Your Edible Yard

Your Edible Yard
Authors
Stevens, Crystal
Publisher
New Society Publishers
Tags
gardening
ISBN
9780865719224
Date
2020
Size
58.24 MB
Lang
en
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**Unleash the potential of your yard by transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space offering a continuous supply of food**

Journey into the good food movement by unleashing the potential of your yard, transforming it into a beautiful and vibrant space that offers a continuous supply of food.

Using dozens of beautiful color photographs and watercolor planting charts, infographics, and landscaping designs, *Your Edible Yard* is the comprehensive how-to guide you need to turn your yard into a bountiful feast.

It features:

Practical gardening methods and maintenance from weeding to wintering, including foodscaping, container gardening, and saving seeds

Permaculture principles including soil building techniques, garden preparation, raised beds, and natural/non-toxic DIY pesticide alternatives

How to integrate culinary and medicinal herbs, edible flowers, mushrooms, fruits, vegetables, and wild edibles

Gardening resources: where to go for help, buy seeds, and source supplies on a budget

Instructions on preserving, fermenting, freezing, drying, and making simple medicines

General tips, such as how to find loopholes in laws preventing edible front yards.

Whether you're a beginner or experienced gardener in the city, the suburbs, or the country, this manual is the A-Z guide for how to make use of the space you have, highlighting the colorful and abundant array that edible landscapes promise.