- The Permaculture Handbook by Peter Bane
The urban landscape has swallowed vast swaths of prime farmland across North America. Imagine how much more self-reliant our communities would be if 30 million acres of lawns were made productive again.
Permaculture is a practical way to apply ecological design principles to food, housing, and energy systems; making growing fruits, vegetables and livestock easier and more sustainable. This is a step-by-step, beautifully illustrated guide to creating resilient and prosperous households and neighbourhoods, complemented by extensive case studies of three successful farmsteads and market gardens.
This comprehensive manual casts garden farming as both an economic opportunity and a strategy for living well with less money. It shows how, by mimicking the intelligence of nature and applying appropriate technologies such as solar and environmental design, permaculture can: Create an abundance of fresh, nourishing local produce; Reduce dependence on expensive, polluting fossil fuels; Drought-proof our cities and countryside; Convert waste into wealth.
Permaculture is about working with the earth and with each other to repair the damage of industrial overreach and to enrich the living world that sustains us. This is the definitive, practical North American guide to this revolutionary practice, and is a must-read for anyone concerned about creating food security, resilience and a legacy of abundance rather than depletion.
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Thus we identify whether a plant is annual or perennial, whether
it is deciduous (loses foliage in winter) or evergreen (has foliage
all year round), and whether it is a shrub vine or tree.
One of the ways to do this is through permaculture. This often
turns into a burden or liability in terms of maintenance and aesthetics.