My fiancé and I are first-timers, starting a farm in Central Florida in June. We have a very limited amount of time to read up and prepare. We've read Teaming with Microbes; Salatin's Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal, and (halfway through) You Can Farm. We spent $90 (we didn't have) on Permaculture: A Designer's Manual, only to find that there were 2 books that were supposed to come first. The designer's manual is pretty overwhelming. I'm most concerned about learning to garden and how to set up a basic permie design on our land. I'm looking for suggestions about what to read (considering limited time and money), and any other suggestion about preparation!
Especially, how useful/necessary are Mollison's Permaculture 1 & 2? Could I stand to wait on them, considering time/money constraints?
Thank you!