Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Vision & Theory.
Edible Forest Gardens, Volume 1: Vision & Theory
Dave Jacke with Eric Toensmeier
Chelsea Green
PO Box 428, White River Junction, VT 05001
1931498792 $75.00 www.chelseagreen.com
Don't expect the usual light gardening guide reading, Volume 1
of EDIBLE FOREST GARDENS: ECOLOGICAL VISION AND THEORY FOR TEMPERATE
CLIMATE PERMACULTURE per·ma·cul·ture
n.
A system of perennial agriculture emphasizing the use of renewable natural resources and the enrichment of local ecosystems.
[perma(nent) + (agri)culture. packs in serious surveys of the ancient practice of
forest gardening Forest gardening (also known as 3-Dimensional Gardening) is a food production and land management system based on replicating woodland ecosystems, substituting trees (such as fruit or nut trees), bushes, shrubs, herbs and vegetables which have yields directly useful to mankind. , which offers homeowners and gardeners a new way of
viewing modern home landscaping and nature. Useful plants This page contains a list of useful plants which can be used in Permaculture.
See List of edible flowers Related categories
External links
can be blended
to supply daily needs, the land can be 'untamed' to return
support to healthy populations of plant and animal species. Years of
experience goes into EDIBLE FOREST GARDENS; this first volume provides a
review of the ecological and cultural foundations for recognizing forest
gardening as a viable ecological alternative in modern North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. .
Dave Jacke runs his own ecological design firm consulting on
permaculture and landscapes around the world; his co-author Eric
Toensmeier founded the former Perennial Vegetable Seed Company and has
worked with the New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Small Farm Institute. A highly recommended
pick; especially for college-level and serious collections on
permaculture and horticulture.
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