How To Make A Forest Garden

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A good introduction to permaculture. Create your own perennial food-producing garden based on the model of a natural woodland with its many levels of growth from ground covers to tree canopies. A forest garden can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Patrick Whitefield
Publisher : Permanent Publications
Release : 2002
File : 190 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1856230082


21st Century Homestead Sustainable Agriculture Iii Agricultural Practices

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21st Century Homestead: Sustainable Agriculture III contains the third part of everything you need to stay up to date on sustainable agricultural practices.

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Genre : House & Home
Author : Marlon Henkel
Publisher : Lulu.com
Release : 2015-02-22
File : 307 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781312939752


Edible Forest Gardens Volume I

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Edible Forest Gardens is a groundbreaking two-volume work that spells out and explores the key concepts of forest ecology and applies them to the needs of natural gardeners in temperate climates. Volume I lays out the vision of the forest garden and explains the basic ecological principles that make it work. Edible Forest Gardens offer an advanced course in ecological gardening--one that will forever change the way you look at plants and your environment.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Dave Jacke
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Release : 2005
File : 398 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781931498791


Forest Gardening

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Forest gardening is a way of working with nature which is not only productive and requires minimal maintenance, but also has fantastic environmental benefits. You don't need a forest for forest gardening. Based on the model of a healthy natural woodland, a forest garden incorporates a wide variety of useful plants, including fruit and nut trees, perennial herbs, and vegetables in vertical layers. They rarely require any weeding, digging or pest control and as plants are chosen for their beneficial effects on one another, they form their own sustainable ecosystems, offering great environmental benefits. Written by forest gardening pioneer, Robert Hart, this comprehensive guide to forest gardening describes its principles and practice, including guidelines on how to design and maintain a forest garden, and lists of recommended species for temperate, tropical and sub-tropical climates. It also shows potential value of forest gardening for countering environmental devastation. Hart's book beautifully describes his decades of experience gardening in the Shropshire countryside, and offers fresh ways of understanding the relationships between people and growing plants. Blending history, philosophy, anthropology, and seasoned gardening wisdom in a lucid sequence of essays, Forest Gardening examines the pleasure of 'hands off' as well as hands-on gardening. For gardeners who aspire to create ecological as well as beautiful gardens, Forest Gardening will be an inspiration and a pleasure.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Robert Hart
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 1996-05-01
File : 226 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781907448362


The Alternative Kitchen Garden

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The Alternative Kitchen Garden is an evolving idea of what a kitchen garden could be in the twenty-first century: organic, environmentally sustainable, resilient, and about localizing at least some of our food production. It's also a place not only for learning and practicing growing skills but also for enjoying ourselves and having fun. The Alternative Kitchen Garden is the ideal companion for anyone getting dirt under their fingernails for the first time and full of fascinating ideas and experiments for the adventurous gardener. A self-confessed "cyber geek," Emma documents the transformation of her "ropey old lawn with potholes and brambles" into a fertile and abundant permaculture plot via Internet radio and a popular blog site. Eight years of her postings and stories have been collected in here, illustrated with beautiful color photographs and arranged into easily accessible alphabetical order. The Alternative Kitchen Garden: An A-Z covers subjects as diverse as growing achocha (a forgotten Incan crop) to zucchinis. Emma's style, is light and friendly, yet at the same time informative and based on personal experience--you feel you could actually be sitting in the garden chatting face to face as she shares her knowledge and experience.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Emma Cooper
Publisher : Permanent Publications
Release : 2009
File : 380 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1856230465


Edible Forest Gardens Volume Ii

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An edible forest garden is a perennial polyculture of multipurpose plants. Most plants regrow every year without replanting: perennials. Many species grow together: a polyculture. Each plant contributes to the success of the whole by fulfilling many functions: multipurpose. In other words, a forest garden is an edible ecosystem, a consciously designed community of mutually beneficial plants and animals intended for human food production. Edible forest gardens provide more than just a variety of foods. The seven F's apply here: food, fuel, fiber, fodder, fertilizer, and "farmaceuticals," as well as fun. A beautiful, lush environment can be a conscious focus of your garden design, or a side benefit you enjoy."--from pub. website.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Dave Jacke
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Release : 2005
File : 674 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781931498807


Structure And Processes In Traditional Forest Gardens Of Central Sulawesi Indonesia

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Genre : Agroforestry
Author : Frank Brodbeck
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Release : 2004
File : 213 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9783865370648


Eat More Raw

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Genre : Cooking
Author : Steve Charter
Publisher : Permanent Publications
Release : 2004
File : 202 Pages
ISBN-13 : 1856230244


The Maya Forest Garden

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Using studies on contemporary Maya farming techniques and important new archaeological research, the authors show that the ancient Maya were able to support, sustainably, a vast population by farming the forest—thus refuting the common notion that Maya civilization devolved due to overpopulation and famine.

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Genre : History
Author : Anabel Ford
Publisher : Routledge
Release : 2016-07
File : 261 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781315417929


How To Make And Use Compost

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The world of compost and how it relates to healthy soil is a fascinating, complex story. Compost helps to create and maintain healthy soil – the foundation of growing organically. It is also cost-saving, easy and fun, and a fantastic way to learn and connect with nature. Most importantly, composting is really beneficial for the environment as it massively reduces the amount of noxious methane gas generated from burying food waste in landfill. In How to Make and Use Compost, composting expert Nicky Scott reveals why making compost is so important for healthy soil and the environment, how it works and how to make your own compost. He provides clear guidance on the most appropriate system for your site, whether you're composting in a garden or a kitchen, and explains how different composting systems work, including cold composting, wormeries, bokashi and hot boxes. This practical book features an A-Z guide to what you can and cannot compost, composting techniques, common problems and their solutions – from Activators to fertilise the soil with microbial food sources, to Z for Zoo poo if you're lucky enough to live near a wildlife sanctuary! It also details how to compost food waste on a large scale for hotels, restaurants, cafés and other establishments, and shows you how to plan a school or community compost scheme. An extensive list of resources, including websites, organisations, books and where to buy equipment, is also included. Beautifully illustrated with photographs throughout, this handy guide is ideal for gardeners as well as those who want to become more sustainable.

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Genre : Gardening
Author : Nicky Scott
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2021-02-04
File : 189 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780857845467