil with pine needles?
Why is my plant turning yellow? What do I do if my soil is chalky?
Layering seeds of trees, shrubs and perennial herbaceous plants.
What to graft?
Storing grafting pots.
Protecting trees against wild damage.
Plants in the 'intensive care unit': caring for plants that have been pulled out at the wrong time with few roots.