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Angela's picks in Permaculture and Gardening

by Vickie Montigaud-Green on 2020-09-02T12:59:00-04:00 | 1 Comment

Angela Flage, the FLC Operations Assistant, brings to the blog her interest in sustainable and self-sufficient gardening. An excellent collection on permaculture and gardening, these books will open our eyes to the potential in our backyards .. and front yards.

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Gaia's Garden by Toby Hemenway

Call Number: 635.048 H488g, 2009

Gaia's Garden sparked the imagination of America's home gardeners, introducing permaculture's central message: Working with Nature, not against her, results in more beautiful, abundant, and forgiving gardens. Whatever size yard or garden you have to work with, you can apply basic permaculture principles to make it more diverse, more natural, more productive, and more beautiful.

The Suburban Micro-Farm by Amy Stross

Call Number: SB 321 .S77 S83 2017

Reduce your lawn and your grocery budget. The Suburban Micro-Farm will show you how to grow your own fruits, herbs, and vegetables even on a limited schedule. With helpful tips throughout, you will love the in-depth chapters about permaculture and making money on the micro-farm.

Will Bonsall's essential guide to radical, self-reliant gardening: innovative techniques for growing vegetables, grains, and perennial food crops with minimal fossil fuel and animal inputs

Call Number: S 494.5 .S86 B66 2015

Longtime Maine farmer and homesteader Will Bonsall possesses a unique clarity of vision that extends all the way from the finer points of soil fertility and seed saving to exploring how we can transform civilization and make our world a better, more resilient place.

The Permaculture City: regenerative design for urban, suburban, and town resilience

Call Number: S 494.5 .P47 H46 2015

Permaculture offers positive solutions for many of the environmental and social challenges confronting us. And nowhere are those remedies more needed than in our cities. The Permaculture City provides a new way of thinking about urban living, with practical examples for creating abundant food, energy security, close-knit communities, local and meaningful livelihoods, and sustainable policies in our cities and towns.

Edible Landscaping by Rosalind Creasy

Call Number: 635 C912e, 2010

This book presents everything you need to know to create an inviting home landscape that will yield mouthwatering vegetables, fruits, nuts, and berries. The comprehensive Encyclopedia of Edibles provides horticultural information, culinary uses, sources, and recommended varieties; and appendices cover the basics of planting and maintenance, and of controlling pests using environmentally friendly practices.

The Biggest Little Farm (DVD)

Call Number: DVD 630 B592 2019

Filmmaker and novice farmer John Chester chronicles the eight-year quest he and Molly Chester went on when they traded city living for 200 acres of barren farmland in the foothills of Ventura County and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chesters unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination.

Great Garden Companions" a companion planting system for a beautiful, chemical-free vegetable garden by Sally Jean Cunningham

Call Number: 635 C973g, 1998

Let master gardener Sally Jean Cunningham show you how to keep pests and diseases at bay with her unique companion-gardening system. By planting special combinations of vegetables, flowers, and herbs, you can minimize pest and disease problems and create a high-yielding, beautiful garden.

Mini Farming by Brett L. Markham

Call Number: S 501.2 .M37 M56 2010

Go back to basics--compost, raising chickens, water and irrigation, dealing with pests, and much more. Mini Farming describes a holistic approach to small-area farming that will show you how to produce 85 percent of an average family's food on just a quarter acre--and earn $10,000 in cash annually while spending less than half the time that an ordinary job would require.

Practical Permaculture for home landscapes, your community, and the whole earth

Call Number: S 494.5 .P47 B56 2015

Permaculture is more popular than ever, but it can still be a daunting concept. If you are new to permaculture and interested in learning more, Practical Permaculture offers authoritative, in-depth, and hands-on advice for a more holistic approach to sustainable living.

Creating Rain Gardens by Cleo Woelfle-Erskine; Apryl Uncapher

Call Number: TD 657.4 .W64 C74 2012

You probably spend hundreds of dollars watering your yard. Water conservation experts Cleo Woelfle-Erskine and Apryl Uncapher walk you through the entire process, with step-by-step instructions for designing and building swales, French drains, rain gardens, and ephemeral ponds.

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Latest comment 2020-09-02T12:59:00-04:00 by Vickie Montigaud-Green

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Steven Davis 2023-06-12T10:14:52-04:00

These books seem to be an amazing source of education on Permaculture and Gardening! I would love one day to have my own garden! I guess I first need to educate myself! Anyway, thanks for the suggestions! Greetings from Springfield Illinois.

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