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Author
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Les Jardins de la Grelinette is a micro-farm located in eastern Quebec, just north of the American border. Growing on just 1.5 acres, owners Jean-Martin and Maude-Helène feed more than two hundred families through their thriving CSA and seasonal market stands and supply their signature mesclun salad mix to dozens of local establishments. The secret of their success is the low-tech, high-yield production methods they've developed by focusing on growing...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
c2011.
Edition
First English language edition
Physical Desc
xix, 232 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Sepp Holzer farms more than 100 acres on steep mountainsides in Austria, 5,000 feet above sea level. His farm - in dramatic contrast to his neighbors' spruce monocultures - is an intricate network of terraces, raised beds, ponds, waterways, and tracks, well covered with productive fruit trees and other vegetation, and is said to be the most consistent example of permaculture worldwide. Sepp Holzer's Permaculture covers every aspect of Holzer's farming...
4) Getting started in permaculture: over 50 DIY projects for house and garden using recycled materials
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What can you and your family practically do about climate change? Knowing where and how to start can seem daunting, but this book shows you how to take those first steps ... that the ability to make a difference is indeed 'in your own hands'. Getting Started in Permaculture by Ross and Jenny Mars features over 50 DIY projects for the house and garden using recycled materials. A practical introduction, it is an ideal path into the subject of permaculture
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Hemenway, a permaculture expert and associate editor of The Permaculture Activist, explains how gardens can function as ecosystems, describes the basic parts of an ecological garden (soil, water, plants, and animals), and shows how to create backyard ecosystems through guilds.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
304 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Resilient Farm and Homestead is a comprehensive how-to manual that will help you select, design, develop, and manage land for self-reliance and regeneration, and presents a thriving model for productive, durable homesteads and farms in cold climates and beyond.
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
2 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
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. In Volume II, Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier move on to practical considerations:concrete ways to design, establish, and maintain your own forest...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Learn rainwater harvesting techniques. In California and other regions affected by drought, agriculture is suffering from a lack of water and farms are being abandoned at an alarming rate. But some people have developed solutions to capture the rains that DO fall. In this state and in many other dry regions around the world, land restoration helps water penetrate healthy soils and in turn increase crop yields. Even in dry areas, water which typically...
Author
Publisher
Permanent Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xiv, 229 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Are you wondering which productive trees to plant in your garden? Or are you planning a forest garden? Perhaps you are planting an orchard but want a greater diversity of useful trees than is typical? Or you d like to know what unusual fruit trees you can use? The answers to all these questions can be found in master forest gardener Martin Crawford s new book. Crawford has researched and experimented with tree crops for twenty-five years and has selected...
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