The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country 978-1-55092-485-5, 1550924850
The urban landscape has swallowed vast swaths of prime farmland across North America. Imagine how much more self-reliant
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Table of contents :
Content: Part I: Attitudes --
1. Garden Farming --
2. Who Am I to Farm? --
3. Gardening the Planet --
4. Permaculture Principles --
5. Learning the Language of Design --
6. A Garden Farming Pattern Language --
Part II: Elements --
Case Study A: Renaissance Farm, Bloomington, Indiana, USA --
7. Land-Scales and Strategies --
8. Labor --
Can You Lend a Helping Hand? --
9. Running on Sunshine --
10. Water from Another Time --
Case Study B: Jerome's Organics, Basalt, Colorado, USA --
11. Soil --
the Real Dirt --
12. Plants, Crops and Seeds --
13. Setting Plant Priorities --
Case Study C: Old 99 Farm, Dundas, Ontario, Canada --
14. Animals for the Garden Farm --
15. Living with Wildlife --
16. Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens --
17. Productive Trees and Where to Grow Them --
18. Structures, Energy and Technology --
Part III: Outcomes Case Study D: Radical Roots Farm, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA --
19. Diet and Food --
20. Culture and Community --
21. Markets and Outreach --
22. Making the Change --
Appendix 1: Metric Conversion Table --
Appendix 2: Bee Forage Species --
Appendix 3: Nitrogen-Fixing Species and Biomass Producers.
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