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The Permaculture Handbook, Garden Farming for Town and Country

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non fiction

The Permaculture Handbook

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797919830

Garden Farming for Town and Country

Praise for The Permaculture Handbook; [ CONTENTS ]; Acknowledgments; Foreword by David Holmgren; Part I: Attitudes; Chapter 1: Garden Farming; Chapter 2: Who Am I to Farm?; Chapter 3: Gardening the Planet; Chapter 4: Permaculture Principles; Chapter 5: Learning the Language of Design; Chapter 6: A Garden Farming Pattern Language; Part II: Elements; Case Study A: Renaissance Farm, Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Chapter 7: Land -- Scales and Strategies; Chapter 8: Labor -- Can You Lend a Helping Hand?; Chapter 9: Running on Sunshine; Chapter 10: Water from Another TimeCase Study B: Jerome's Organics, Basalt, Colorado, USAChapter 11: Soil -- the Real Dirt; Chapter 12: Plants, Crops and Seeds; Chapter 13: Setting Plant Priorities; Case Study C: Old 99 Farm, Dundas, Ontario, Canada; Chapter 14: Animals for the Garden Farm; Chapter 15: Living with Wildlife; Chapter 16: Trees and Shrubs, Orchards, Woodlands and Forest Gardens; Chapter 17: Productive Trees and Where to Grow Them; Chapter 18: Structures, Energy and Technology; Part III: Outcomes; Case Study D: Radical Roots Farm, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA; Chapter 19: Diet and FoodChapter 20: Culture and CommunityChapter 21: Markets and Outreach; Chapter 22: Making the Change; Appendix 1: Metric Conversion Table; Appendix 2: Bee Forage Species; Appendix 3: Nitrogen-Fixing Species and Biomass Producers; Endnotes; Index; About the Author;