Gaia’s Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Paperback – April 1, 2009

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, multi-acre scale. As Hemenway demonstrates, it’s fun and easy– even for the beginner– to create a “backyard ecosystem” by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions.

Gaia's Garden: A Guide to Home-Scale Permaculture, 2nd Edition Paperback – April 1, 2009

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, multi-acre scale. As Hemenway demonstrates, it’s fun and easy– even for the beginner– to create a “backyard ecosystem” by assembling communities of plants that can work cooperatively and perform a variety of functions.

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Learn 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 a rewilded and biodiverse 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 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.

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