Edible Forest Gardeners, Please note that the book 'Paradise Lot' is not yet available, but should be released by Chelsea Green some time in January 2013, as I mentioned in my blog post.
JV John Valenzuela, Chairperson Golden Gate Chapter, celebrating our 25th year! California Rare Fruit Growers http://www.crfg.org/chapters/golden_gate/index.htm Cornucopia Food Forest Gardens John Valenzuela Permaculture Services Horticulturist, Consultant, Educator California, Hawai'i phone: (415) 246-8834 e-mail: johnvalenzuela at hotmail dot com http://cornucopiafoodforest.com/ follow me on Twitter @ValenzuelaJohn Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 20:22:04 -0800 From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [Scpg] NEW BOOK Paradise Lot, Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City, by Eric Toensmeier Paradise Lot Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City by Eric Toensmeier http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/paradise_lot:paperback "Eric has a leisurely, entertaining, and personable way of revealing how his own edible forest garden evolved. Along the way, the reader will learn design guidelines that can be used in virtually any climate. A good read full of insight and science." —Robert Kourik, author of Designing and Maintaining Your Edible Landscape—Naturally How we did it and the challenges along the way. When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a “permaculture paradise” replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot. The garden—intended to function like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves providing most of the garden’s needs for fertility, pest control, and weed suppression—also features an edible water garden, a year-round unheated greenhouse, tropical crops, urban poultry, and even silkworms. In telling the story of Paradise Lot, Toensmeier explains the principles and practices of permaculture, the choice of exotic and unusual food plants, the techniques of design and cultivation, and, of course, the adventures, mistakes, and do-overs in the process. Packed full of detailed, useful information about designing a highly productive permaculture garden, Paradise Lot is also a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed. About the Author Eric Toensmeier Eric Toensmeier calls himself a "socially engaged plant geek." He has spent much of his adult life exploring edible and otherwise useful plants and how they can be used in designed ecosystems. He is also co-author with Dave Jacke of the two-volume permaculture design manual Edible Forest Gardens. http://www.chelseagreen.com/bookstore/item/edibleforest2?phpMyAdmin=cc7f526775741054d7ad2ee8c5bc73d1 Eric has worked as a small farm trainer at the New England Small Farm Institute (Belchertown, MA) (www.smallfarm.org) and currently manages the Tierra de Oportunidades new farmer program of Nuestras Raices (www.nuestras-raices.org) in Holyoke, MA. There he is designing and installing a permaculture landscape in concert with immigrant farmers ... _______________________________________________ Scpg mailing list [email protected] https://www.arashi.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/scpg
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