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Practical permaculture for home landscapes, your community, and the whole earth
Title:
Practical permaculture for home landscapes, your community, and the whole earth
Author:
Bloom, Jessi, author.
ISBN:
9781604694437
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
336 pages : color illustrations, color charts ; 26 cm.
Contents:
Permaculture basics -- Permaculture ethics and principles -- Learning from nature -- The permaculture design process -- Gathering information -- Putting the design together -- Figuring out the details -- Permaculture systems -- Soil fertility: improving tilth and nutrients -- Water: making the most of a limited resource -- Waste: plugging leaks in the system -- Energy: minimizing the work we do ourselves -- Shelter: building functional, efficient structures -- Food and plant systems: providing for our own needs -- Animals and wildlife: welcoming natural diversity -- 50 useful plants for permaculture landscapes -- Invisible structures.