The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden
(eBook)
Create abundance through this unique approach to low-maintenance, high-yield, sustainable food production A food forest is a productive landscape developed around a mix of trees and perennials. Rooted in permaculture principles, this integrated approach to gardening incorporates a variety of plants such as fruit and nut trees, shrubs, vines, and perennial herbs and vegetables. Food forests can help increase biodiversity, protect valuable habitat for beneficial insects, and promote food security and resilience, all while providing an abundant harvest. The Food Forest Handbook is a practical manual for the design and management of a home-scale perennial polyculture garden. Simple, straightforward instructions guide the reader through: Getting started - site assessment and planning Tending the forest garden - maintaining soil health, succession planning, , mulching, pruning and more The fruits of your labor - crop profiles, harvest, storage, nutrition and recipes. This timely book makes the concept of food forests accessible to everyone. Focusing on the potential of perennial polyculture to enhance local food systems, The Food Forest Handbook shows the reader how to mix and match plants in unique combinations to establish bountiful landscapes and create genuine self-reliance in years to come.
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Frey, D. (2017). The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden. [United States], New Society Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Frey, Darrell. 2017. The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden. [United States], New Society Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Frey, Darrell, The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden. [United States], New Society Publishers, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Frey, Darrell. The Food Forest Handbook: Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden. [United States], New Society Publishers, 2017.
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