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How to Make a Forest Garden

Autor Patrick Whitefield Ilustrat de Tricia Cassel- Gerard
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 1996

A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs. It can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.

A close copy of a natural ecosystem, it is perhaps the most ecologically friendly way of gardening open to us.

It is also a low-maintenance way of gardening. Once established there is none of the digging, sowing, planting out and hoeing of the conventional kitchen garden. The main task is picking up the produce

This highly practical, yet inspiring book gives you everything you need to know in order to create a beautiful and productive forest garden, including

Basic principles

Layout

How to choose plants

Details of over one hundred plants, from apples to mushrooms

the most comprehensive account of perennial and self-seeding vegetables in print

A step-by-step guide to creating your garden

Full details of an example garden, and pictures of many more

Forest gardening is an important element of permaculture. This book explains in detail permaculture design for temperate climates and contains much of interest for anybody wanting to introduce sustainable practices into their garden.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781856230087
ISBN-10: 1856230082
Pagini: 168
Ilustrații: 109ill.(9col.).
Dimensiuni: 209 x 266 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.7 kg
Ediția:3 Rev ed.
Editura: Rodale Institute
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Descriere

A forest garden is a food-producing garden, based on the model of a natural woodland or forest. It is made up of fruit and nut trees, fruit bushes, perennial vegetables and herbs. It can be tailored to fit any space, from a tiny urban back yard to a large rural garden.A close copy of a natural ecosystem, it is perhaps the most ecologically friendly way of gardening open to us.It is also a low-maintenance way of gardening. Once established there is none of the digging, sowing, planting out and hoeing of the conventional kitchen garden. The main task is picking up the produce!This highly practical, yet inspiring book gives you everything you need to know in order to create a beautiful and productive forest garden,
including: * Basic principles* Layout* How to choose plants* Details of over one hundred plants, from apples to mushrooms* the most comprehensive account of perennial and self-seeding vegetables in print* A step-by-step guide to creating your garden* Full details of an example garden, and pictures of many moreForest gardening is an important element of permaculture. This book explains in detail permaculture design for temperate climates and contains much of interest for anybody wanting to introduce sustainable practices into their garden.

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"Patrick Whitefield's excellent book gives numerous practical details of the steps that many of us can take to realise this alluring vision."--Robert Hart
"Patrick Whitefield's excellent book gives numerous practical details of the steps that many of us can take to realise this alluring vision."--Robert Hart