Sepp Holzer's Permaculture by Holzer, Sepp -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Contents Foreword Preface Introduction 1 Landscape Design

Early Childhood Experiences Past Mistakes The Permaculture Landscape

General Reshaping the Land with an Excavator Dealing with the Authorities

Setting up a Permaculture System

General Questions Assessing the Land Aspect and Climate Soil Conditions

Assessing the Soil Characteristics of ‘Light’ and ‘Heavy’ Soil Indicator Plants Experiences with Different Types of Soil

Design Ideas

Test Areas Microclimates

Terraces and Paths

Building a Terrace System

Width Gradient Risers and Separating Material Working with Water Stabilising the System

Managing a Terrace Culture

Humus Storage Ditches Raised Beds

Design Ideas Designing a Raised Bed System Managing Raised Beds Pick-your-own

Waterscapes

Building Water Gardens and Ponds Design Ideas Possible Uses

2 Alternative Agriculture

Basic Ideas Soil Fertility Green Manure

Green Manure Crops My Method Mistakes Plant List

Ways to Regulate Problem Plants Old Varieties and Plant Diversity

Cereals Growing and Processing Brandroggen

Tips for Polycultures Alpine Plants Alternative Ways to Keep Livestock

Pigs in a Permaculture System Characteristics of a Few Old Pig Breeds

Mangalitza Swabian-Hall Swine Duroc Turopolje

Pigs as Helpers Keeping Pigs Using a Paddock System Wild Cattle and Old Domestic Cattle Breeds Keeping Bovine Species Feed

Poultry

Bird Conservation Keeping Poultry Humanely

Earth Cellars and Open Shelters

Earth Shelters as Pigsties Roundwood Shelters and Cellars Use as a Storage Room Stone Cellars

3 Fruit Trees

Possible Uses The Wrong Way to Cultivate Fruit Trees My Method Protection Against Browsing Fruit Varieties

Recommended Old Apple Varieties Recommended Old Pear Varieties Recommended Old Damson and Plum Varieties Wild and Sour Cherries Apricot and Peach Varieties

Propagating and Grafting

Rootstock Scion Grafting

Whip and Tongue Grafting Cleft Grafting Bud Grafting Bridge Grafting

Sowing a Fruit Forest

The ‘Shock Method’133

Processing, Marketing and Selling

4 Cultivating Mushrooms

General Health Benefits The Basics of Mushroom Cultivation Growing Mushrooms on Wood

Mushrooms for Growing on Wood Substrate Mushroom Spawn Propagating Spawn Yourself Creating and Maintaining the Culture Tips

Growing Mushrooms on Straw

Mushrooms for Growing on Straw Substrate Mushroom Spawn Creating and Maintaining the Culture Tips

Cultivating Wild Mushrooms

5 Gardens

Kitchen Gardens Memories of our Gachtl The Pharmacy on the Doorstep

Calendula Salve Lemon Thyme and Thyme Oil Chicory Tea for Diabetics Tormentil

Vegetable Patch The Most Important Work in Our Gachtl170 Natural Fertiliser

Alternative Composting Methods Mulch Liquid Fertiliser My Method

Helpers in the Garden and Regulating Fellow Creatures

Voles Slugs and Snails Earthworms – Nature’s Ploughs Breeding Earthworms

Characteristics of Town Gardens

How Children Experience Nature Design Characteristics Terraces and Balcony Gardens Bypass Technique

Plant List

Vegetables Medicinal and Culinary Plants

6 Projects

Scotland Thailand Berta: a Project for Lebenshilfe Ausseerland

Concluding Thoughts The Author The Co-Authors

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