The Food Forest Handbook - Design and Manage a Home-Scale Perennial Polyculture Garden (Paperback)

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. Darrell Frey is the owner and manager of Three Sisters Farm, a five-acre permaculture farm, solar greenhouse and market garden located in Western Pennsylvania. He has been permaculture teacher for thirty years, and is the author of Bioshelter Market Garden: A Permaculture Farm. Michelle Czolba is co-owner of Pittsburgh Permaculture and co-founded the Hazelwood Food Forest. She has extensive experience in the design and maintenance of perennial polyculture.

General

Imprint:	New Society Publishers
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2023
First published:	2017
Authors:	Darrell Frey • Michelle Czolba
Dimensions:	227 x 192 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	256
ISBN-13:	978-0-86571-812-8
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Garden design & planning Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Shrubs & trees Books > Health, Home & Family > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Landscape gardening Books > Gardening > Garden design & planning Books > Gardening > Gardening: plants > Shrubs & trees Books > Gardening > Specialized gardening methods > Landscape gardening
LSN:	0-86571-812-1
Barcode:	9780865718128

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