عنوان

Gaia's garden :

(Number (ISBN

1603580298

(Number (ISBN

9781603580298

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b747255

Title Proper

Gaia's garden :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a guide to home-scale permaculture /

First Statement of Responsibility

Toby Hemenway.

Edition Statement

2nd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

White River Junction, Vt. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Chelsea Green Pub.,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xi, 313 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

26 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-293) and index.

Text of Note

Introducing the ecological garden -- A gardener's ecology -- Designing the ecological garden -- Bringing the soil to life -- Catching, conserving, and using water -- Plants for many uses -- Bringing in the bees, birds, and other helpful animals -- Creating communities for the garden -- Designing garden guilds -- Growing a food forest -- Permaculture gardening in the city -- Pop goes the garden.

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Text of Note

The first edition of 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. This extensively revised and expanded second edition broadens the reach and depth of the permaculture approach for urban and suburban growers. Many people mistakenly think that ecological gardening?which involves growing a wide range of edible and other useful plants?can take place only on a large, multiacre scale. As Hemenway demonstrates, it?s fun and easy to create a?backyard ecosystem? by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions, including: Building and maintaining soil fertility and structure Catching and conserving water in the landscape Providing habitat for beneficial insects, birds, and animals Growing an edible?forest? that yields seasonal fruits, nuts, and other foods This revised and updated edition also features a new chapter on urban permaculture, designed especially for people in cities and suburbs who have very limited growing space. 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. Best of all, once it?s established, an ecological garden will reduce or eliminate most of the backbreaking work that?s needed to maintain the typical lawn and garden.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

Chelsea Green Pub Co, Po Box 428, White River Junction, VT, USA, 05001, (802)2956300-105

Gaia hypothesis.

Natural landscaping.

Organic gardening.

Permaculture.

Gaia hypothesis.

Natural landscaping.

Organic gardening.

Permaculture.

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Edition

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Book number

Class number

Hemenway, Toby,1952-

Date of Transaction

20201204072057.0

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